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Guest Network

Adding a wireless guest network allows visitors at your home to use the Internet without

seeing your passphrase. You can also specify the degree of access that you give to visitors.



To set up a guest network:

1.

Select

BASIC >

Guest Network

.

2.

The Guest Network Settings screen displays:

3.

Select or clear any of the following optional check boxes:

•

Enable Guest Network

. If this check box is selected, the guest network is enabled,

and guests can connect to your network using the SSID of this profile. By default, this

check box is cleared.

•

Enable SSID Broadcast

. If this check box is selected, the router broadcasts its SSID

to all wireless devices. This check box is selected by default.

•

Allow guest to access My Local Network

. If this check box is selected, any user

who connects to this SSID has access to your local network, not just Internet access.

This check box is selected by default.

•

Enable Wireless Isolation

. If this check box is selected, wireless devices that join

the network can use the Internet, but cannot access each other or access Ethernet

devices on the network. By default, this check box is cleared.

4.

Give the guest network a name (SSID).

The guest network name is case-sensitive and can be up to 32 characters. The default

guest SSID is NETGEAR_Guest. This SSID is

in addition

to the regular SSID that you set

up on the Wireless Settings screen (see

Wireless Settings Screen Fields

on page

29).

5.

Select a security option for the guest network.

The security options that are available for the wireless guest network are the same

options that are available for the regular wireless network (see

WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK,

and WPA-PSK + WPA2-PSK Mixed Mode

on page

31,

WPA/WPA2 Enterprise

on

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page

32, and

WEP

on page

33).

By default, the wireless guest network has no security (no authentication or encryption).

However, NETGEAR recommends that you do select a security option.

6.

Click the

Apply

button.

Your changes are saved.

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4.

genie ADVANCED Home

Specify custom settings

This chapter describes the features that are available from the genie ADVANCED Home screen.

This chapter contains the following sections:

•

Setup Wizard

•

WPS Wizard

•

Setup Menu

•

WAN Setup

•

LAN Setup

•

QoS Setup

The following menu selections that you can access from the ADVANCED Home screen are

described in separate chapters:

•

Security

. For information, see

Chapter 5, Security

.

•

Administration

. For information, see

Chapter 6, Administration

.

•

Advanced Setup

. For information, see

Chapter 7, Advanced Settings

.

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Setup Wizard

The NETGEAR genie installation process is launched with the Setup Wizard the first time that

you start the router. After you have set up the router, the genie installation process no longer

launches automatically, but you can launch the Setup Wizard manually.



To launch the Setup Wizard:

1.

Select

ADVANCED > Setup Wizard

.

A screen similar to the following displays:

2.

Select the

Yes

radio button, and click the

Next

button.

The next screen displays:

If you select the

No, I want to configure the router myself

radio button, the Internet

Setup screen displays. For information about the Internet Setup screen, see

Internet

Setup

on page

26.

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The Setup Wizard searches your Internet connection for servers and protocols to

determine your ISP configuration. When the Setup Wizard is successful, the following

screen displays:

WPS Wizard

The WPS Wizard helps you add a WPS-capable client (a computer or other wireless device)

to your network. On the client, you must either press its WPS button or locate its WPS PIN.



To use the WPS Wizard:

1.

Select

ADVANCED > WPS Wizard

.

The Add WPS Client screen displays.

2.

Click the

Next

button.

The screen that displays lets you select the method for adding the client:

3.

Select one of the following radio buttons:

•

Push Button

.

To use the push-button method, do the following:

a.

Either click the

WPS

radio button on this screen, or press the

WPS

button that is

on the front panel of the router (see

Front Panel

on page

9).

b.

Within two minutes, go to the client and press its

WPS

button to let the client join

the network.

You do not need to enter a password.