Configure Your Wi-Fi Radio - Arris SURFboard SBR-AC1900P User Manual

11. Enter the amount of time (in seconds) that an IP address will be available to a device on
your guest network in the Lease Time field.
12. Select Enabled or Disabled in the UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) Enable field to allow or
block any network devices, such as computers, smart phones, tablets, gaming devices, or
printers to automatically connect to your home network.
13. Select Enabled or Disabled in the Firewall Enable field to turn ON or OFF the gateway
firewall.
14. Select Enabled or Disabled in the DHCPv6 Server field to allow the DHCP server to send
leases to the guest network clients from the guest network lease pool you specified
earlier.
Note: If the DHCP server is disabled, you must assign static IP addresses to the guest
network stations.
15. Select one of the following wireless network security options for your wireless network
from the Wireless Security drop-down list:
•
WPA2-PSK: Wi-Fi Protected Access version 2 with Pre-Shared Key. Provides the best
security for your network (recommended).
•
WPA2-PSK + WPA-PSK: combination Wi-Fi Protected Access version 2 with Pre-Shared
Key and Wi-Fi Protected Access with Pre-Shared Key.
• Unencrypted: network security is not set for your wireless network. This allows access
to your wireless network without a Wi-Fi Security key.
•
WPA-PSK: combination Wi-Fi Protected Access with Pre-Shared Key and Wi-Fi
Protected Access with Pre-Shared Key.
• WPA2 (Enterprise): Wi-Fi Protected Access version 2 provides additional network
security and requires a user name and password for network logon.
•
WPA2 + WPA (Enterprise): combination Wi-Fi Protected Access version 2 and Wi-Fi
Protected Access provides additional network security and requires a user name and
password for network logon.
16. Choose the wireless network encryption type in the Encryption field:
•
AES – Advanced Encryption Standard: Provides the strongest encryption
(recommended).
•
TKIP+AES –Temporal Key Integrity Protocol and Advanced Encryption Standard: Allows
both AES and TKIP-capable clients to connect to your wireless network.
17. Enter any combination of characters and letters for the wireless guest network password
in the Passphrase field.
18. Select Show Passphrase to display your password while you type.
19. When done, deselect Show Passphrase so that your password will not be visible.
20. Click Apply.

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Network interference can occur at any time when using a wireless network connection. This
may be caused by other wireless access points that are using the same wireless channel as
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