Reference Manual

Initial Setup

Outdoor High Power Wireless N Access Point

MAC address filtering adds an obstacle against unwanted access to your network. For

more information, see Configure MAC Authentication o

n page 28.

Set Up Security Profiles

Details of each wireless network are contained in a security profile. Each security profile

contains the following information:

• Pro

file name. This is the unique profile name. This value can be up to 32 alphanumeric

characters.

• SSID.

This is the SSID associated with this profile.

• Security. This is the

security standard, such as WPA2-PSK, that is associated with the

profile.

To change security profiles, you must use a compute

r that is configured with a static IP

address of 192.168.0.210 and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. During initial setup, use a

wired Ethernet connection from the computer to the access point.

 To edit the security profile settings:

1. Laun

ch a web browser on the computer that is connected to the access point.

2. In

the address field of the browser, enter http://192.168.0.100.

A login prompt displays.

3. Enter th

e user name and password.

The user name is ad

min and the default password is password.

The General screen displays.

4. Select Co

nfiguration > Security.

For initial configuration and testing, the Security field for Profile 1 (the default profile) is

set to Open System and the SSIDs are set to NETGEAR_11ng and NETGEAR_11na.

Note: The SSID of a

ny wireless client must match the SSID you configured

in the access point. If they do not match, you cannot get a wireless

connection.