Netgear WNDR3800 [30/131] Set up a video network

Genie Basic Settings

N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800

5. Select a security option from the list. The security options are described in Guest Network

Wireless Security Options on page 30.

6. Click Apply to save your selections.

Set Up a Video Network

To prevent packet drops or jitter when streaming high-quality video, NETGEAR recommends

that you create a separate Wi-Fi network on the 5 GHz radio band of your router, and connect

all of your media-streaming devices, or PCs that you use to stream video, to this Wi-Fi

network.

 To set up a video network:

1. Scroll down to the Wireless Settings (5GHz a/n) section, and type a new Guest Wireless

Network Name (SSID). This will be your new Wi-Fi network. For example, you could call

it My Video Wi-Fi.

2. Select the Enable Video Mode radio button.

3. Click Apply.

4. Connect your media-streaming devices, or PCs that you use to stream video, to this

separate Wi-Fi network on your router.

Guest Network Wireless Security Options

A security option is the type of security protocol applied to your wireless network. The

security protocol in force encrypts data transmissions and ensures that only trusted devices

receive authorization to connect to your network. Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) has several

options including pre-shared key (PSK) encryption and 802.1x encryption for enterprises.

This section presents an overview of the security options and provides guidance on when to

use which option. Note that it is also possible to set up a guest network without wireless

security. NETGEAR does not recommend this.

WPA Encryption

WPA encryption is built into all hardware that has the Wi-Fi-certified seal. This seal means

the product is authorized by the Wi-Fi Alliance (http://www.wi-fi.org/) because it complies with

the worldwide single standard for high-speed wireless local area networking.

WPA uses a passphrase to perform authentication and generate the initial data encryption

keys. Then it dynamically varies the encryption key. WPA-PSK uses Temporal Key Integrity

Protocol (TKIP) data encryption, implements most of the IEEE 802.11i standard, and is

designed to work with all wireless network interface cards, but not all wireless access points.

It is superseded by WPA2-PSK.

WPA2-PSK is stronger than WPA-PSK. It is advertised to be theoretically indecipherable due

to the greater degree of randomness in encryption keys that it generates. WPA2-PSK gets

higher speed because it is usually implemented through hardware, while WPA-PSK is usually