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Guest Network Pane, Wi-Fi Protected Setup

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N450 Wireless Router WNR2500 The Router Status screen displays. The Wireless Settings pane is located in the lower left of the screen. The following information displays: • Name (SSID). The wireless network name (SSID) that the router uses. • Region. The geographic region where the router is used. It might be illegal to use the wireless features of the router in some parts of the world. • Channel. Identifies the operating channel of the wireless port. The default channel is Auto. When Auto is selected, the router finds the best operating channel available. • Mode. Indicates the wireless communication mode: Up to 54 Mbps, Up to 150 Mbps (the default), or Up to 300 Mbps. • Wireless AP. Indicates whether the radio of the router is enabled. If the radio is not enabled, the WiFi LED on the front panel is off. • Broadcast Name. Indicates whether the router is broadcasting its SSID. • Wireless Isolation. Indicates whether wireless isolation is on or off. When it is off, wireless clients (computers or wireless devices) that join the network can use the Internet, but cannot access each other or access Ethernet devices on the network. • Wi-Fi Protected Setup. Indicates whether Wi-Fi Protected Setup is configured for this network. Guest Network Pane  To display the Guest Network pane: Click the ADVANCED tab. The Router Status screen displays. The Guest Network pane is located in the lower right of the screen. The following information displays: • Name (SSID). The wireless network name (SSID) that the router uses. The default name is NETGEAR-Guest. • Wireless AP. Indicates whether the radio of the router is enabled for the guest network. • Broadcast Name. Indicates whether the router is broadcasting its SSID for the guest network. • Wireless Isolation. Indicates whether wireless isolation is on or off for the guest network. When it is off, wireless clients (computers or wireless devices) that join the guest network can use the Internet, but cannot access each other or access Ethernet devices on the network. • Allow guest to access My Local Network. Indicates whether wireless clients on the guest network can access your local network, instead of only the Internet and other wireless clients on the guest network. Monitoring 122

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Monitoring
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N450 Wireless Router WNR2500
The Router Status screen displays. The Wireless Settings pane is located in the lower left of
the screen.
The following information displays:
•
Name (SSID
). The wireless network name (SSID) that the router uses.
•
Region
. The geographic region where the router is used. It might be illegal to use the
wireless features of the router in some parts of the world.
•
Channel
. Identifies the operating channel of the wireless port. The default channel is
Auto. When Auto is selected, the router finds the best operating channel available.
•
Mode
. Indicates the wireless communication mode: Up to 54 Mbps, Up to 150 Mbps (the
default), or Up to 300 Mbps.
•
Wireless AP
. Indicates whether the radio of the router is enabled. If the radio is not
enabled, the WiFi LED on the front panel is off.
•
Broadcast Name
. Indicates whether the router is broadcasting its SSID.
•
Wireless Isolation
. Indicates whether wireless isolation is on or off. When it is off,
wireless clients (computers or wireless devices) that join the network can use the Internet,
but cannot access each other or access Ethernet devices on the network.
•
Wi-Fi Protected Setup
. Indicates whether Wi-Fi Protected Setup is configured for this
network.
Guest Network Pane
To display the Guest Network pane:
Click the
ADVANCED
tab.
The Router Status screen displays. The Guest Network pane is located in the lower right of
the screen.
The following information displays:
•
Name (SSID
). The wireless network name (SSID) that the router uses. The default name
is NETGEAR-Guest.
•
Wireless AP
. Indicates whether the radio of the router is enabled for the guest network.
•
Broadcast Name
. Indicates whether the router is broadcasting its SSID for the guest
network.
•
Wireless Isolation
. Indicates whether wireless isolation is on or off for the guest network.
When it is off, wireless clients (computers or wireless devices) that join the guest network
can use the Internet, but cannot access each other or access Ethernet devices on the
network.
•
Allow guest to access My Local Network
. Indicates whether wireless clients on the
guest network can access your local network, instead of only the Internet and other
wireless clients on the guest network.