Chapter 2 Wireless Configuration - NETGEAR WNR612v2 User Manual

Wireless Configuration
2.
This chapter describes how to configure your wireless connection. This chapter includes:
• Planning Your Wireless Network
• Manually Configuring Your Wireless Settings
• Using Push 'N' Connect (WPS) to Configure Your Wireless Network
• Wireless Guest Networks
• Advanced Wireless Settings
• Restricting Wireless Access by MAC Address
For a wireless connection, the SSID, also called the wireless network name, and the wireless
security settings must be the same for the wireless router and wireless computers or wireless
adapters. NETGEAR strongly recommends that you use wireless security.
Computers can connect wirelessly at a range of several hundred
Note:
feet. If you do not use wireless security, this can allow others outside
your immediate area to access your network.
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