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Changing the Administrator Password, Enable SSID Broadcast, Allow Guest to access MY Local Network - reset to factory default

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Wireless-G Router WGR614v10 Reference Manual - Enable SSID Broadcast - If selected, the Wireless Access Point broadcasts its name (SSID) to all Wireless Stations. Stations can adopt the correct SSID for connections to this Access Point. - Allow Guest to access MY Local Network - If selected any user who connects to this SSID can access local networks associated with the router like users in the primary SSID. 3. Give the wireless network a name. The name is case-sensitive and can be up to 32 characters. The same name must be assigned to all wireless devices in your network. NETGEAR recommends that you change the name to a different value. 4. Select a Security option from the list. 5. Click Apply to save your selections. 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 6-7. Safeguarding Your Network v1.0, February 2010 2-15

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Wireless-G Router WGR614v10 Reference Manual
Safeguarding Your Network
2-15
v1.0, February 2010
–
Enable SSID Broadcast
– If selected, the Wireless Access Point broadcasts its name
(SSID) to all Wireless Stations. Stations can adopt the correct SSID for connections to this
Access Point.
–
Allow Guest to access MY Local Network
– If selected any user who connects to this
SSID can access local networks associated with the router like users in the primary SSID.
3.
Give the wireless network a name.
The name is case-sensitive and can be up to 32 characters. The same name must be assigned to
all wireless devices in your network. NETGEAR recommends that you change the name to a
different value.
4.
Select a Security option from the list.
5.
Click
Apply
to save your selections.
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 6-7
.