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NETGEAR ProSafe 802.11g Wireless Access Point WG302v2 Reference Manual
Basic Installation and Configuration 2-9
v1.0, May 2006
The Basic Settings default settings below work for most users and situations:
• Access Point Name. This unique name is the access point NetBIOS name. The default Access
Point Name is on the bottom label of the WG302v2. The default name is netgearxxxxxx,
where xxxxxx represents the last six hexadecimal digits of the WG302v2 MAC address. You
can change the name to a unique name up to 15 characters long.
• Country/Region. This is the region where the WG302v2 can be used. It may not be legal to
operate the wireless features of the wireless access point in a region other than one of those
identified in this field. For products sold in the United States, the default country domain is
preset. For products sold outside of the United States, you must select a country or region.
• DHCP Client: By default, the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) client is
disabled. If you have a DHCP server on your LAN and you enable DHCP, the wireless access
point get its IP address, subnet mask and default gateway settings automatically from the
DHCP server on your network when you connect the WG302v2 to your LAN.
• IP Address. The default IP address is 192.168.0.228. To change it, enter an unused IP address
from the address range used on your LAN (factory default: 192.168.0.228); or enable DHCP.
• IP Subnet Mask. Enter the subnet mask value used on your LAN (factory default:
255.255.255.0).
• Default Gateway. Enter the IP address of the gateway for your LAN. For more complex
networks, enter the address of the router for the network segment to which the wireless access
point is connected (factory default: 0.0.0.0).
• DNS Server. Enter the IP address of the Domain Name Server (DNS) you want to use (factory
default: 0.0.0.0).
• Spanning Tree Protocol. Enable or disable spanning tree protocol (factory default: enabled).
Spanning tree protocol provides network traffic optimization in settings with multiple ProSafe
802.11g devices.
• Untagged VLAN. You can use 802.1Q VLANs on the WG302v2 to logically separate traffic
that is on the same physical network. VLAN tagging is always enabled so that the WG302v2
can process VLAN membership information.
Note: To connect to the WG302v2 after the DHCP server on your network
assigns it a new IP address, enter the access point name into the address
field of your Web browser. The default access point name is
netgearxxxxxx, where xxxxxx represents the last 6 bytes of the MAC
address. The default name is printed on the bottom label of the WG302v2.