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2.

Click

Services

below Security to display the Services screen shown in the following figure:

•

To create a new service, click the

Add Custom Service

button.

•

To edit an existing service, select its button on the left side of the table, and click

Edit

Service

.

•

To delete an existing service, select its button on the left side of the table, and click

Delete

Service

.

3.

Use the screen shown here to define or edit a service.

4.

Click

Apply

to save your changes.

Setting Times and Scheduling Firewall Services

The modem router uses the Network Time Protocol (NTP) to obtain the current time and date from

one of several network time servers on the Internet.

Figure 3-9

Figure 3-10

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How to Set Your Time Zone

To localize the time for your log entries, you must specify your time zone:

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.

Click

Schedule

below Security to display the Schedule screen.

3.

Select your time zone. This setting is used for the blocking schedule according to your local

time zone and for time-stamping log entries.

Figure 3-11

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Select the

Adjust for Daylight Savings Time

check box if your time zone is currently in

daylight savings time.

4.

The modem router has a list of NETGEAR NTP servers. If you would prefer to use a particular

NTP server as the primary server, select the

Use this NTP Server

check box, and enter its IP

address.

5.

Click

Apply

to save your settings.

How to Schedule Firewall Services

If you enabled services blocking in the Block Services screen or port forwarding in the Ports

screen, you can set up a schedule for when blocking occurs or when access is not restricted.

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.

Click

Schedule

below Security to display the Schedule screen that is shown in

Figure 3-11

.

3.

To block Internet services based on a schedule, select

Every Day

or select one or more days. If

you want to limit access completely for the selected days, select

All Day

. Otherwise, to limit

access during certain times for the selected days, or enter times in the

Start Time

and

End

Time

fields.

4.

Click

Apply

to save your changes.

Note:

If your region uses daylight savings time, you must manually select Adjust for

Daylight Savings Time on the first day of daylight savings time, and clear it at

the end. Enabling daylight savings time causes one hour to be added to the

standard time.

Note:

Enter the values in 24-hour time format. For example, 10:30 a.m. would be

10 hours and 30 minutes, and 10:30 p.m. would be 22 hours and 30 minutes. If

you set the start time after the end time, the schedule will be effective through

midnight the next day.

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Chapter 4

Managing Your Network

This chapter describes how to perform network management tasks with your

DGN2000 Wireless-N ADSL2+ Modem Router. This chapter includes:

•

“Backing Up, Restoring, and Erasing Your Settings

”

•

“Upgrading the Wireless Modem Router’s Firmware” on page 4-3

”

•

“Network Management Information” on page 4-4

”

•

“Enabling Security Event E-mail Notification” on page 4-14

”

•

“Running Diagnostic Utilities and Rebooting the Wireless Modem Router” on page 4-15

”

•

“Configuring Remote Management” on page 4-16

”

•

“Automatic Firmware Recovery” on page 4-18

”

Backing Up, Restoring, and Erasing Your Settings

The configuration settings of the modem router are stored in a configuration file. This file can be

backed up to your computer, restored, or reverted to factory default settings. The following

procedures explains how to do these tasks.

How to Back Up the Configuration to a File

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 user name,

password, and LAN address you have chosen for the modem router.

2.

In the main menu, below Maintenance, select

Backup Settings

to display the following

screen.