NETGEAR N300 ROUTER WNR2000 - Manual (Page 28)

NETGEAR Wireless-N 300 Router WNR2000 User Manual
1-12 Configuring Basic Connectivity
v1.3, July 2009
1. Select Wireless Settings under Setup in the main menu of the WNR2000 router.
2. For the wireless network name (SSID), use the default name, or choose a suitable descriptive
name. In the Name (SSID) field, you can enter a value of up to 32 alphanumeric characters.
The default SSID is NETGEAR.
3. Select the region in which the wireless interface will operate.
4. Set the channel. The default channel is Auto.
This field determines which operating frequency is used. It should not be necessary to change
the wireless channel unless you notice interference problems with another nearby wireless
router or access point. Select a channel that is not being used by any other wireless networks
within several hundred feet of your router. For more information about the wireless channel
frequencies, click the link to the online document
“Wireless Networking Basics” in
Appendix B .
5. Make sure that the mode is set to Up to 145Mbps.
Figure 1-10
Note: The SSID is case-sensitive; NETGEAR is not the same as nETgear. Also, the
SSID of any wireless access adapters must match the SSID you specify in the
WNR2000 router. If they do not match, you will not get a wireless connection
to the WNR2000 router.