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WPS Settings, Wireless Card Access List, Keep Existing Wireless Settings

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N300 Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router DGN2200v3 WPS Settings Router's PIN. The PIN number that you use on a registrar (for example, from the Network Explorer on a Vista Windows PC) to configure the modem router's wireless settings through WPS. You can also find the PIN on the modem router label. The PIN function might temporarily be disabled when the modem router detects suspicious attempts to break into the modem router's wireless settings by using the modem router's PIN through WPS. You can manually enable the PIN function by clearing the Disable Router's PIN check box. Keep Existing Wireless Settings. By default, the Keep Existing Wireless Settings check box is selected. This allows the modem router to keep the same SSID and wireless security settings when WPS-enabled devices are added to the network. If the Keep Existing Wireless Settings check box is not selected, the next time you use WPS to connect WPS-capable devices to your wireless network, the modem router generates a new random SSID and WPA/WPA2 passphrase. NETGEAR does not recommend this. Wireless Card Access List The Wireless Card Access List lets you restrict access to your network to a specific list of devices based on their MAC addresses.  To set up a wireless card access list: 1. Select Advanced > Wireless Settings, and click the Setup Access List button to display the Wireless Card Access List screen: The Turn Access Control On check box is not selected so that any computer configured with the correct wireless network name (SSID) and passphrase to access the network. 2. Select the Turn Access Control On check box to enable access restriction by MAC address. 3. Click Add to add your computer's MAC address so that you do not lose your wireless connection when you click Apply. If you lose your wireless connection, you have to access Advanced Settings 86

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Advanced Settings
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N300 Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router DGN2200v3
WPS Settings
Router’s PIN
. The PIN number that you use on a registrar (for example, from the Network
Explorer on a Vista Windows PC) to configure the modem router’s wireless settings through
WPS. You can also find the PIN on the modem router label.
The PIN function might temporarily be disabled when the modem router detects suspicious
attempts to break into the modem router’s wireless settings by using the modem router’s PIN
through WPS. You can manually enable the PIN function by clearing the Disable Router’s
PIN check box.
Keep Existing Wireless Settings
. By default, the Keep Existing Wireless Settings check
box is selected. This allows the modem router to keep the same SSID and wireless security
settings when WPS-enabled devices are added to the network.
If the Keep Existing Wireless Settings check box is not selected, the next time you use WPS
to connect WPS-capable devices to your wireless network, the modem router generates a
new random SSID and WPA/WPA2 passphrase. NETGEAR does not recommend this.
Wireless Card Access List
The Wireless Card Access List lets you restrict access to your network to a specific list of
devices based on their MAC addresses.
To set up a wireless card access list:
1.
Select
Advanced > Wireless Settings
, and click the
Setup Access List
button to
display the Wireless Card Access List screen:
The Turn Access Control On check box is not selected so that any computer configured
with the correct wireless network name (SSID) and passphrase to access the network.
2.
Select the
Turn Access Control On
check box to enable access restriction by MAC
address.
3.
Click
Add
to add your computer’s MAC address so that you do not lose your wireless
connection when you click Apply. If you lose your wireless connection, you have to access