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Advanced Wireless Settings

You can use this screen to turn the wireless radio on and off, to specify WPS settings, to use

AP mode, and to set up a wireless access list.

The Fragmentation Length, CTS/RTS Threshold, and Preamble Mode options in this screen

are reserved for wireless testing and advanced configuration only. Do not change these

settings unless you have a specific reason to do so.

Control the Wireless Radio

By default, the wireless radio is enabled so that you can connect wirelessly to the router. You

can turn the wireless radio on or off in the Advanced Wireless Settings screen or by using the

WiFi On/Off button on the router front panel. When the wireless radio is off, you can still use

an Ethernet cable for a LAN connection to the router.

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To turn the wireless radios on or off:

1.

Select

ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings

.

By default, the Enable Wireless Router Radio check boxes are selected for both the 2.4

GHz and 5 GHz bands.

2.

Select or clear the

Enable Wireless Router Radio

check box.

Clearing this check box turns off the WiFi feature of the wireless router.

3.

(Optional) Select the

Turn off wireless signal by schedule

check box and fill in the fields

to specify the times when you do not need a wireless connection.

For example, you could turn off the wireless signal for the weekend if you leave town.

4.

Click the

Apply

button.

Your changes take effect.

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Set Up a Wireless Schedule

You can use this feature to turn off the wireless signal from your router at times when you do

not need a wireless connection. For example, you could turn it off for the weekend if you

leave town.

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To configure and enable the wireless schedule:

1.

Select

ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings

.

The Advanced Wireless Settings screen displays.

2.

Click the

Add a new period

button.

The screen adjusts:

3.

Use the lists, radio buttons, and check boxes to set up a period during which you want to

turn off the wireless signal.

4.

Click the

Apply

button.

The Advanced Wireless Settings screen displays.

5.

Select the

Turn off wireless signal by schedule

check box to activate the schedule.

6.

Click the

Apply

button.

View or Change WPS Settings

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To specify WPS Settings:

1.

Select

ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings

.

2.

Scroll down to display the WPS settings:

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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.

3.

(Optional) Select or clear the

Disable 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 clearing the Disable Router’s PIN

check box.

4.

(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.

5.

Click the

Apply

button.

Your changes are saved.

Set Up a Wireless Access List by MAC Address

You can set up a list of computers and wireless devices that are allowed to join the wireless

network. This list is based on the unique MAC address of each computer and device.

Each network device has a MAC address, which is a unique 12-character physical address,

containing the hexadecimal characters 0–9, a–f, or A–F only, and separated by colons (for

example, 00:09:AB:CD:EF:01). Typically, the MAC address is on the label of the wireless

card or network interface device. If you do not have access to the label, you can display the

MAC address using the network configuration utilities of the computer. You might also find

the MAC addresses in the Attached Devices screen.

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To restrict access based on MAC addresses:

1.

Select

ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings

.

2.

Scroll down to display the Set Up Access List button.

3.

Click the

Set Up Access List

button.

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4.

On the Wireless Card Access List screen, click the

Add

button.

The Wireless Card Access Setup screen opens and displays a list of currently active

wireless cards and their Ethernet MAC addresses.

5.

If the computer or device you want is in the Available Wireless Cards list, select that radio

button; otherwise, type a name and the MAC address.

You can usually find the MAC address on the label of the wireless device.

Tip:

You can copy and paste the MAC addresses from the Attached Devices

screen into the MAC Address field of this screen. To do this, use each

wireless computer to join the wireless network. The computer should

then appear in the Attached Devices screen.

6.

Click the

Add

button.

The screen changes back to the list screen.

7.

Add each computer or device you want to allow to connect wirelessly.

8.

Select the

Turn Access Control On

check box.

9.

Click the

Apply

button.

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To edit a wireless device or delete it from the access list:

1.

Select

ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings

.

The Advanced Wireless Settings screen displays.

2.

In the table, select the radio button next to the wireless device that you want to edit or delete.

3.

Do one of the following:

•

Click the

Edit

button.

The Edit Wireless Card screen displays.

a.

Edit the address information.

b.

Click the

Accept

button.

•

Click the

Delete

button.

The address is removed from the table.

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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.

Cable this port to a LAN port

on the other router

2.

Select

ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless AP

.

3.

Select the

Enable Access Point Mode

check box.

4.

Scroll down and select the check box for the IP address setting that you want to use:

•

Get dynamically from existing router

. The other router on the network assigns an

IP address to this router while this router is in AP mode.

•

Use fixed IP address (not recommended)

. Use this setting if you want to manually

assign a specific IP address to this router while it is in AP mode. Using this option

effectively requires advanced network experience.