Manage The Basic Wifi Settings And Wifi Security Of The Guest Network - NETGEAR D8500 User Manual

The Push Button (recommended) radio button is selected by default.
6. Select the PIN Number radio button.
In the Enter Clients' PIN field, enter the PIN number of the WiFi device.
7.
8. Click the Next button.
For four minutes, the modem router attempts to find the WiFi device (that is, the client) that you want
to join the modem router's main WiFi network.
During this time, the LED on the WPS button blinks.
9. Within four minutes, go to the WiFi device and use its WPS software to join the network without entering
a password.
After the modem router establishes a WPS connection, the LED on the WPS button stops blinking and
the Add WPS Client page displays a confirmation message.
To verify that the WiFi device is connected to the modem router's main WiFi network, select BASIC >
10.
Attached Devices.
The WiFi device displays onscreen.
Manage the Basic WiFi Settings and WiFi Security of the
Guest Network
A guest network allows visitors to use the Internet without using your WiFi security key. By default, the
guest WiFi network is disabled.You can enable and configure the guest WiFi network for each WiFi
band.The modem router simultaneously supports the 2.4 GHz band for 802.11n, 802.11g, and 802.11b
devices and the 5 GHz band with two separate SSIDs for 802.11ac, 802.11n, and 802.11a devices.
The WiFi mode of the guest WiFi network depends on the WiFi mode of the main WiFi network. For
example, if you configure the WiFi mode for the main WiFi network as Up to 54 Mbps in the 2.4 GHz band,
the guest WiFi network also functions in the Up to 54 Mbps mode in the 2.4 GHz band. For information
about configuring the WiFi mode, see
The modem router provides three default guest networks with the following names (SSIDs):
•
2.4 GHz band. NETGEAR-Guest
•
First 5 GHz band. NETGEAR-5G-Guest
AC5300 WiFi VDSL/ADSL Modem Router Model D8500
View or Change the Basic WiFi Settings
Manage the Basic WiFi Network Settings
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