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WS325 300Mbps Wireless Router User Guide 6 Configuring Frequently Used Functions Step 7 Repeat Step 6 and Step 7 to disable other SSIDs. ----End If you consider the use of a WLAN as inconvenient after the SSID of the WLAN is hidden, you can restore the function of broadcasting the SSID as follows: For Hide Broadcast, clear Enable. Then click Submit. 6.3.2 Changing the Name of a WLAN Function Overview If the router has hidden the SSID of a WLAN, you need to enter the SSID of the WLAN manually when you use a PC to access the WLAN. If you enter a wrong SSID, the PC cannot connect to the WLAN. Therefore, the security of the WLAN can be improved if the SSID is difficult to be predicted. An SSID consists of 1-32 American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) characters. When the router is delivered, the SSID is preset. You can find this preset SSID on the label on the real panel of the router. In addition, the router supports the change of the SSID. You can change the SSID as required. Configuration Example If your current SSID index is SSID1 and if you have used this SSID for a certain period, to change this SSID to MyNewSSID, do as follows: Step 1 Log in to the Web-based configuration utility. Step 2 In the navigation tree, choose Basic > WLAN. The WLAN configuration page is displayed. Step 3 Select SSID1 for SSID Index. Step 4 In SSID, enter MyNewSSID. Issue 01 (2012-10-26) 6-5

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WS325 300Mbps Wireless Router
User Guide
6 Configuring Frequently Used Functions
Issue 01 (2012-10-26)
6-5
Step 7
Repeat Step 6 and Step 7 to disable other SSIDs.
----
End
If you consider the use of a WLAN as
inconvenient after the SSID of the WLAN is hidden,
you can restore the function of broadcasting the SSID as follows: For Hide Broadcast, clear
Enable. Then click Submit.
6.3.2 Changing the Name of a WLAN
Function Overview
If the router has hidden the SSID of a WLAN, you need to enter the SSID of the WLAN
manually when you use a PC to access the WLAN. If you enter a wrong SSID, the PC
cannot connect to the WLAN. Therefore, the security of the WLAN can be improved if
the SSID is difficult to be predicted.
An SSID consists of 1–32 American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
characters. When the router is delivered, the SSID is preset. You can find this preset
SSID on the label on the real panel of the router. In addition, the router supports the
change of the SSID. You can change the SSID as required.
Configuration Example
If your current SSID index is
SSID1
and if you have used this SSID for a certain period,
to change this SSID to
MyNewSSID
, do as follows:
Step 1
Log in to the Web-based configuration utility.
Step 2
In the navigation tree, choose
Basic
>
WLAN
.
The WLAN configuration page is displayed.
Step 3
Select
SSID1
for
SSID Index
.
Step 4
In
SSID
, enter
MyNewSSID
.