Netgear 11100154 User Manual

Specify the remaining wireless settings as explained the following table:

Wireless Network Name 
(SSID)

Enter a 32-character (maximum) service set identifier (SSID); the characters are 
case-sensitive. The default is NETGEAR_11ng. The SSID assigned to a wireless 
device needs to match the wireless access point’s SSID for the wireless device 
to communicate with the wireless access point. If the SSIDs do not match, you 
will not get a wireless connection to the wireless access point. 

Scheduler Status

This is a nonconfigurable field that show the status of the wireless scheduler. For 
more information, see 

page 55.

Broadcast Wireless 
Network Name (SSID)

Select the Yes radio button to enable the wireless access point to broadcasts its 
SSID, allowing wireless stations that have a null (blank) SSID to adopt the 
wireless access point’s SSID. Yes is the default setting. To prevent the SSID 
from being broadcast, select the No radio button.

Channel / Frequency

From the drop-down list, select the channel you wish to use on your wireless 
LAN. The wireless channels and frequencies depend on the country and 
wireless mode. The default setting is Auto.

It should not be necessary to change the wireless channel unless you 

experience interference (indicated by lost connections or slow data transfers). 
Should this happen, you might want to experiment with different channels to see 
which is the best. For more information, see 

For more information about available channels and frequencies, see 

11ng mode only

For most 

networks, the default 
settings will work fine.

MCS Index / Data 
Rate

From the drop-down list, select a Modulation and Coding 
Scheme (MCS) index and transmit data rate for the wireless 
network. The default setting is Best. For a list of all options 
that you can select from in 11ng mode, see 

Channel Width

From the drop-down list, select a channel width. The options 
are Dynamic 20/40 MHz, 20 MHz, or 40 MHz. A wider 
channel improves the performance, but some legacy devices 
can operate only in either 20 MHz or 40 MHz.

Ext Protection 
Spacing

When you select a channel width of Dynamic 20/40 MHz or 
40 MHz, you also need to select protection spacing for the 
extension channel from the Ext Protection Spacing 
drop-down list. In addition to the default value Auto, you can 
also select a value of 20 or 25.

This field is not applicable when the channel width is 

set to 20 MHz.