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Advanced Configuration
Linksys X-Series
Wireless > Guest Access
The Guest Access feature allows you to provide guests visiting your home with
Internet access via wireless . The guest network is a wireless network separate
from your local network . The Guest Access feature does not provide access to
the local network and its resources, so your guests will not have access to your
computers or personal data . For example, the guest computer cannot print to
a printer on the local network or copy files to a computer on the local network .
This helps minimize exposure of your local network .
NOTE
To learn more about any field, click
Help
on the right side of the
screen .
Guest Access
Allow Guest Access
To allow Internet access through a guest network, keep
the default,
yes
. Otherwise, select
no
.
Guest Network Name
The default is the name of your wireless network,
followed by
-guest
.
Guest Password
The default is
guest
. If you used the setup software for
installation, then the default is changed to a unique password .
Change
Click this option to change the Guest Password . The
Change Guest
Password
screen appears .
Change Guest Password
•
Enter a new guest network password
Enter a password of 4-32 characters .
Then click
Change
to save the new password and return to the
Guest Access
screen .
Total Guests Allowed
By default,
5
guests are allowed Internet access through
the guest network . Select the number of guests you want to allow on your
guest network .
SSID Broadcast
When wireless devices survey the local area for wireless
networks to associate with, they will detect the SSID (wireless network name)
broadcast by the router . To broadcast the SSID of the guest network, keep
the default,
Enabled
. If you do not want to broadcast the SSID of the guest
network, then select
Disabled
.
Guest Instructions
When a guest wants Internet access in your home, provide these instructions:
1.
On the guest computer, connect to the wireless guest network named
on the
Guest Access
screen .
2.
Open a web browser .
3.
On the login screen, enter the password displayed on the
Guest Access
screen .
4.
Click
Login
.
