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Viewing Advanced Wireless Settings, Wireless Settings, Enable Wireless Router Radio

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N150 Wireless Router WNR1000 User Manual Viewing Advanced Wireless Settings This section describes the wireless settings that you can view and specify in the Advanced Wireless Settings screen, which you access under Advanced in the main menu. To configure the advanced wireless security settings of your router: 1. Log in to the router as described in "Logging In To Your Wireless Router" on page 1-2. 2. Select Wireless Settings under Advanced in the main menu. The advanced Wireless Settings screen displays Figure 2-5 The available settings in this screen are: • Enable Wireless Router Radio. If you disable the wireless router radio, wireless devices cannot connect to the N150 Wireless Router. If you will not be using your wireless network for a period of time, you can clear this check box and disable all wireless connectivity. • Enable SSID Broadcast. Clear this check box to disable broadcast of the SSID, so that only devices that know the correct SSID can connect. Disabling SSID broadcast nullifies the wireless network discovery feature of some products such as Windows XP. Safeguarding Your Network v1.0, January 2009 2-11

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N150 Wireless Router WNR1000 User Manual
Safeguarding Your Network
2-11
v1.0, January 2009
Viewing Advanced Wireless Settings
This section describes the wireless settings that you can view and specify in the Advanced
Wireless Settings screen, which you access under Advanced in the main menu.
To configure the advanced wireless security settings of your router:
1.
Log in to the router as described in
“Logging In To Your Wireless Router” on page 1-2
.
2.
Select
Wireless Settings
under Advanced in the main menu. The advanced Wireless Settings
screen displays
The available settings in this screen are:
Enable Wireless Router Radio
. If you disable the wireless router radio, wireless devices
cannot connect to the N150 Wireless Router. If you will not be using your wireless
network for a period of time, you can clear this check box and disable all wireless
connectivity.
Enable SSID Broadcast
. Clear this check box to disable broadcast of the SSID, so that
only devices that know the correct SSID can connect. Disabling SSID broadcast nullifies
the wireless network discovery feature of some products such as Windows XP.
Figure 2-5