ADVANCED SETTINGS
3.3a/ BROADCAST
You can configure the Fios Router’s SSID broadcast capabilities
to allow or disallow Wi-Fi devices from automatically using a
broadcast SSID name to detect your router Wi-Fi network.
1. Select Wi-FiWi-Fi from the left pane, and then click Advanced Advanced
SettingsSettings.
2. To enable SSID broadcasting, click the EnableEnable radio button.
SSID broadcast is enabled by default. The SSID of the Wi-Fi
network will be broadcast to all Wi-Fi devices.
To disable SSID broadcasting, click the DisableDisable radio button.
The public SSID broadcast will be hidden from all Wi-Fi
devices. You will need to manually configure additional Wi-Fi
devices to join the Wi-Fi network.
3. When all changes are complete, click Save ChangesSave Changes to save
the changes.
3.3b/ MAC AUTHENTICATION
You can configure your router to limit access to your Wi-Fi
network allowing access only to those devices with specific MAC
addresses.
To set Wi-Fi MAC authentication:
1. To enable access control, select the Enable Access ListEnable Access List
check box.