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Wireless-N 150 Router WNR1000v2 User Manual 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. Note: When configuring the router 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 wireless router from a wired computer or from a wireless computer that is on the access control list to make any further changes. 8. Click Apply to save your Wireless Card Access List settings. Now, only devices on this list can wirelessly connect to the WNR1000v2 router. Warning: MAC address filtering adds an obstacle against unwanted access to your network by the general public. However, because your trusted MAC addresses appear in your wireless transmissions, an intruder can read them and impersonate them. Do not rely on MAC address filtering alone to secure your network. Changing the Administrator Password The default password for the router's Web Configuration Manager is password. NETGEAR recommends that you change this password to a more secure password. 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. For information about how to back up your settings, see "Backing Up and Restoring the Configuration" on page 6-8. 2-20 v1.0, September 2009 Safeguarding Your Network

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Wireless-N 150 Router WNR1000v2 User Manual
2-20
Safeguarding Your Network
v1.0, September 2009
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 WNR1000v2 router.
Changing the Administrator Password
The default password for the router’s Web Configuration Manager is
password
. NETGEAR
recommends that you change this password to a more secure password.
Note:
When configuring the router 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
wireless router 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, because your trusted MAC
addresses appear in your wireless transmissions, 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. For information about how
to back up your settings, see
“Backing Up and Restoring the Configuration” on
page 6-8
.