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Your settings are saved.
Enable a Video Guest WiFi Network
Guest networks allow visitors at your home to use the Internet without using your wireless security key.
For optimal HD streaming performance for your guests, you can enable a 5 GHz guest video network.
When this the video network feature is enabled, the router uses video reliability algorithms to reduce jitter
and packet loss during video streaming.
To set up a guest network:
1.
Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the network.
2.
Type
.
A login window opens.
3.
Enter the router user name and password.
The user name is
admin
. The default password is
password
. The user name and password are
case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home page displays.
4.
Select
Guest Network
.
Your router might display information that is different from this example.
5.
Scroll to the Wireless Network (5 GHz 802.11a/n/ac) section.
6.
Select the
Enable Video Network
check box.
7.
Click the
Apply
button.
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Your settings are saved.
Control the Wireless Radios
The
router
’s internal wireless radios broadcast signals in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz range. By default, they
are on so that you can connect wirelessly to the
router
. When the wireless radios are off, you can still use
an Ethernet cable for a LAN connection to the
router
.
You can turn the wireless radios on and off with the
WiFi On/Off
button on the
router
, or you can log in to
the
router
and enable or disable the wireless radios. If you are close to the
router
, it might be easier to
press its
WiFi On/Off
button. If you are away from the
router
or have already logged in it might be easier
to enable or disable them.You can also turn the WiFi radios off and on based on a schedule. (See
Set
Up a Wireless Schedule
on page 143.)
Use the WiFi On/Off Button
To turn the wireless radios off and on with the WiFi On/Off button:
•
Press the
WiFi On/Off
button on the top of the
router
for two seconds.
If you turned off the wireless radios, the WiFi On/Off LED and the WPS LED turn off. If you turned on
the wireless radios, the WiFi On/Off LED and the WPS LED light.
Enable or Disable the Wireless Radios
If you used the
WiFi On/Off
button to turn off the wireless radios, you can’t log in to the
router
to turn
them back on.You must press the
WiFi On/Off
button again for two seconds to turn the wireless radios
back on.
To enable or disable the wireless radios:
1.
Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the network.
2.
Type
.
A login window opens.
3.
Enter the
router
user name and password.
The user name is
admin
. The default password is
password
. The user name and password are
case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home page displays.
4.
Select
ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings
.
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Your
router
might display information that is different from this example.
5.
In the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz sections of the screen, select or clear the
Enable Wireless Router Radio
check boxes.
Clearing these check boxes turns off the WiFi feature of the
router
for each band.
6.
Click the
Apply
button.
If you turned off both wireless radios, the WiFi On/Off LED and the WPS LED turn off. If you turned
on the wireless radios, the WiFi On/Off LED and the WPS LED light.
Set Up a Wireless Schedule
You can turn off the wireless signal from your
router
at times when you do not need a wireless connection.
For example, you might turn it off for the weekend if you leave town.
To set up the wireless schedule:
1.
Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the network.
2.
Type
.
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A login window opens.
3.
Enter the
router
user name and password.
The user name is
admin
. The default password is
password
. The user name and password are
case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home page displays.
4.
Select
ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings
.
The Advanced Wireless Settings page displays.
5.
Click the
Add a new period
button.
6.
Use the menus, radio buttons, and check boxes to set up a period during which you want to turn off
the wireless signal.
7.
Click the
Apply
button.
The Advanced Wireless Settings page displays.
8.
Select the
Turn off wireless signal by schedule
check box to activate the schedule.
9.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your settings are saved.
Specify WPS Settings
Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) lets you join the WiFi network without typing the WiFi password.
To specify WPS Settings:
1.
Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the network.
2.
Type
.
A login screen displays.
3.
Enter the router user name and password.
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The user name is
admin
. The default password is
password
. The user name and password are
case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home screen displays.
4.
Select
ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings
.
The Router’s PIN field displays the PIN that you use on a registrar (for example, from the Network
Explorer on a Vista Windows computer) to configure the
router
’s wireless settings through WPS.
5.
(Optional) Select or clear the
Enable Router’s PIN
check box.
The PIN function might temporarily be disabled when the
router
detects suspicious attempts to break
into the
router
’s wireless settings by using the
router
’s PIN through WPS.You can manually enable
the PIN function by selecting the
Enable Router’s PIN
check box.
6.
(Optional) Select or clear the
Keep Existing Wireless Settings
check box.
By default, the
Keep Existing Wireless Settings
check box is selected. NETGEAR recommends
that you leave this check box selected.
If you clear this check box, the next time a new wireless client uses WPS to connect to the
router
, the
router
wireless settings change to an automatically generated random SSID and security key.
7.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your changes are saved.
Use the Router as a Wireless Access Point
You can set up the router to run as an access point (AP) on the same local network as another router.
To set up the router as an AP:
1.
Use an Ethernet cable to connect the Internet port of this router to a LAN port in the other router.
2.
Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the network.
3.
Type
.
A login window opens.
4.
Enter the router user name and password.
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