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Wireless Settings

You can use this screen to view or change the wireless settings for your home network.

Note:

If you change the wireless settings on your router, you and anyone

else who has joined the wireless network will be automatically

disconnected from the network.

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To view or change the wireless settings for your router:

1.

Select

Wireless

to go to the Wireless Settings screen:

You can use the

Refresh button to update the screen at any time.

2.

Tap the settings that you want to change to go to detail screens.

•

Name/SSID

. This is the name of the wireless network.

•

Channel

. Usually, this is set to Auto so that the router automatically selects the best

channel for its wireless signal. You can select a specific channel number if you want.

•

Key/Password

. Go to the Wireless Security screen and view or change the wireless

security setting for the home network.

3.

When you are finished making changes, tap

Save

.

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Guest Access

If your router supports a guest wireless network, you can view and change the settings. You

can even allow guest access for a specific length of time. A guest network allows others to

use your wireless router to access the Internet, but not content on other computers or devices

on the same network.

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To set up guest access:

1.

Tap

Guest Access

.

2.

Tap the

ON/OFF

button and turn on guest access to display the Guest Access settings.

You can use the

Refresh button to update the screen at any time.

3.

Tap the guest access settings that you want to change to go to detail screens.

•

Name/SSID

. This is the name of the wireless guest network.

•

Key/Password

. Go to the Guest Security screen and view or change the wireless

security setting for the guest network.

•

Time Period

. Tap the time period for the guest network. You can set it to Always,

choose the number of hours, or set it for 1 Day or 1 Week.

4.

When you are finished making changes, tap

Save

.

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Network Map

The network map shows the router’s Internet connection, and also displays computers and

devices that are connected to your router. The map shows up to five devices per screen. If

you have more devices on your network, you can go left or right to view more screens.

Tap

Network Map

to display a screen similar to the following figure:

You can use the

Refresh button to update the screen at any time. A good connection is

shown in green. A red line indicates a connection that is not working.

You can tap a device icon to see more detail about the device.

iPod Touch detail

Router detail

If the genie mobile app does not detect the device type, it shows Network Device. From the

detail screen you can tap an

Edit

button to change the device type or device name.

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Parental Controls

Live Parental Controls allow you to control the Internet content on your home network.

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To set up Parental Controls:

1.

Tap

Parental Controls

.

The first time you tap to select Parental Controls, it takes some time to load the page. You

are asked if you already have an account.

2.

If you already set up Parental Control on your router, tap

Yes

and log in. If you haven’t done

that yet, tap

No

and create an OpenDNS account for Parental Controls

The genie mobile app Parental Controls screen displays:

3.

Tap the

ON/OFF

button to turn Parental Controls on or off.

The genie mobile app sends the command to your router, and then waits for the

response. When Parental Controls is turned on, you can view or change the following

settings:

•

Filtering Level

. Contains five levels to limit access to Internet content: (1) High, (2)

Moderate, (3) Low, (4) Minimal and (5) None.

•

Change Custom Settings

. Open a web browser and log in to OpenDNS. Then

choose which categories to block from the category list.

•

OpenDNS Account

. Display the login name. (This can only be viewed, not changed.)

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Traffic Meter

The traffic meter measures Internet traffic on your network. You can view traffic for today,

yesterday, this week, this month, or last month. Each time period includes data for:

•

Connection Time

•

Upload/Average

•

Download/Average

•

Total/Average

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To set up the traffic meter:

1.

Tap

Traffic Meter

.

When the traffic meter is turned off,

these settings are not shown.

2.

If you want to turn the traffic meter on or off, tap the

ON

or

OFF

button.

The genie mobile app sends the message to your router, waits for a reply, and then

updates this screen.

3.

To change a setting, tap it, and the Traffic Meter screen displays: