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Dual-Band Wireless AC Access Point WAC720 and WAC730 User Manual The user name is admin. The default password is password. The user name and password are case-sensitive. 4. Select Configuration > Security > Profile Settings. The Profile Settings page for the 802.11bg/ng/bgn and 802.11a/a-na-ac modes shows eight WiFi security profiles for each mode. (If the 2.4 GHz radio is disabled, the Enable column is masked out.) The following table explains the fields of the Profile Settings page. Setting Description Profile Name The unique name of the security profile that makes it easy to recognize the profile. SSID The WiFi network name (SSID) for the security profile. Security The configured WiFi authentication method for the security profile. VLAN The default VLAN ID that is associated with the security profile. Enable The check box that specifies whether the security profile is enabled. If you select the check box and click the Apply button, the security profile is enabled. You cannot disable security profile #0 (NETGEAR) for either radio band. To disable this security profile, turn off the radio for the radio band (see Configure 802.11bg/ng/bgn WiFi Settings on page 24 and Configure 802.11a/a-na-ac WiFi Settings on page 27). WMF-Enable The check box that specifies whether Wireless Multicast Forwarding (WMF) is enabled. If you select the check box and click the Apply button, WMF is enabled. WMF is required for applications that use multicasting, such as VLC streaming applications. When WMF is enabled, the access point converts multicast traffic to unicast traffic. WMF improves the overall performance because the access points transmits data according to the capability of each WiFi client. 5. To configure a WiFi security profile, select the corresponding radio button to the left of the WiFi security profile. Configure the WiFi Features and Security 40

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The user name is
admin
. The default password is
password
. The user name and password are
case-sensitive.
4.
Select
Configuration > Security > Profile Settings
.
The Profile Settings page for the 802.11bg/ng/bgn and 802.11a/a-na-ac modes shows eight WiFi security
profiles for each mode. (If the 2.4 GHz radio is disabled, the Enable column is masked out.)
The following table explains the fields of the Profile Settings page.
Description
Setting
The unique name of the security profile that makes it easy to recognize the profile.
Profile Name
The WiFi network name (SSID) for the security profile.
SSID
The configured WiFi authentication method for the security profile.
Security
The default VLAN ID that is associated with the security profile.
VLAN
The check box that specifies whether the security profile is enabled. If you select the check box
and click the
Apply
button, the security profile is enabled.
You cannot disable security profile #0 (NETGEAR) for either radio band.To disable this security
profile, turn off the radio for the radio band (see
Configure 802.11bg/ng/bgn WiFi Settings
on page
24 and
Configure 802.11a/a-na-ac WiFi Settings
on page 27).
Enable
The check box that specifies whether Wireless Multicast Forwarding (WMF) is enabled. If you select
the check box and click the
Apply
button, WMF is enabled.
WMF is required for applications that use multicasting, such as VLC streaming applications. When
WMF is enabled, the access point converts multicast traffic to unicast traffic. WMF improves the
overall performance because the access points transmits data according to the capability of each
WiFi client.
WMF-Enable
5.
To configure a WiFi security profile, select the corresponding radio button to the left of the WiFi security
profile.
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