NETGEAR N600

Genie Basic Settings
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N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router DGND3700v2
Note: These settings apply separately to the 2.4 GHz b/g/n and 5 GHz a/n
bands.
Enable Guest Network. When this check box is selected, the guest network is enabled,
and guests can connect to your network using the SSID of this profile.
Enable SSID Broadcast.
If this check box is selected, the wireless access point
broadcasts its name (SSID) to all wireless stations. Stations with no SSID can adopt the
correct SSID for connections to this access point.
Allow guest to access My Local Network. If this check box is select
ed, any user who
connects to this SSID has access to your local network, not just Internet access.
Enable Wireless Isolation. If this che
ck box is selected, then 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.
3. Give the
guest network a name.
The guest network name is case-sensitive and can be up to 32 characters. You then
manua
lly configure the wireless devices in your network to use the guest network name
in addition to the main nonguest SSID.
4. Select a securit
y option from the list. The security options are described in Guest Network
Wireless Security Options on p
age 39.
5. Click App
ly to save your selections.
Guest Network Wireless Security Options
A security option is the type of security protocol applied to your wireless network. The
security protocol in force encrypts data transmissions and ensures that only trusted devices
receive authorization to connect to your network.
This section presents an overview of the security o
ptions and provides guidance on when to
use which option. Note that it is also possible to set up a guest network without wireless
security. NETGEAR does not recommend this.
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) encryption is built into all hardware that has the Wi-Fi-certified
seal. This se
al means the product is authorized by the Wi-Fi Alliance (http://www.wi-fi.org/)
because it complies with the worldwide single standard for high-speed wireless local area
networking.
WPA-PSK uses a passphrase to perform authentication and generate the initial data
encryption keys.
Then it dynamically varies the encryption key. WPA-PSK uses Temporal Key
Integrity Protocol (TKIP) data encryption, implements most of the IEEE 802.11i standard, and
is designed to work with all wireless network interface cards, but not all wireless access
points. It is superseded by WPA2-PSK.
WPA2-PSK is stronger than WPA. It is advertised to be indecipherable due to the greater
d
egree of randomness in encryption keys that it generates. WPA2-PSK gets higher speed