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Wireless-N ADSL2+ Modem Router DGN2000 Reference Manual
Configuring Your Wireless Network and Security Settings
2-5
v1.0, July 2008
Table 2-1 on page 2-7
describes the information that is displayed in the Wireless Settings
screen.
3.
Choose a suitable descriptive name for the wireless network name (SSID). In the
SSID
field,
enter a value of up to 32 alphanumeric characters. The default SSID is
NETGEAR
.
Figure 2-2
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4.
Select the region in which the wireless interface will operate.
5.
Set the channel if necessary. The default channel is 11.
This field determines which operating frequency will be used. It should not be necessary to
change the wireless channel unless you notice interference problems with another nearby
wireless router or access point. Select a channel that is not being used by any other wireless
networks within several hundred feet of your modem router. For more information about the
wireless channel frequencies, see the online document that you can access from
“Preparing
Your Network” in Appendix B
.
6.
For initial configuration and test, leave the Wireless Card Access List set to allow everyone
access by making sure that
Turn Access Control On
is not selected in the Wireless Station
Access List. In addition, leave the encryption strength set to
None
.
7.
Click
Save
to save your settings or click
Apply
to allow your changes to take effect
immediately.
8.
Configure and test your computers for wireless connectivity.
Program the wireless adapter of your computers to have the same SSID and channel that you
specified in the router. Check that they have a wireless link and can obtain an IP address by
DHCP from the modem router.
Once your computers have basic wireless connectivity to the modem router, you can configure the
advanced wireless security functions of the firewall.
Note:
The SSID of any wireless access adapters must match the SSID you specify in
the modem router. If they do not match, you will not get a wireless connection.
Note:
Up to 270Mbps mode uses two channels, but in this mode only the first chan-
nel is listed in the channel pulldown menu. The associated channels in this
mode are: 1+5, 2+6, 3+7, 4+8, 5+9, 6+10, and 7+11. When you select another
wireless network mode, the channel pulldown displays all available channels:
1 through 13. However, available wireless channels depend on the selected
wireless region.
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Table 2-1.
Wireless Settings
Settings
Description
Wireless LAN
The pulldown menu just below Wireless Settings allows for
the selection of one of four wireless LANs (WLANs) with the
following default names:
• NETGEAR
• NETGEAR2
• NETGEAR3
• NETGEAR4
You can change the default name of the selected WLAN in
the Name (SSID) field.
Note: The region, channel, and mode can be set only for the
primary wireless LAN (NETGEAR). In addition, access
control can be turned on only for the primary wireless LAN.
Wireless
Network
Name (SSID)
The SSID is also known as the wireless network name.
Enter a 32-character (maximum) name in this field. This
field is case-sensitive. The default SSID is
NETGEAR
, but
NETGEAR strongly recommends that you change your
network name to a different value.
In a setting in which there is more than one wireless
network, different wireless network names provide a means
for separating the traffic. Any device you that want to let
participate in a wireless network must use the SSID.
Region
The location where the firewall is used. Select your region
from the drop-down list. It might not be legal to operate the
modem router in a region other than the regions shown
here.
Note: The region can be set only for the primary wireless
LAN (NETGEAR) but applies to all wireless LANs.
Channel
The wireless channel used by the gateway: 1 through 13.
The available channels depend on Region setting. Do not
change the wireless channel unless you experience
interference (shown by lost connections or slow data
transfers). If this happens, you might need to experiment
with different channels to see which is the best. For Up to
130Mbps mode, the default channel is 11; for
Up to 270Mbps mode, the default channel is 7.
The total number of channels varies by region. The mode
that you select also determines how many channels are
displayed in the channel pulldown menu.
Note: The channel can be set only for the primary wireless
LAN (NETGEAR).
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Wireless
Network
(continued)
Mode
Note: The mode can be set
only for the primary wireless
LAN (NETGEAR).
•
Up to 270Mbps
means that all 802.11g, 802.11b, and
faster Draft-N wireless stations can be used. This mode
expands the channel bandwidth from 20 MHz to 40 MHz
to achieve the 270 Mbps rate. The router selects channel
expansion on a frame-by-frame basis to avoid
interference with the data transmissions of other access
points or wireless stations. Up to 270Mbps mode uses two
channels, but in this mode only the first channel is listed in
the channel pulldown menu. The associated channels in
this mode are: 1+5, 2+6, 3+7, 4+8, 5+9, 6+10, and 7+11.
Up to 270Mbps mode is the fastest mode and is
compatible with older wireless stations.
•
Up to 130Mbps
allows wireless stations that support
speeds up to 130 Mbps. In this case, the router transmits
two streams with different data concurrently on the same
channel. This mode restricts channel bandwidth to
minimize interference with the data transmissions of other
access points and wireless stations. It is the default
setting.
•
g & b
allows older 802.11g and 802.11b wireless stations
to access this device. You might want to select this mode
if you have a wireless station that is using WEP security
and does not support WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK.
•
g only
allows only 802.11g wireless stations to access
this device.
•
b only
allows only 802.11b wireless stations to access
this device. However, note that in b only mode, 802.11g
wireless stations can connect if they can operate in
802.11b mode.
Wireless Access
Point
Enable
Selected by default, this setting enables the wireless radio,
which allows the modem router to work as a wireless
access point.
Turning off the wireless radio can be helpful for
configuration, network tuning, or troubleshooting.
The Wireless LED on the front of the modem router displays
the current status of the wireless access point to let you
know if it is disabled or enabled. The wireless access point
must be enabled to allow wireless stations to access the
Internet.
Table 2-1.
Wireless Settings (continued)
Settings
Description
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Wireless Access
Point
(continued)
Allow Broadcast of Name
(SSID)
.
Selected by default, the modem router broadcasts its SSID,
allowing wireless stations that have a null (blank) SSID to
adopt the correct SSID. If you disable broadcast of the
SSID, only devices with the correct SSID can connect. This
nullifies the wireless network discovery feature of some
products such as Windows XP, but the data is still fully
exposed to a determined snoop using specialized test
equipment like wireless sniffers. For this reason NETGEAR
recommends that you also enable wireless security.
Wireless Isolation
This feature is disabled by default. If it is enabled, wireless
stations cannot communicate with each other or with
stations on the wired network.
Wireless Station
Access List
Turn Access Control On
Access control is disabled by default so that any computer
configured with the correct wireless network name or SSID
can access to your wireless network. For increased
security, you can restrict access to the wireless network to
only specific computers based on their MAC addresses.
See
“Restricting access by MAC address
.”
Security Options
Disable
Wireless security is not used.
WEP
In WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) mode you can select
64-bit or 128-bit data encryption. This mode has been
superseded by WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK, which should be
selected if possible. See
“Configuring WEP
.”
WPA-PSK
WPA Pre-Shared-Key (Wi-Fi Protected Access Pre-Shared
Key) uses a pre-shared key to perform the authentication
and generate the initial data encryption keys. Then, it
dynamically varies the encryption key.
WPA-PSK uses TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) 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. See
“Configuring
Mixed WPA-PSK+WPA2-PSK Security
.”
Table 2-1.
Wireless Settings (continued)
Settings
Description

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