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NETGEAR genie Basic Settings
Your Internet connection and network
This chapter contains the following sections:
•
Basic Home Screen
•
Internet Setup
•
Attached Devices
•
Parental Controls
•
ReadySHARE Storage
•
Basic Wireless Settings
•
Guest Networks
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Basic Home Screen
The genie Basic Home screen is shown in the following figure:
Internet Setup
The Internet Setup screen is where you view or change basic ISP information.
You can use the Setup Wizard to detect the Internet connection and automatically set up the
router. See
Setup Wizard
on page
39.
To view or change the basic Internet setup:
1.
From the Home screen, select
Internet
. The following screen displays:
Scroll to view
more settings
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The fields that display in the Internet Setup screen depend on whether your Internet
connection requires a login.
•
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 to make sure that the settings in this
screen match the information from your ISP.
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 11, 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 tan 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. If you are not sure, check with your ISP.
•
Login
. The login name that your ISP provided. This login name 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 time-out, enter a new value in
minutes. This setting determines how long the router keeps the Internet connection active
after there is no Internet activity from the LAN. 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 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.
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•
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.
Router MAC Address
. The Ethernet MAC address that the router uses on the 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 the ISP allows.
•
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:
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.
•
#
(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.
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 Home (dashboard) screen.
Live Parental Controls uses free OpenDNS accounts. If you do not have one, you can
create one now.
2.
Log in to manage Parental Control settings.
3.
Click either the
Windows Users
or
Mac Users
button.
4.
Follow the onscreen instructions to download and install the NETGEAR Live Parental
Controls Management Utility.

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