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If a connection is established, the modem router WPS screen displays a message

confirming that the wireless client was successfully added to the wireless network. (The

modem router has generated an SSID, implemented WPA/WPA2 wireless security

[including a PSK security password] on the modem router, and has sent this configuration

to the wireless client.)

5.

Note the new SSID and WPA/WPA2 password for the wireless network.

To access the Internet from any computer connected to your modem router, launch a browser such

as Microsoft Internet Explorer. You should see the modem router’s Internet LED blink, indicating

communication to the ISP.

For more information about WPS, see

“Displaying and Configuring Advanced WPS Settings” in

Chapter 5

.

Connecting Additional Wireless Client Devices After WPS Setup

You can add more WPS clients to your wireless network, or you can add a combination of

WPS-enabled clients and clients without WPS.

To add a wireless client device that is WPS-enabled:

1.

Follow the procedures in

“Using Push 'N' Connect (WPS) to Configure Your Wireless

Network and Security” on page 2-17

.

2.

To view a list of all devices connected to your modem router (including wireless and Ethernet-

connected), see

“Viewing Attached Devices” in Chapter 4

.

For non-WPS clients, you cannot use the WPS setup procedures to add them to the wireless

network. You must record, and then manually enter your security settings (see

“Manually

Configuring Your Wireless Security” on page 2-10

).

Note:

If no WPS-capable client devices are located during the 2-minute timeframe,

security will not be implemented on the modem router.

Note:

Your wireless settings remain the same when you add another WPS-enabled client,

as long as the

Keep Existing Wireless Settings

checkbox is selected in the

Advanced WPS Settings screen (listed under the Advanced heading in the modem

router main menu). If you clear this checkbox, when you add the client, a new

SSID and passphrase will be generated, and all existing connected wireless clients

will be disassociated and disconnected from the modem router.

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To connect a combination of non-WPS enabled and WPS-Enabled clients to the modem router:

1.

Restore the modem router to its factory default settings (press both the Wireless and WPS

buttons on the side of the modem router for 5 seconds).

When the factory settings are restored, all existing wireless clients are disassociated and

disconnected from the modem router.

2.

Configure the network names (SSIDs), select the WPA/PSK + WPA2/PSK radio button on the

Wireless Settings screen (see

“Manually Configuring Your Wireless Security” on page 2-10

)

and click

Apply

. On the WPA/PSK + WPA2/PSK screen, select a passphrase and click

Apply

.

Record this information to add additional clients.

3.

For the non-WPS devices that you want to connect, open the networking utility and follow the

utility’s instructions to enter the security settings that you selected in

step 2

(the SSID, WPA/

PSK + WPA2/PSK security method, and passphrase).

4.

For the WPS devices that you want to connect, follow the procedures in

“Using Push 'N'

Connect (WPS) to Configure Your Wireless Network and Security” on page 2-17

.

The settings that you configured in Step 2 are broadcast to the WPS devices so that they can

connect to the modem router.

To view a list of all devices connected to your modem router (including wireless- and Ethernet-

connected), see

“Viewing Attached Devices” in Chapter 4

.

Note:

To make sure that your new wireless settings remain in effect, verify that the

Keep Existing Wireless Settings

checkbox is selected in the Advanced WPS

Settings screen.

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Chapter 3

Protecting Your Network

This chapter describes how to use the basic firewall features of the DGN2000 Wireless-N

ADSL2+ Modem Router to protect your network. This chapter includes:

•

“Protecting Access to Your Wireless Modem Router

”

•

“Configuring Basic Firewall Services” on page 3-3

”

•

“Firewall Rules” on page 3-5

”

•

“Services” on page 3-12

”

•

“Setting Times and Scheduling Firewall Services” on page 3-13

”

Protecting Access to Your Wireless Modem Router

For security reasons, the modem router has its own user name and password. Also, after a period

of inactivity for a set length of time, the administrator login automatically disconnects. When

prompted, enter

admin

for the modem router user name and

password

for the modem router

password. You can use the following procedures to change the modem router’s password and the

period for the administrator’s login time-out.

NETGEAR recommends that you change this password to a more secure password. The ideal

password should contain no dictionary words from any language, and should be a mixture of both

upper case and lower case letters, numbers, and symbols. Your password can be up to 30

characters.

Note:

The user name and password are not the same as any other user name or password

your might use to log in to your Internet connection.

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How to Change the Built-In Password

1.

Log in to the modem router at its default LAN address of

with its default

user name of

admin

and default password of

password

, or using whatever password and LAN

address you have chosen for the modem router.

2.

In the main menu of the browser interface, under Maintenance, select

Set Password

to display

the following screen:

3.

To change the password, first enter the old password, and then enter the new password twice.

4.

Click

Apply

to save your changes.

Figure 3-1

Figure 3-2

Note:

After changing the password, you are required to log in again to continue the

configuration. If you have backed up the modem router settings previously, you

should do a new backup so that the saved settings file includes the new password.