The BASIC Home page displays.

4.

Select

Internet

.

The Internet Setup page displays.

5.

For the Does your Internet connection require a login? setting, select the

Yes

radio button.

The page adjusts.

6.

From the

Internet Service Provider

menu, select

PPTP

or

L2TP

as the encapsulation method.

7.

In the

Login

field, enter the login name that your ISP gave you.

This login name is often an email address.

8.

In the

Password

field, type the password that you use to log in to your Internet service.

9.

From the

Connection Mode

menu, select

Always On

,

Dial on Demand

, or

Manually Connect

.

10.

To change the number of minutes until the Internet login times out, in the

Idle Timeout (In minutes)

field, type the number of minutes.

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This is how long the

router

keeps the Internet connection active when no one on the network is using

the Internet connection. A value of 0 (zero) means never log out.

11.

If your ISP gave you fixed IP addresses and a connection ID or name, type them in the

My IP Address

,

Subnet Mask

,

Server Address

,

Gateway IP Address

, and

Connection ID/Name

fields.

If your ISP did not give you IP addresses, a connection ID, or name, leave these fields blank. The

connection ID or name applies to a PPTP service only.

12.

Select a Domain Name Server (DNS) Address radio button:

•

Get Automatically from ISP

.Your ISP uses DHCP to assign your DNS servers.Your ISP

automatically assigns this address.

•

Use These DNS Servers

. If you know that your ISP requires specific servers, select this option.

Enter the IP address of your ISP’s primary DNS server. If a secondary DNS server address is

available, enter it also.

13.

Select a Router MAC Address radio button:

•

Use Default Address

. Use the default MAC address.

•

Use Computer MAC Address

. The

router

captures and uses the MAC address of the computer

that you are now using.You must use the one computer that the ISP allows.

•

Use This MAC Address

. Enter the MAC address that you want to use.

14.

Click the

Apply

button.

Your settings are saved.

15.

Click the

Test

button to test your Internet connection.

If the

NETGEAR

website does not display within one minute, see

You Cannot Access the Internet

on

page 238.

Specify an IPv6 Internet Connection

The router supports many different types of IPv6 Internet connections for which you can specify the settings

manually.

IPv6 Internet Connections and IPv6 Addresses

The

router

can support an IPv6 Internet connection through the following connection types:

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•

Auto Detect

. For more information, see

Use Auto Detect for an IPv6 Internet Connection

on page

34.

•

Auto Config

. For more information, see

Use Auto Config for an IPv6 Internet Connection

on page

35.

•

6to4 tunnel

. For more information, see

Set Up an IPv6 6to4 Tunnel Internet Connection

on page 37.

•

Pass-through

. For more information, see

Set Up an IPv6 Pass Through Internet Connection

on page

39.

•

Fixed

. For more information, see

Set Up an IPv6 Fixed Internet Connection

on page 39.

•

DHCP

. For more information, see

Set Up an IPv6 DHCP Internet Connection

on page 41.

•

6rd

. For more information, see

Set Up an IPv6 6rd Tunnel Connection

on page 43.

•

PPPoE

. For more information, see

Set Up an IPv6 PPPoE Internet Connection

on page 45.

Which connection type you must use depends on your IPv6 ISP. Follow the directions that your IPv6 ISP

gave you.

•

If your ISP did not provide details, use the 6to4 tunnel connection type (see

Set Up an IPv6 6to4

Tunnel Internet Connection

on page 37).

•

If you are not sure what type of IPv6 connection the

router

uses, use the Auto Detect connection type,

which lets the

router

detect the IPv6 type that is in use (see

Use Auto Detect for an IPv6 Internet

Connection

on page 34).

•

If your Internet connection does not use pass-through, a fixed IP address, DHCP, 6rd, or PPPoE but

is IPv6, use the Auto Config connection type, which lets the

router

autoconfigure its IPv6 connection

(see

Use Auto Config for an IPv6 Internet Connection

on page 35).

When you enable IPv6 and select any connection type other than IPv6 pass-through, the

router

starts the

stateful packet inspection (SPI) firewall function on the WAN interface. The

router

creates connection

records and checks every inbound IPv6 packet. If the inbound packet is not destined to the

router

itself

and the

router

does not expect to receive such a packet, or the packet is not in the connection record,

the

router

blocks this packet.This function works in two modes: In secured mode, the

router

inspects both

TCP and UDP packets. In open mode, the

router

inspects UDP packets only.

IPv6 addresses are denoted by eight groups of hexadecimal quartets that are separated by colons.You

can reduce any four-digit group of zeros within an IPv6 address to a single zero or omit it. The following

errors invalidate an IPv6 address:

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•

More than eight groups of hexadecimal quartets

•

More than four hexadecimal characters in a quartet

•

More than two colons in a row

Use Auto Detect for an IPv6 Internet Connection

To set up an IPv6 Internet connection through auto detection:

1.

Launch a web browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connected to the network.

2.

Enter

.

A login window opens.

3.

Enter the

router

user name and password.

The user name is

admin

. The default password is

password

. The user name and password are

case-sensitive.

The BASIC Home page displays.

4.

Select

ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > IPv6

.

The Basic Settings page displays.

5.

From the

Internet Connection Type

menu, select

Auto Detect

.

The

router

automatically detects the information in the following fields:

•

Connection Type

. This field indicates the connection type that is detected.

•

Router’s IPv6 Address on WAN

.This field shows the IPv6 address that is acquired for the

router

’s

WAN (or Internet) interface. The number after the slash (/) is the length of the prefix, which is also

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indicated by the underline (_) under the IPv6 address. If no address is acquired, the field displays

Not Available.

•

Router’s IPv6 Address on LAN

.This field shows the IPv6 address that is acquired for the

router

’s

LAN interface. The number after the slash (/) is the length of the prefix, which is also indicated by

the underline (_) under the IPv6 address. If no address is acquired, the field displays Not Available.

6.

Select an IP Address Assignment radio button:

•

Use DHCP Server

. This method passes more information to LAN devices but some IPv6 systems

might not support the DHCv6 client function.

•

Auto Config

. This is the default setting.

This setting specifies how the

router

assigns IPv6 addresses to the devices on your home network

(the LAN).

7.

(Optional) Select the

Use This Interface ID

check box and specify the interface ID to be used for the

IPv6 address of the

router

’s LAN interface.

If you do not specify an ID here, the

router

generates one automatically from its MAC address.

8.

Click the

Apply

button.

Your settings are saved.

Use Auto Config for an IPv6 Internet Connection

To set up an IPv6 Internet connection through auto configuration:

1.

Launch a web browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connected to the network.

2.

Enter

.

A login window opens.

3.

Enter the

router

user name and password.

The user name is

admin

. The default password is

password

. The user name and password are

case-sensitive.

The BASIC Home page displays.

4.

Select

ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > IPv6

.

The Basic Settings page displays.

5.

From the

Internet Connection Type

menu, select

Auto Config

.

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