NETGEAR WNR3500 user manual Wireless data, Security options, Range up to 300 foot radius

NETGEAR RangeMax™ Wireless-N Gigabit Router WNR3500 User Manual

WEP connections can take slightly longer to establish. Also, WEP, WPA-PSK, and WPA2-PSK encryption can consume more battery power on a notebook computer, and can cause significant performance degradation with a slow computer.

Note: NETGEAR recommends that you change the administration password of your

router. Default passwords are well known, and an intruder can use your administrator access to read or disable your security settings. For information about how to change the administrator password, see “Changing the Administrator Password” on page 2-22.

		Wireless data
		security options
		Range: up to 300 foot radius
	1)	Open system: easy but no security
	2)	MAC access list: no data security
WNR3500

3)WEP: security but some performance impact

4)WPA-PSK: strong security

5)WPA2-PSK: very strong security

Note: Use these with other features that enhance security (Table 2-2 on page 2-4).

Figure 2-1

To configure the wireless network, you can:

•Manually specify your SSID and your wireless security settings. The WNR3500 router provides two screens for configuring the wireless settings: the basic Wireless Settings screen, which you access under Setup in the main menu (see “Changing Wireless Security Settings” on page 2-6), and the Advanced Wireless Settings screen, which you access under Advanced (see “Changing Wireless Security Settings” on page 2-6).

2-2 Safeguarding Your Network

v1.0, March 2008