Guest Network - TRENDnet TEW-812DRU User Manual

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bandwidth settings. Enabling 40MHz or 80MHz typically results in substantial
performance increases when connecting an 802.11n or 802.11ac client. Note:
Please note that 80MHz channel bandwidth is only available for 802.11ac 5GHz.

Guest Network

Wireless (2.4GHz or 5GHz) > Guest Network
Creating an isolated and separate wireless guest network (2.4GHz or 5GHz) allows
wireless clients to connect to your network for Internet access only and keep your local
LAN network safe by restricting guest access to your LAN network resources such as
shared documents and media files on your computers, network storage, and printers.
1. Log into your router management page (see
on page 16).
2. Click on the Basic tab.
3. Click on Guest Network section.
4. Review the Guest Network settings, click Apply when finished.
• Enabled: Check the option to enable the Guest Network.
• Wireless Name (SSID): This acronym stands for Service Set Identifier and is the
name of your wireless network. It differentiates your wireless network from others
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"Access your router management page"
around you. It is recommended to use a different name from your primary wireless
network to a name that you can easily identify and differentiate from the primary.
You can reference your guests to access this network instead of the primary.
• Internet Access Only: By default, the option is checked to allow guests to only
access the Internet and restrict access to your local LAN network. Please note that
unchecking this option will open access to local LAN network to guests.
• Wireless Client Isolation: Checking this option will restrict guests from
communicating with each other over the guest network such as share files.
5. Under Security Policy, you can apply a different wireless security type and key to the
guest network. Please refer to page 15 to find out about different security types and
page 16 for wireless security configuration.
Advanced Guest Network Settings
Wireless (2.4GHz or 5GHz) > Guest Network>Advanced Guest Network Settings
At the bottom of the guest network page, you can click the "Advanced Guest Network
Settings" to configure the additional guest network options such as the guest network
interface IP address, DHCP server IP address range, and DHCP reservation.
Review the Advanced Guest Network settings, click Apply when finished.
In most cases, you do not need to change your guest network IP address settings.
Typically, the router IP address settings only needs to be changed, if you plan to use
another router in your network with the same IP address settings, if you are connecting
your router to an existing network that is already using the IP address settings your
router is using, or if you are experiencing problems establishing VPN connections to
your office network through your router.
• IP Address – Enter the new guest network IP address.
(e.g. 192.168.100.1)
• Subnet Mask – Enter the new guest network subnet mask.
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