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DG834N RangeMax NEXT Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router Reference Manual
Table 2-1. Wireless Settings (continued)
Settings
Wireless Access Enable Wireless Access
Point Point
Allow Broadcast Name
(SSID)
Wireless Isolation
Wireless Sta- Turn Access Control On
tion Access List
2-6
Description
Selected by default, this setting enables the wireless radio,
which allows the modem router to work as a wireless
access point.
Turning off the wireless radio can be helpful for configura-
tion, network tuning, or troubleshooting.
The Wireless LED on the front of the modem router displays
the current status of the wireless access point to let you
know if it is disabled or enabled. The wireless access point
must be enabled to allow wireless stations to access the
Internet.
Selected by default, the modem router broadcasts its SSID,
allowing wireless stations that have a null (blank) SSID to
.
adopt the correct SSID. If you disable broadcast of the
SSID, only devices with the correct SSID can connect. This
nullifies the wireless network discovery feature of some
products such as Windows XP, but the data is still fully
exposed to a determined snoop using specialized test
equipment like wireless sniffers. For this reason NETGEAR
recommends that you also enable wireless security.
This feature is disabled by default. If it is enabled, wireless
stations cannot communicate with each other or with sta-
tions on the wired network.
Access control is disabled by default so that any computer
configured with the correct wireless network name or SSID
can access to your wireless network. For increased secu-
rity, you can restrict access to the wireless network to only
specific computers based on their MAC addresses. See
"Restricting Wireless Access Based on the Wireless Station
Access
v1.0, April 2008
List."
Wireless Configuration