NETGEAR WNHDE111 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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2.

Select

Add WPS Client

in the main menu, and click

3.

Select the

PIN Number

setup method.

4.

On the wireless client, obtain its security PIN, or follow its specific networking instructions to

generate a client security PIN.

5.

In the Add WPS Client screen of the Wireless-N AccessPoint/Bridge, enter the client security

PIN in the

Enter Client’s PIN

field.

6.

Click

connection:

Connecting Additional Wireless Client Devices after WPS Setup

You can add WPS-enabled and non-WPS-enabled client devices.

Adding Additional WPS-Enabled Clients

To add an additional wireless client device that is WPS enabled, follow the procedures in

“WPS

Push Button Client Setup” on page 2-3

or

“WPS PIN Entry Setup of WIreless Clients” on

page 2-4

.

Adding Additional Non-WPS-Enabled Clients

If you are connecting a combination of WPS-enabled clients and clients that are not WPS enabled,

you cannot use the WPS setup procedures to add clients that are not WPS enabled. You need to

record and then manually enter your security settings.

To connect non-WPS-enabled and WPS-enabled clients to the Wireless-N AccessPoint/Bridge,

use the default security key on the back label of the unit, and configure the client for WPA2 using

this key:

Enabling Wireless Isolation

Wireless isolation prevents wireless clients from communication with one another. However, this

does not prevent wireless clients from communicating with other computers connected via

Ethernet cables, or computers on the Internet.

Note:

Do not use this feature if you will use wireless connections for such things as multi-

user gaming, or transferring files from one computer to another over a wireless

connection.

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To enable wireless isolation, go to the Advanced Wireless menu and check the “Wireless

Isolation” checkbox, and click

Apply

to save your changes.

Restricting Wireless Access by MAC Address

When a Wireless Card Access List is configured and enabled, the router checks the MAC address

of any wireless device attempting a connection and allows only connections to computers

identified on the trusted computers list.

The Wireless Card Access List displays a list of wireless computers that you allow to connect to

the router based on their MAC addresses. These wireless computers must also have the correct

SSID and wireless security settings to access the wireless router.

The MAC address is a network device’s 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). It can usually be found on the bottom of the wireless card or network

interface device. If you do not have access to the physical label, you can display the MAC address

using the network configuration utilities of the computer. In WindowsXP, for example, typing the

ipconfig/all

command in an MSDOS command prompt window displays the MAC address as

Physical Address. You might also find the MAC addresses in the router’s Attached Devices screen.

To restrict access based on MAC addresses:

1.

Select

Wireless Settings

under Advanced in the main menu.

2.

In the Advanced Wireless Settings screen, click

Setup Access List

to display the Wireless

Card Access List.

3.

Click

Add

to add a wireless device to the wireless access control list. The Wireless Card

Access Setup screen opens and displays a list of currently active wireless cards and their

Ethernet MAC addresses.

4.

If the computer you want appears in the Available Wireless Cards list, you can select the radio

button of that computer to capture its MAC address; otherwise, you can manually enter a name

and the MAC address of the authorized computer. You can usually find the MAC address on

the bottom of the wireless device.

Tip:

You can copy and paste the MAC addresses from the router’s Attached Devices

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

wireless computer to obtain a wireless link to the router. The computer should

then appear in the Attached Devices screen.

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5.

Click

Add

to add this wireless device to the Wireless Card Access List. The screen changes

back to the list screen.

6.

Repeat

step 3

through

step 5

for each additional device you want to add to the list.

7.

Select the

Turn Access Control On

check box.

8.

Click

Apply

to save your Wireless Card Access List settings.

Now, only devices on this list can wirelessly connect to the Wireless-N AccessPoint/Bridge.

Changing the Administrator Password

The default password for the router’s Web Configuration Manager is

password

.

To change the administrator password:

1.

On the main menu, under Maintenance, select

Set Password

to display the Set Password

screen.

2.

To change the password, first enter the old password, then enter the new password twice.

3.

Click

Apply

.

Note:

When configuring the unit from a wireless computer whose MAC address is

not in the Trusted PC list, if you select

Turn Access Control On

, you lose

your wireless connection when you click

Apply

. You must then access the unit

from a wired computer or from a wireless computer that is on the access

control list to make any further changes.

Warning:

MAC address filtering adds an obstacle against unwanted access to your

network by the general public. However, your trusted MAC addresses appear

in your wireless transmissions, so an intruder can read them and impersonate

them. Do not rely on MAC address filtering alone to secure your network.

Tip:

Before changing the router password, back up your configuration settings with the

default password of

password

. If you save the settings with a new password, and

then you later forget the new password, you will have to reset the router back to the

factory defaults, and log in using the default password of

password

. This means you

will have to re-enter all the router configuration settings.

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Chapter 5

Customizing Your Wireless Network

This chapter describes how to configure advanced networking features of the

5 GHz Wireless-N HD Access Point/Bridge WNHDE111, including LAN, WAN, and routing

settings.

It contains the following sections:

•

“Using the Network Settings Options” on page 5-1

”

•

“Wireless Repeating (Also Called WDS)” on page 5-3

Using the Network Settings Options

Use the Network Settings screen to configure LAN IP services such as IP address of the unit, and

the optional DHCP server.

By default, the IP address is assigned dynamically by the DHCP server in the network, typically

built in to the routers found in home networks

.

Without a router, the IP address of the unit

operating in AP mode will default to

192.168.0.240

and when the unit is in bridge mode it will

default to

192.168.0.241

.

To configure network settings, from the main menu of the browser interface, under Advanced,

click

Network Settings,

then pick

Static IP

from the drop-down list. The following screen

displays:

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Configuring the Access Point Parameters

The Access Point Settings are:

•

Access Point IP Address

. The LAN IP address of the WNHDE111.

•

IP Subnet Mask

. The LAN subnet mask of the router. Combined with the IP address, the IP

subnet mask allows a device to know which other addresses are local to it, and which must be

reached through a gateway or router.

•

Default Gateway

. The LAN IP address of the router.

•

Primary and Secondary DNS Servers:

The DNS addresses the WNHDE111 will use.

Figure 5-1

Note:

If you change the LAN IP address of the unit while connected through the browser,

you will be disconnected. You must then open a new connection to the new IP

address and log in again, and your computer must be in the same range of

addresses as the unit is.

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