Description
Setting
To enable the SSID to broadcast on both the 2.4 GHz radio and the 5 GHz radio,
select the 2.4G and 5G check boxes. If you clear a check box, the SSID is not broadcast
on the radio.
Enable
The SSID is the WiFi network name. Specify a name for the SSID with a maximum of
32 characters. You can use a combination of alphanumeric and special characters,
except for quotation marks (") and a backslash (\).
SSID
To hide the WiFi network name and prevent it from displaying in the scanning list of
a WiFi client, select the Enable radio button. To connect to the WiFi network, a user
must know the WiFi network name. By default, this option is disabled.
Hidden SSID
To prevent WiFi clients that are associated with the same or different WiFi networks
on the access point from communicating with each other, select the Enable radio
button. By default, this option is disabled. If you enable client isolation, WiFi clients
can still communicate with each other over the Internet.
Note: If L2 isolation is enabled, the Client Isolation radio buttons are disabled.
Client Isolation
To prevent clients on different VLANs from communicating with each other, select
the Enable radio button, and enter the VLAN ID in the ID field. By default, this option
is disabled.
For the first SSID, the default VLAN ID is 1, for the second SSID, the default VLAN ID
2, for the third SSID, the VLAN ID is 3, and for the fourth SSID, the VLAN ID is 4. The
range is from 1 to 4094. If you enable VLAN isolation, clients can still communicate
with each other over the Internet.
VLAN Isolation
To prevent WiFi and LAN clients on the same access point from communicating with
each other, select the Enable radio button. By default, this option is disabled. If you
enable L2 isolation, clients can still communicate with each other over the Internet.
If you enable L2 isolation, to exclude a device from L2 isolation, enter the MAC address
of the device in a Whitelist field. You can exclude up to three devices.
L2 Isolation
8. In the Wireless Security section, specify the WiFi security by selecting an option from
the Security Mode menu, as described in the following table.
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Manage the Basic Radio and
WiFi Settings
NETGEAR WiFi 6 AX1800/AX3600 Dual Band PoE/PoE+ Access Points, WAX214 and WAX218
