User Guide

Manage the Extender Network and Settings

N300 WiFi Range Extender

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 W

ireless 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 W

ireless 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 has 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 you do not have access to 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 View Wired and Wireless Network Devices on page 28).