User's Manual

Wireless Settings
45
N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router DGND3700
• Available Wireless Stations lists the currently untrusted computers that are connected
to your network.
Figure 17. Wireless Station Access List
2. Select the Turn Access Control On check box to enable access restriction by MAC
address.
3. In the Add New Station Manually section, click Add to
add your computer’s MAC address so
you do not lose your wireless connection when you click Apply. If you lose your wireless
connection, you have to access the wireless modem router from a wired computer or from a
wireless computer that is on the access control list.
4. If a wireless station that you want to add to the Trusted Wireless Stations list is connected to
the network, select it from t
he Available Wireless Stations list and click Add.
5. If the wireless station
is not currently connected, you can enter its address manually. The
MAC address is usually printed on the wireless card, or it might appear in the wireless
modem router’s DHCP table. The MAC address is 12 hexadecimal digits.
You can also copy and paste the MAC addresses from the wireless modem router’s
Attached Devices scre
en (see View Attached Devices on page 72) into the
MAC Address
field. To do this, configure each wireless computer to obtain a
wireless link to the wireless
modem router. The computer should then appear in the Attached Devices screen.
6. Click Apply
to save your settings and return to the Wireless Settings screen.
Security Options Settings
The Security Options section of the Wireless Settings screen lets you change the security
option and passphrase. See Wireless Security Options on page 38 for an explana
tion of the
security options and when to use which one. Please note that NETGEAR rec
ommends that
you not change the security option or passphrase, but if you want to change these
settings, this section explains how. Do not disable security.