Set Up A Wireless Access List - NETGEAR N300 EX2700 User Manual

4. Select Advanced > Wireless Settings.
All the check boxes are selected by default.
5. In the Advanced Wireless Settings section of the screen, select or clear the check boxes.
• Enable Wireless Access Point. When this check box is selected, the extender
allows WiFi connections. Clearing this check box prevents wireless devices from
connecting to the extender. LAN devices can still connect to the extender over an
Ethernet cable.
• Enable SSID Broadcast. When this check box is selected, the extender broadcasts
its wireless network name (SSID). Clearing this check box hides the extender's
network name. In such a situation, this network name does not display in a WiFi
network manager. A user who wants to join this hidden network must know its
network name.
• Keep Existing Wireless Settings. This check box is selected so that if you use WPS
to connect to the extender WiFi network, its wireless network name stays the same
instead of changing to a new, randomly generated network name. NETGEAR
recommends that you leave this check box selected.
6. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.

Set Up a Wireless Access List

By default, any wireless device that is configured with the correct network name (SSID) can
access the extender's WiFi networks. For increased security, you can restrict access to the
extender's WiFi networks so that only wireless devices with the MAC addresses that you add
to an access list can connect.
Each network device is assigned a MAC address, which is a unique 12-character physical
address, containing the hexadecimal characters 0–9, a–f, or A–F only, and separated by
colons (for example, 00:09:AB:CD:EF:01). Typically, the MAC address is on the label of the
wireless device. If cannot access the label, you can display the MAC address using the
network configuration utilities of the computer. You might also find the MAC addresses on the
Network Devices screen (see
N300 WiFi Range Extender
View Wired and Wireless Network Devices
Manage the Extender Network and Settings
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on page 27).