User manual NETGEAR WPN824EXT

[. . . ] RangeMax WiFi Range Extender WPN824EXT User Manual NETGEAR, Inc. 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA 202-10310-02 April 2008 © 2008 by NETGEAR, Inc. All rights reserved. Technical Support and Documentation Please refer to the support information card that shipped with your product. When you register your product at http://www. netgear. com/register, we can provide you with faster expert technical support and timely notices of product and software upgrades. [. . . ] If you disable broadcast of the SSID, only devices that have the correct SSID can connect. Disabling SSID broadcast nullifies the wireless network discovery feature of some products such as Windows XP. This setting is reserved for wireless testing and advanced configuration only. For best performance, leave this at the default setting (2347). · · Implementing Appropriate Wireless Security v1. 0, April 2008 2-7 RangeMax WiFi Range Extender WPN824EXT User Manual · Fragmentation Length (256­2346). The maximum packet size used for fragmentation. Packets larger than the size entered in this field will be fragmented. The Fragment Threshold value must be larger than the RTS Threshold value. For best performance, leave this at the default setting (2346). If this checkbox is selected, the WiFi range extender will not perform data compression, packet bursting, and large frame support. For the best performance, leave this at the default setting. This technology, eXtended Range(XR), requires no additional configuration and provides significantly longer range over 802. 11 by maintaining connectivity when signals encounter barriers. For the best performance, leave this check box selected, the default setting. By default, any wireless computer that is configured with the correct SSID will be allowed access to your wireless network. For increased security, you can restrict access to the wireless network to allow only specific computers based on their MAC addresses. The Wireless Card Access Setup screen displays a list of wireless computers that are allowed to connect to the WiFi range extender based on their MAC addresses. These wireless computers must also have the correct SSID and WEP settings configured on the Wireless Settings screen to access the wireless network. · · · 3. The Wireless Card Access List screen displays. Figure 2-4 2. Select the Turn Access Control On check box to restrict wireless computers by their MAC addresses. Click Apply to save your settings. 2-8 Implementing Appropriate Wireless Security v1. 0, April 2008 RangeMax WiFi Range Extender WPN824EXT User Manual 4. Use the Add, Edit, and Delete buttons to add wireless computers to the list. The Wireless Card Entry screen displays. Figure 2-5 . Note: If Turn Access Control On is enabled and the Access Control List is blank, then no wireless computers can connect to your wireless network. Do one of the following: · · If a wireless computer appears in the Available Wireless Cards list, you can capture its MAC address and add it to your list. [. . . ] Click Apply to save this rule to the QoS Policy list and return to the QoS Setup screen. In the QoS Setup screen, select the Turn Internet Access QoS On check box. Click Apply. 4-10 v1. 0, April 2008 Advanced Settings and Features RangeMax WiFi Range Extender WPN824EXT User Manual Editing or Deleting an Existing QoS Policy To edit or delete an existing QoS policy: 1. Open the QoS Setup screen, shown in Figure 4-4 on page 4-6. [. . . ]