User Manual Part 2

Wireless Nd1 Router User Guide
Select Broadcast network name if you want wireless devices to be able to detect your
router when they perform a site scan.
If you deselect Broadcast network name, wireless devices will not be able to detect your
wireless network during a site scan. Devices will have to manually enter the Network Name
(SSID) of your router to connect.
Access Point Isolation
If the router will be used in a public place where you do not want any wireless clients to be
able to share files or printers between themselves, select Access point isolation. With this
selected, all of the wireless clients will only be able to access the Internet. An example of a
situation where you would want to enable this feature is in a public hotspot, such as a coffee
shop or hotel. This feature is disabled by default.
Bridge Mode
Bridge Mode is used to connect two isolated networks wirelessly. If this feature is enabled,
wireless clients will not be able to connect to the router. Bridging is used if you are trying to
connect two networks or two groups of wired clients, each with its own router or wireless
access point, that cannot be conveniently connected using Ethernet cabling. An example of
this type of situation would be two homes that want to share network resources without
running cabling through their yards.
By default, this mode is turned off and the router is in Access Point mode where it accepts
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