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Manage the Extender Network and Security Settings

N600 WiFi Range Extender

Note: If you clear a Keep Existing Wireless Settings check box and use

WPS to add a computer or WiFi device to the extender’s network, the

SSID and passphrase are automatically generated and other devices

that are already connected to the extender’s network might be

disconnected. You can view the SSID and passphrase on the Wireless

Settings screen (see Manage the Extender WiFi Settings on page 43).

NETGEAR recommends that you keep the Keep Existing Wireless

Settings check boxes selected.

6. Click the Apply button.

Your changes are saved.

Enable SSID

Broadcast (2.4GHz)

By default, the extender broadcasts its WiFi network name (SSID) for the 2.4 GHz

band. Clear the Enable SSID Broadcast (2.4GHz) check box only to hide the

network name of the extender in the 2.4 GHz band. In such a situation, the

network name of the extender does not display in a WiFi network manager

. A user

who wants to join the hidden WiFi network of the extender must know its network

name.

Enable 20/40 MHz

Coexistence (2.4GHz)

By default, 20/40 MHz coexistence is enabled to prevent interference between

wireless networks in your environment at the expense of the wireless speed. If no

other wireless networks are present in your environment, you can clear the

Enable 20/40 MHz Coexistence check box to increase the wireless speed to the

maximum supported speed.

Enable Wireless

Access Point (5GHz)

By default, the extender functions as a WiFi access point in the 5 GHz band. Clear

the Enable W

ireless

Access Point (5GHz) check box only if you want to prevent

WiFi devices from connecting to the extender in the 5 GHz band. LAN devices can

still connect to the extender over an Ethernet cable.

Enable SSID

Broadcast (5GHz)

By default, the extender broadcasts its WiFi network name (SSID) for the 5 GHz

band. Clear the Enable SSID Broadcast (5GHz) check box only to hide the

network name of the extender in the 5 GHz band. In such a situation, the network

name of the extender does not display in a WiFi network manager

A user who

wants to join the hidden WiFi network of the extender must know its network

name.

WPS Settings

Keep Existing Wireless

Settings (2.4GHz b/g/n)

By default, the settings on the Wireless Settings screen remain the same when

you use WPS to establish a WiFi connection in the 2.4 GHz band. Clear the Keep

Existing W

ireless Settings (2.4GHz b/g/n)

check box only if you want to allow

the WPS process to change the SSID and passphrase for access in the 2.4 GHz

band on the Wireless Settings screen.

Keep Existing Wireless

Settings (5GHz a/n)

By default, the settings on the Wireless Settings screen remain the same when

you use WPS to establish a WiFi connection in the 5 GHz band. Clear the Keep

Existing W

ireless Settings (5GHz a/n)

check box only if you want to allow the

WPS process to change the SSID and passphrase for access in the 5

GHz band

on the Wireless Settings screen.

Setting Description

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