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Chapter 9
Use the Modem Router as a Media Server
Specify ReadyDLNA Media Server Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Play Media from a USB Device on TiVo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Chapter 10
Share a USB Printer
Install the Printer Driver and Cable the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Download the ReadySHARE Printer Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Install the ReadySHARE Printer Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Use the Shared Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
View or Change the Status of a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Use the Scan Feature of a Multifunction USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Change NETGEAR USB Control Center Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Change the NETGEAR USB Control Center Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Specify the Time-out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Chapter 11
Manage the WAN and LAN Network Settings
Change the Physical WAN Connection Preference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Enable the WAN2 Interface for IPTV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Enable and Configure a VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Set Up a Bridge for a Port Group or VLAN Tag Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Set Up a Bridge for a Port Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Set Up a Bridge for a VLAN Tag Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Manage the WAN Security Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Set Up a Default DMZ Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Manage IGMP Proxying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Manage NAT Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Manage the SIP Application-Level Gateway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Manage the Modem Router’s LAN IP Address Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Manage the Router Information Protocol Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Manage Reserved LAN IP Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Reserve a LAN IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Change a Reserved IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Remove a Reserved IP Address Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Change the Modem Router’s Device Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Manage the DHCP Server Address Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Disable the Built-In DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Set Up and Manage Custom Static Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Set Up a Static Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Change a Static Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Remove a Static Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Chapter 12
Manage the Modem Router and Monitor the Traffic
Update the Firmware of the Modem Router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Check for New Firmware and Update the Modem Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Manually Upload New Firmware and Update the Modem Router . . . . . . . . 223
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Manage the Configuration File of the Modem Router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Back Up the Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Restore the Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Recover the admin Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Return the Modem Router to Its Factory Default Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Use the Reset Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Erase the Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
View the Status and Statistics of the Modem Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
View Information About the Modem Router and the Internet,
Modem, and WiFi Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
View the Traffic Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
View, Renew, or Release a TCP/IP Internet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
View, Connect, or Disconnect a PPPoE or PPPoA Internet Connection. . . 237
Manage the Activity Log and Syslog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
View and Manage the Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Specify Which Activities Are Logged. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
View Devices Currently on the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Monitor and Meter Internet Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Start the Traffic Meter Without Traffic Volume Restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . 241
View the Traffic Statistics and Traffic Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Restrict Internet Traffic by Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Restrict Internet Traffic by Connection Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Unblock the Traffic Meter After the Traffic Limit Is Reached . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Manage the Modem Router Remotely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Configure the Modem Router as a DSL Modem Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Chapter 13
Use VPN to Access Your Network
Set Up a VPN Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Specify VPN Service in the Modem Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Install OpenVPN Software on Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Use a VPN Tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Use VPN to Access the Modem Router’s USB Device and Media . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Use VPN to Access Your Internet Service at Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Set Up VPN Client Internet Access in the Modem Router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Block VPN Client Internet Access in the Modem Router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Use a VPN Tunnel to Access Your Internet Service at Home . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Chapter 14
Manage Port Forwarding and Port Triggering
Manage Port Forwarding to a Local Server for Services and Applications. . . 261
Forward Incoming Traffic for a Default Service or Application . . . . . . . . . . 261
Add a Port Forwarding Rule with a Custom Service or Application. . . . . . . 262
Change a Port Forwarding Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Remove a Port Forwarding Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Application Example: Make a Local Web Server Public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
How the Modem Router Implements the Port Forwarding Rule . . . . . . . . . 267
Manage Port Triggering for Services and Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Add a Port Triggering Rule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
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Change a Port Triggering Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Disable or Remove a Port Triggering Rule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Specify the Time-Out Period for Port Triggering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Disable Port Triggering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Application Example: Port Triggering for Internet Relay Chat . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Chapter 15
Troubleshooting
Quick Tips for Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Troubleshoot with the LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Power LED Remains Solid Amber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Power LED Is Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
WiFi LED Is Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
You Cannot Log In to the Modem Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Troubleshoot the Internet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Troubleshoot the DSL Link. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Internet LED Is Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Obtain an Internet IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Troubleshoot PPPoE or PPPoA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Troubleshoot Internet Browsing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Changes Are Not Saved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Troubleshoot the WiFi Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Troubleshoot Your Network Using the Ping Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Test the LAN Path to Your Modem Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Test the Path from Your Computer to a Remote Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Appendix A
Supplemental Information
Factory Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
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1
1.
Hardware Overview of the Modem
Router
The NETGEAR
®
AC1600 WiFi VDSL/ADSL Modem Router Model D6400, in this manual
referred to as the modem router, delivers WiFi connection speeds up to
1
300
Mbps on 2.4 GHz
802.11n and up to 1300 Mbps on 5 GHz 802.11ac. Both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands can be active
simultaneously. The modem router is compatible with most major DSL Internet service providers
and also supports cable or fiber Internet service.
The chapter contains the following sections:
•
Unpack Your Modem Router
•
Front Panel with LEDs
•
Back Panel with Ports, Buttons, and Connector
•
Right Side Panel with WPS and WiFi On/Off Buttons and USB Port
•
Bottom Panel Product Label
Note:
For more information about the topics that are covered in this manual,
visit the support website at
support.netgear.com
.
Note:
Firmware updates with new features and bug fixes are made
available from time to time at
downloadcenter.netgear.com
. You can
check for and download new firmware manually. If the features or
behavior of your product does not match what is described in this
guide, you might need to update your firmware.
Note:
In this manual, the terms
wireless
and
WiFi
are interchangeable.
1. Actual data throughput and WiFi coverage will vary. Network conditions and environmental factors, including volume of network traffic, building
materials and construction, and network overhead, lower actual data throughput rate and WiFi coverage. NETGEAR makes no express or implied
representations or warranties about this product’s compatibility with any future standards.
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Unpack Your Modem Router
Your package contains the following items.
Power adapter
Ethernet cable
Phone cable
DSL or ADSL filter
Modem router
(varies by region)
(varies by region)
Figure 1. Package contents for the modem router
Your package might contain more items. The filter or phone cable provided depends on the
region, and in some locations, a CD is included.

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