Change The Wifi Network Name; Set The Maximum Number Of Wifi Devices; Change The Wifi Security - NETGEAR Fuse User Manual

1. In the Mobile Hotspot Manager, click WiFi > Options.
2. Beside WiFi Info on Home, select Show or Hide.
3. Click Submit.

Change the WiFi Network Name

You can change the WiFi network name for the main WiFi network and the guest WiFi network.
Note: If you change the WiFi network name, all computers and devices that are currently connected
with WiFi are disconnected during the change. After this change has been made, you must use the
new WiFi network name to connect.
1. In the Mobile Hotspot Manager, click WiFi > Options.
2. In the Main WiFi section, type a new name in the WiFi Name field.
3. In the Guest WiFi section, type a new name in the WiFi Network Name field.
4. Click Submit.

Set the Maximum Number of WiFi Devices

If your network is having performance issues, you might want to decrease the number of WiFi
devices allowed to connect to your device at the same time, or change the maximum number of
devices that can connect to either the Main WiFi or Guest WiFi networks at the same time. (When
Guest WiFi is turned on, the maximum number of WiFi devices is shared between Main WiFi and
Guest WiFi.)
Note: Your device is factory preset to allow a maximum of ten (10) WiFi devices, with eight (8) on
Main WiFi and two (2) on Guest WiFi.
You can change these limits on the Mobile Hotspot Manager's WiFi > Options page.
1. In the Mobile Hotspot Manager, click WiFi > Options.
2. Beside Max WiFi, select the total number of WiFi devices that can connect to your device at the
same time.
3. Click
to increase the Main WiFi limit, or click
(Increasing one decreases the other.)
Note: The Main WiFi limit cannot be set to 0.
4. Click Submit.

Change the WiFi Security

You can change the WiFi security setting for your Mobile Hotspot.
By default WiFi security is enabled for your device and its WiFi networks.
Settings
to increase the Guest WiFi limit.
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