Set Up And Manage Wifi Networks; Set Up A Wifi Network With Open, Wpa2, Or Mixed Security - NETGEAR WAC510 User Manual

Set Up and Manage WiFi Networks

The access point supports eight WiFi networks (four for each radio), each with its own unique WiFi settings.
The following sections describe how you can set up and manage WiFi networks on the access point:
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Set Up a WiFi Network With Open, WPA2, or Mixed Security

• View or Change the Settings of a WiFi Network
• Disable or Enable a WiFi Network
• Remove a WiFi Network
• Enable or Disable Client Separation for a WiFi Network
• Hide or Broadcast the SSID for a WiFi Network
• Enable or Disable Radio Resource Management for a WiFi Network
• Enable or Disable Band Steering for a WiFi Network
• Change the RSSI Threshold for a WiFi Network
• Change the VLAN ID for a WiFi Network
• Select a MAC ACL for a WiFi Network
• Set Bandwidth Limitations for a WiFi Network
• Set Up a Captive Portal for a WiFi Network
Set Up a WiFi Network With Open, WPA2, or Mixed Security
The access point provides one default SSID that is enabled by default and that broadcasts on the 2.4 GHz
band and the 5 GHz band. This is the SSID that you were required to rename when you logged in to the
access point for the first time.You can add more SSIDs: The access point support four SSIDs for each radio
for a total of eight SSIDs. (If you enable four SSIDs on both radios, the maximum number of SSIDs is
reached.)
SSID stand for service set identifier, which is the WiFi network name. When you create a new SSID, you
are actually defining the settings for a new virtual access point (VAP). That means that the access point
supports up to eight VAPs.
The access point can simultaneously support the 2.4 GHz band for 802.11b/g/n WiFi devices and the 5 GHz
band for 802.11a/n/ac WiFi devices.
To set up a WiFi network:
1. Open a web browser from a computer that is connected to the same network as the access point or to
the access point directly through an Ethernet cable or WiFi connection.
2. Enter the IP address that is assigned to the access point.
A login window opens.
3. Enter the access point user name and password.
The default user name is admin. The default password is password. The user name and password
are case-sensitive.
The Dashboard page displays.
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