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5.

Select

ADVANCED > Administration > Set Password

.

The Set Password screen displays.

6.

Type the old password.

7.

Type the new password twice.

8.

Click the

Apply

button.

Your settings are saved.

Join the WiFi Network of the WiFi Cable Data Gateway

Choose either the manual or the WPS method to add a WiFi device such as a computer,

iPhone, iPad, or gaming device to the WiFi network of the cable data gateway.

Manual Method



To connect a device manually to the WiFi network of the cable data gateway:

1.

On the WiFi device that you want to connect to your cable data gateway, open the

software application that manages your WiFi connections.

This software scans for all WiFi networks in your area.

2.

Look for your network and select it.

If you did not change the name of your network during the setup process, look for the

default WiFi network name (SSID) and select it. The default SSID is on the product label.

3.

Enter the cable data gateway password.

The default WiFi password (also referred to as passphrase or key) is on the product label.

4.

Click the

Connect

button.

The device connects to the WiFi network of the cable data gateway.

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Wi-Fi Protected Setup Method

Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is a standard for easily adding computers and other devices to

a home network while maintaining security. To use WPS (Push 'N' Connect), make sure that

all WiFi devices to be connected to the network are Wi-Fi certified and support WPS. During

the connection process, the client gets the security settings from the cable data gateway so

that every device in the network supports the same security settings.



To use WPS to connect a device to the WiFi network of the cable data gateway:

1.

Press the

WPS

button on the front panel of the cable data gateway.

2.

Within two minutes, press the

WPS

button on your WiFi device, or follow the WPS

instructions that came with the device.

The WPS process automatically sets up the device with the network password and

connects the device to the WiFi network of the cable data gateway.

For more information, see

Use the WPS Wizard to Add a Device to the WiFi Network

on

page

52.

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3.

Configure Parental Controls and

Basic WiFi Settings

This chapter describes how to configure the basic settings such as parental controls, the basic

WiFi network, and the guest WiFi network.

This chapter contains the following sections:

•

Set Up Parental Controls

•

View or Change the Basic Settings for the Main WiFi Network

•

Enable and Configure the Guest WiFi Network

For information about other settings that display on the BASIC menu of the web management

interface, see the following sections or chapters:

•

For information about viewing the cable initiation, see

View the WiFi Cable Data Gateway

Cable Initialization

on page

86.

•

For information about changing the cable connection starting frequency, see

Port

Forwarding and Port Triggering Concepts

on page

117.

•

For information about viewing the network map, see

View the Network Map

on page

87.

•

For information about using ReadySHARE, see

Chapter 7, Share USB Drives Attached

to the Cable Data Gateway

.

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Set Up Parental Controls

The first time that you select

Parental Controls

from the BASIC Home screen, your browser

goes to the

Parental Controls

website. You can learn more about Parental Controls or

download the application.

Figure 10. Parental Controls website



To set up parental controls:

1.

On your computer, launch an Internet browser such as Mozilla Firefox or Microsoft

Internet Explorer.

2.

In the address field of your browser, enter

http://routerlogin.net

.

You are prompted to enter a user name and password.

3.

Type

admin

for the user name and type your password.

If you did not yet personalize your password, type

password

for the password.

4.

Click the

OK

button.

The BASIC Home screen displays.

5.

Select

BASIC > Parental Controls

.

The

Parental Controls

website opens.

6.

Click the button for the app or version that you want to download and use.

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7.

Follow the onscreen instructions to download and install the NETGEAR Live Parental

Controls Management utility.

After installation, Live Parental Controls automatically starts.

8.

Click the

Next

button, read the note, and click the

Next

button again.

Because Live Parental Controls uses free OpenDNS accounts, you are prompted to log

in or create a free account.

9.

Select a radio button as follows:

•

If you already own an OpenDNS account, leave the

Yes

radio button selected.

•

If you do not own an OpenDNS account, select the

No

radio button.

If you are creating an account, the following screen displays: