Cisco DPC3939 User Manual page 54

Chapter 3 Conf iguring the Residential Gateway
Field Label
Channel Selection
Channel
Network Password
Show Network
Password
Broadcast Network
Name (SSID)
32
Description
Automatic. Select Automatic (factory default) to have channel
selected for you.
Manual. Select Manual to select channels from the Channel
field.
When the Manual option is chosen for Channel Selection, use
this field to select a channel from 40, 48, 153, and 161.
Depending upon Security Mode selected, the Network
Password can have different requirements. The factory-set
password value can be found on the label located on the
bottom of your Residential Gateway.
To make the Network Password become visible to the user or
not. Every time the page is opened, this box is unchecked for
security reasons.
When this box is checked (factory default), the Residential
Gateway transmits or advertises its presence to other wireless
devices. Client devices can automatically detect the access
point when this is enabled.
If you want to hide your network from wireless clients, leave
this box unselected. When your network is hidden, you will
need to configure each of your wireless client devices
manually.
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