TRENDnet TEW-824DRU, User Manual

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TRENDnet User’s Guide
TEW-824DRU
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Guest Network
Basic > Guest Network (2.4GHz or 5GHz)
Creating an isolated and separate wireless guest network (2.4GHz or 5GHz) allows
wireless clients to connect to your network for Internet access only and keep your local
LAN network safe by restricting guest access to your LAN network resources such as
shared documents and media files on your computers, network storage, and printers.
1. Log into your router management page (see “ Access your router management page ”
on page 9).
2. Click on Basic and click on Guest Network .
3. Review the Guest Zone settings, click Apply when finished.
Choose which band to enable the Guest Network (Wireless – 2.4GHz or 5GHz):
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Enabled – Check this option to enable the wireless guest network.
New Schedule – The schedule function allows you to define a schedule when the
wireless guest network should be turned on. To define a new schedule, click New
Schedule and refer to page 39 “ Create Schedules ”. After you have created a new
schedule, click the drop-down list and the new schedule will be available for
selection.
Note: Before applying scheduling, please ensure your Time settings are
configured correct and you have defined a schedule. See page 38 to configure
Time Settings and see page 39 “ Create Schedules ” to create a schedule.
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Wireless Network Name (SSID) - This acronym stands for Service Set Identifier and
is the name of your wireless network. It differentiates your wireless network from
others around you. It is recommended to use a different name from your primary
wireless network to a name that you can easily identify and differentiate from the
primary. You can reference your guests to access this network instead of the
primary.

Wireless Client Isolation – When this option is checked, wireless client devices
connected to your guest network(s) will be restricted from accessing other guests.

Internet Access Only – When this option is checked, wireless client devices
connected to your guest network(s) will be restricted from accessing your private
LAN and wireless clients connected to your primary wireless network, Internet
access only. If unchecked, allows wireless client devices connected your guest
network(s) complete access to your private LAN, primary wireless network, and
Internet.
4. Under Security Mode, you can apply a different wireless security type and key to the
guest network. Please refer to page 21 to find out about different security types and
page 22 for wireless security configuration.
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Security Mode – Select the wireless security to use for the guest network.