Enable Or Disable The Wifi Radios; Use The Wps Wizard For Wifi Connections - NETGEAR XR500 Nighthawk User Manual

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Enable or Disable the WiFi Radios

If you used the WiFi On/Off button to turn off the WiFi radios, you can't log in to the router to turn them back
on. You must press the WiFi On/Off button again for two seconds to turn the WiFi radios back on.
To enable or disable the WiFi radios:
1.
Launch a web browser from a computer or mobile device that is connected to the router network.
2.
Enter http://www.routerlogin.net.
A login window opens.
3.
Enter the router admin user name and password.
The user name is admin. The password is the one that you specified the first time that you logged in.
The user name and password are case-sensitive.
The Dashboard displays.
4.
Select Settings > Advanced Settings > Advanced Wireless.
The Advanced Wireless Settings page displays.
5.
In the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz sections, select or clear the Enable Wireless Router Radio check boxes.
Clearing these check boxes turns off the WiFi feature of the router for each band.
6.
Click the Apply button.
Note
If you turned off both WiFi radios, the WiFi On/Off LED and the WPS LED turn off. If
you turned on the WiFi radios, the WiFi On/Off LED and the WPS LED light.

Use the WPS Wizard for WiFi Connections

The WPS Wizard helps you add a Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS)–enabled device to your WiFi network
without typing the WiFi password.
To use the WPS Wizard:
1.
Launch a web browser from a computer or mobile device that is connected to the router network.
2.
Enter http://www.routerlogin.net.
A login window opens.
3.
Enter the router admin user name and password.
The user name is admin. The password is the one that you specified the first time that you logged in.
The user name and password are case-sensitive.
The Dashboard displays.
4.
Select Settings > Setup > WPS Wizard.
The Add WPS Client page displays. The page describes WPS.
5.
Click the Next button.
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