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Network Settings
111
Nighthawk
X6 AC3200
Tri-Band
WiFi
Router
Set Up a Guest Network
Guest networks allows visitors at your home to use the Internet without using your wireless
security key. You can add a guest network for the 2.4 GHz WiFi band and for each of the two
5.0 GHz WiFi bands.
To set up a guest network:
1.
Launch an Internet browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the
network.
2.
Type
or
.
A login screen displays.
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 screen displays.
4.
Select
Guest Network
.
5.
Scroll to the section of the screen for the guest WiFi network that you want to set up.
The default guest wireless network names (SSIDs) are as follows:
•
NETGEAR-Guest
is for the 2.4 GHz WiFi band.
•
NETGEAR-5G -Guest
is for the first 5 GHz WiFi band.
•
NETGEAR-5G-2-Guest
is for the second 5 GHz WiFi band.
6.
Select any of the following wireless settings:
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Nighthawk
X6 AC3200
Tri-Band
WiFi
Router
•
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 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 see each other and 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.
7.
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.
8.
Select a radio button for a security option.
The WPA2 options use the newest standard for the strongest security, but some older
computers and wireless devices cannot use it. NETGEAR recommends that you select
the
WPA-PSK [TKIP] + WPA2-PSK [AES]
radio button. This setting protects your WiFi
network and lets computers and wireless devices can connect to the WiFi network by
using either WPA2 or WPA security.
9.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your settings are saved.
Control the Wireless Radios
The router has internal wireless radios that 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
114).
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.
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Nighthawk
X6 AC3200
Tri-Band
WiFi
Router
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 an Internet browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the
network.
2.
Type
or
.
A login screen displays.
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 screen displays.
4.
Select
ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings
.
5.
In the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz sections of the screen, select or clear the
Enable Wireless
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.
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Nighthawk
X6 AC3200
Tri-Band
WiFi
Router
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 an Internet browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the
network.
2.
Type
or
.
A login screen displays.
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 screen displays.
4.
Select
ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings
.
The Advanced Wireless Settings screen displays.
5.
Click the
Add a new period
button.
6.
Use the lists, 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 screen 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.
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Nighthawk
X6 AC3200
Tri-Band
WiFi
Router
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 an Internet browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the
network.
2.
Type
or
.
A login screen displays.
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 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.

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