Control The Wireless Radios; Use The Wifi On/Off Button; Enable Or Disable The Wireless Radios - NETGEAR C3700 User Manual

• Allow guest to see each other and access my local network. If this check box is
selected, anyone who connects to this SSID has access to your local network, not just
Internet access.
6. Give the guest network a name.
The guest network name is case-sensitive and can be up to 32 characters. You then
manually configure the wireless devices in your network to use the guest network name in
addition to the main SSID.
7. Select a radio button for a security option.
The WPA2 options use the newest standard for the strongest security, but some older
computers and wireless devices cannot use it. NETGEAR recommends that you select
the WPA-PSK [TKIP] + WPA2-PSK [AES] radio button. This setting protects your WiFi
network and lets computers and wireless devices can connect to the WiFi network by
using either WPA2 or WPA security.
8. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.

Control the Wireless Radios

The modem router has an internal wireless radios that broadcasts signals in the 2.4 GHz
range and 5 GHz range. By default, these radios are on so that you can connect wirelessly to
the modem router. When the wireless radios are off, you can still use an Ethernet cable for a
LAN connection to the modem router.
You can turn the wireless radios on and off with the WiFi On/Off button on the modem router,
or you can log in to the modem router and enable or disable the wireless radios. If you are
close to the modem router, it might be easier to press its WiFi On/Off button. If you are away
from the modem router or have already logged in, it might be easier to enable or disable the
radios.

Use the WiFi On/Off Button

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To turn the wireless radios off and on with the WiFi On/Off button:
Press the WiFi On/Off button on the modem router for two seconds.
If you turned off the wireless radios, the WiFi On/Off LED and the WPS LED turn off. If
you turned on the wireless radios, the WiFi On/Off LED and the WPS LED light.

Enable or Disable the Wireless Radios

If you used the WiFi On/Off button to turn off the wireless radios, you can't log in to the
modem router to turn them back on. You must press the WiFi On/Off button again for two
seconds to turn the wireless radios back on.
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