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Genie Basic Settings

Your Internet connection and network

This chapter contains the following sections:

•

Basic Home Screen

•

Internet Setup

•

Attached Devices

•

Parental Controls

•

ReadySHARE USB Storage

•

Basic Wireless Settings

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Basic Home Screen

The genie Basic Home screen is shown in the following figure:

Internet Setup

The Internet Settings screen is where you view or change ISP information.



To change the Internet settings:

1.

From the Home screen, select

Internet

. The following screen displays:

Scroll to

view

more

settings

The fields that display in the Internet Setup screen depend on whether your Internet

connection requires a login.

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•

Yes

. Select the encapsulation method and enter the login name. If you want to

change the login time-out, enter a new value in minutes.

•

No

. Enter the account and domain names, only if needed.

2.

Enter the settings for the IP address and DNS server. The default settings usually work fine.

If you have problems with your connection, check the ISP settings.

3.

Click

Apply

to save your settings.

4.

Click

Test

to test your Internet connection. If the NETGEAR website does not display within

1 minute, see

Chapter 10, Troubleshooting

.

Internet Setup Screen Fields

The following descriptions explain all of the possible fields in the Internet Setup screen. The

fields that display in this screen depend on whether an ISP login is required.

Does Your ISP Require a Login?

Answer either yes or no.

These fields display when no login is required:

•

Account Name (if required)

. Enter the account name that your ISP provided. This might

also be called the host name.

•

Domain Name (if required)

. Enter the domain name that your ISP provided.

These fields display when your ISP requires a login:

•

Internet Service Provider Encapsulation

. ISP types. The choices are PPPoE, PPTP, or

L2TP.

•

Login

. The login name provided by your ISP. This is often an email address.

•

Password

. The password that you use to log in to your ISP.

•

Idle Timeout (In minutes)

. If you want to change the login timeout, enter a new value in

minutes. This determines how long the router keeps the Internet connection active after

there is no Internet activity from the LAN. Entering a value of 0 (zero) means never log

out.

Internet IP Address

.

•

Get Dynamically from ISP

. Your ISP uses DHCP to assign your IP address. Your ISP

automatically assigns these addresses.

•

Use Static IP Address

. Enter the IP address, IP subnet mask, and the gateway IP

address that your ISP assigned. The gateway is the ISP’s router to which your router will

connect.

Domain Name Server (DNS) Address

. The DNS server is used to look up site addresses

based on their names.

•

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.

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Router MAC Address

. The Ethernet MAC address that the router uses on its Internet port.

Some ISPs register the MAC address of the network interface card in your computer when

your account is first opened. They accept traffic only from the MAC address of that computer.

This feature allows your router to use your computer’s MAC address (this is also called

cloning).

•

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 have to use the one computer that is allowed by

the ISP.

•

Use This MAC Address

. Enter the MAC address that you want to use.

Attached Devices

Use the Attached Device screen to view all computers or devices that are currently

connected to your network.



To go to the Attached Devices screen:

1.

From the Basic Home screen, select

Attached Devices

to display the following screen:

Wired devices are connected to the router with Ethernet cables. Wireless devices have

joined the wireless network. The following information is displayed:

•

#

(number). The order in which the device joined the network.

•

IP Address

. The IP address that the router assigned to this device when it joined the

network. This number can change if a device is disconnected and rejoins the network.

•

MAC Address

. The unique MAC address for each device does not change. The MAC

address is typically shown on the product label.

•

Device Name

. If the device name is known, it is shown here.

2.

You can click

Refresh

to update this screen.

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Parental Controls

The first time you select Parental Controls from the Basic Home screen, your browser goes

to the Parental Controls website. You can learn more about Live Parental Controls or

download the application.



To set up Live Parental Controls:

1.

Select

Parental Controls

on the Dashboard screen.

2.

Click either the

Windows Users

or

Mac Users

button.

3.

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

Controls Management Utility.

After installation, Live Parental Controls automatically starts.

4.

Click

Next

, read the note, and click

Next

again to proceed.