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Guest Networks

Adding a guest network allows visitors at your home to use the Internet without giving them

your wireless security key. You can add a guest network to each wireless network: 2.4 GHz

b/g/n and 5.0 GHz a/n.

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To set up a guest network:

1.

Select

Basic >

Guest Network

to display the following screen:

2.

For a 5 GHz network, scroll down to view that section of the Guest Network screen.

3.

Select any of the following wireless settings:

Enable Guest Network

. When this check box is selected, the guest network is enabled,

and guests can connect to your network using the SSID of this profile.

Enable Wireless Isolation

. If this check box is selected, then wireless clients (computers

or wireless devices) that join the network can use the Internet, but cannot access each

other or access Ethernet devices on the network.

Enable SSID Broadcast

. If this check box is selected, the wireless access point

broadcasts its name (SSID) to all wireless stations. Stations with no SSID can adopt the

correct SSID for connections to this access point.

Allow guest to access My Local Network

. If this check box is selected, anyone who

connects to this SSID has access to your local network, not just Internet access.

4.

Give the guest network a name.

The guest network name is case-sensitive and can be up to 32 characters. You then

manually configure the wireless devices in your network to use the guest network name

in addition to the main SSID.

5.

Select a security option from the list. The security options are described in

Guest Network

Wireless Security Options

on page

32.

6.

Click

Apply

to save your selections.

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Guest Network Wireless Security Options

A security option is the type of security protocol applied to your wireless network. The

security protocol in force encrypts data transmissions and ensures that only trusted devices

receive authorization to connect to your network. Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) has several

options including pre-shared key (PSK) encryption.

This section presents an overview of the security options and provides guidance on when to

use which option. It is possible to set up a guest network without wireless security. NETGEAR

does

not

recommend this.

WPA Encryption

WPA encryption is built into all hardware that has the Wi-Fi-certified seal. This seal means

the product is authorized by the Wi-Fi Alliance (

) because it complies with

the worldwide single standard for high-speed wireless local area networking.

WPA uses a passphrase to perform authentication and generate the initial data encryption

keys. Then it dynamically varies the encryption key. WPA-PSK uses Temporal Key Integrity

Protocol (TKIP) data encryption, implements most of the IEEE 802.11i standard, and is

designed to work with all wireless network interface cards, but not all wireless access points.

It is superseded by WPA2-PSK.

WPA2-PSK is stronger than WPA-PSK. It is advertised to be theoretically indecipherable due

to the greater degree of randomness in encryption keys that it generates. WPA2-PSK gets

higher speed because it is usually implemented through hardware, while WPA-PSK is usually

implemented through software. WPA2-PSK uses a passphrase to authenticate and generate

the initial data encryption keys. Then it dynamically varies the encryption key.

WPS-PSK + WPA2-PSK Mixed Mode can provide broader support for all wireless clients.

WPA2-PSK clients get higher speed and security, and WPA-PSK clients get decent speed

and security.

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4.

Genie Advanced Home

Specifying custom settings

This chapter contains the following sections:

•

NETGEAR genie Advanced Screen

•

Setup Wizard

•

WPS Wizard

•

Setup Menu

•

WAN Setup

•

LAN Setup

•

Quality of Service (QoS) Setup

Some selections on the Advanced Home screen are described in separate chapters:

•

USB Storage

. See

Chapter 5, USB Storage

.

•

Security

. See

Chapter 7, Security

.

•

Administration

. See

Chapter 8, Administration

.

•

Advanced Setup

. See

Chapter 9, Advanced Settings

.

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NETGEAR genie Advanced Screen

The genie Advanced Home screen is shown in the following figure:

This screen is

also

displayed

through the

Administratio

n menu.

Setup Wizard

The NETGEAR genie installation process is launched the first time you set up the router.

After you set up the router the first time, to use the Setup Wizard again, log in to the router

and select the Advanced tab.

1.

Select

Setup Wizard

to display the following screen:

2.

Select either

Yes

or

No, I want to configure the router myself

. If you select No, you are

taken to the Internet Setup screen (see

Internet Setup

on page

22).

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3.

If you selected Yes, click

Next

. The following screen displays:

The Setup Wizard searches your Internet connection for servers and protocols to

determine your ISP configuration. The following screen displays:

WPS Wizard

The WPS Wizard helps you add a WPS-capable client device (a wireless device or

computer) to your network. On the client device, either press its WPS button or locate its

WPS PIN.

To use the WPS Wizard:

1.

Select

Advanced > WPS Wizard

.