NETGEAR ProSafe SRXN3205 Reference Manual page 68

ProSafe Wireless-N VPN Firewall SRXN3205 Reference Manual
2. Use the default user name of admin and default password of password— or use a new LAN
address and password if you have set them up.
3. Select Network Configuration > Wireless Settings from main/submenu.
4. In the Wireless Settings ensure the Auto (default) is set for the Channel feature.
This feature selects a channel that has the least interference. It should not be necessary to
change the wireless channel unless you notice interference problems or are near another
wireless access point. Select a channel that is not being used by any other wireless networks
within several hundred feet of your VPN Firewall.
Note: The SSID of any Client PC must match the SSID you configured in the VPN
Firewall. If these do not match, you will not get a wireless connection to the
SRXN3205.
5. Record the name used for SSID and then Disable the Allow Broadcast of Name (SSID).
Note: If you are configuring the SRXN3205 from a wireless computer and you
change the SSID or channel settings, you will lose your wireless connection
when you click Apply. You must then change the wireless settings of your
computer to match the new settings.
6. Click Apply to save any changes
7. Prepare PC(s) as the wireless PC Client(s) with wireless Ethernet adapters installed.
8. Configure the Client PCs to obtain the IP and DNS addresses automatically using the internal
DHCP server (DHCP is the default firewall setting).
9. Configure the wireless adapters of your Client PCs to have the same SSID you configured in
the SRXN3205.
10. Using this Client PCs, verify these PCs have a wireless link by trying to access a file or a
printer on the LAN connected to the SRXN3205.
11. Once you have verified wireless connectivity to the SRXN3205, you can configure the
wireless security functions. Refer to
4-12
"Wireless Security Types and Settings" on page
v1.0, July 2008
4-13.
Wireless Configuration