Viewing Basic Wireless Settings - NETGEAR WNDR3300 - RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Router Wireless Reference Manual

NETGEAR RangeMax™ Dual Band Wireless-N Router WNDR3300 Reference Manual

Viewing Basic Wireless Settings

To configure the wireless security settings of your router:
1. Log in to the router as described in
2. Select Wireless Settings under Setup in the main menu.
Figure 2-2
The available settings in this screen are:
11N SSID
• Name (
wireless networks. The SSID is also known as the wireless network name. Enter a value of
up to 32 alphanumeric characters. When more than one wireless network is active,
different wireless network names provide a way to separate the traffic. For a wireless
device to participate in a particular wireless network, it must be configured with the SSID
for that network. The WNDR3300 router default SSID names are:
– 11N SSID. NETGEAR-DualBand-N
– 11G SSID. NETGEAR-2.4-G
These SSIDs are broadcast by the router so that nearby wireless devices can discover your
network. You can disable this broadcast as described in
Settings" on page
2-6
"Logging In to Your Wireless Router" on page 1-2.
11G SSID
) or Name (
2-11.
v1.0, February 2008
). These are the names of the 11N and 11G
"Viewing Advanced Wireless
Safeguarding Your Network