NETGEAR DGN2200v4 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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Set Up a Wireless Schedule

You can use this feature to turn off the wireless signal from your modem router at times when

you do not need a wireless connection. For example, you could turn it off for the weekend if

you leave town.



To configure and enable the wireless schedule:

1.

Select

Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings

.

The Advanced Wireless Settings screen displays.

2.

Click the

Add a new period

button.

The screen adjusts:

3.

Use the menus, radio buttons, and check boxes to set up a period during which you want

the wireless signal to be turned off.

4.

Click the

Apply

button.

The Advanced Wireless Settings screen displays.

5.

Select the

Turn off wireless signal by schedule

check box to activate the schedule.

6.

Click the

Apply

button.

View or Change WPS Settings



To specify WPS Settings:

1.

Select

Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings

.

The Router’s PIN field displays the PIN that you use on a registrar (for example, from the

Network Explorer on a Vista Windows computer) to configure the modem router’s

wireless settings through WPS.

2.

(Optional) Select or clear the

Disable Router’s PIN

check box.

The PIN function might temporarily be disabled when the modem router detects

suspicious attempts to break into the modem router’s wireless settings by using the

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modem router’s PIN through WPS. You can manually enable the PIN function by clearing

the Disable Router’s PIN check box.

3.

(Optional) Select or clear the

Keep Existing Wireless Settings

check box.

By default, the Keep Existing Wireless Settings check box is selected. NETGEAR

recommends that you leave this check box selected.

If you clear this check box, the next time a new wireless client uses WPS to connect to

the modem router, the modem router wireless settings change to an automatically

generated random SSID and security key.

4.

Click

Apply

.

Your changes are saved.

Set Up a Wireless Access List by MAC Address

You can set up a list of computers and wireless devices that are allowed to join the wireless

network. This list is based on the unique MAC address of each computer and device.

Each network device has a MAC address, which is a unique 12-character physical address,

containing the hexadecimal characters 0–9, a–f, or A–F only, and separated by colons (for

example, 00:09:AB:CD:EF:01). Typically, the MAC address is on the label of the wireless

card or network interface device. If you do not have access to the label, you can display the

MAC address using the network configuration utilities of the computer. You might also find the

MAC addresses in the Attached Devices screen.



To restrict access based on MAC addresses:

1.

Select

Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings

.

2.

Click the

Setup Access List

button.

3.

Click

Add

.

The Wireless Card Access Setup screen opens and displays a list of currently active

wireless cards and their Ethernet MAC addresses.

4.

If the computer or device you want is in the Available Wireless Cards list, select that radio

button; otherwise, type a name and the MAC address.

You can usually find the MAC address on the bottom of the wireless device.

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You can copy and paste the MAC addresses from the Attached Devices screen into the

MAC Address field of this screen. To do this, use each wireless computer to join the

wireless network. The computer should then appear in the Attached Devices screen.

5.

Click

Add

.

The screen changes back to the list screen.

6.

Add each computer or device you want to allow to connect wirelessly.

7.

Select the

Turn Access Control On

check box.

8.

Click

Apply

.



To edit a wireless device or delete it from the access list:

1.

Select

Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings

.

The Advanced Wireless Settings screen displays.

2.

In the table, select the radio button next to the wireless device that you want to edit or

delete.

3.

Do one of the following:

•

Click the

Edit

button.

The Edit Wireless Card screen displays.

a.

Edit the address information.

b.

Click the

Accept

button.

•

Click the

Delete

button.

The address is removed from the table.

Wireless AP

You can set up the modem router to run as an access point (AP) on the same local network

as another router.



To set up the modem router as an AP:

1.

Use an Ethernet cable to connect the Ethernet WAN port (Ethernet port 4) of this

modem router to a LAN port in the other router.

2.

Select

Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless AP

.

3.

Select the

Enable Access Point Mode

check box.

4.

Select the check box for the IP address setting that you want to use:

•

Get an IP address dynamically from the other router

. The other router on the

network assigns an IP address to the modem router while the modem routerr is in AP

mode.

•

Fixed IP address (not recommended)

. Use this setting if you want to manually

assign a specific IP address to the modem router while it is in AP mode. Using this

option effectively requires advanced network experience.

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5.

If the other router or gateway in your network also has wireless capability, NETGEAR

recommends that you use a different wireless channel.

6.

Click

Apply

.

The IP address of the modem router changes and you are disconnected. To reconnect,

close and restart your web browser, and type

http://www.routerlogin.net

.

Wireless Distribution System (WDS)

You can set up the modem router to be used as a wireless access point (AP). Doing this

enables the modem router to act as a wireless repeater. A wireless repeater connects to

another wireless modem router as a client where the network to which it connects becomes

the ISP service.

Wireless repeating is a type of Wireless Distribution System (WDS). A WDS allows a wireless

network to be expanded through multiple access points instead of using a wired backbone to

link them. The following figure shows a wireless repeating scenario.

Repeater

Base station

access point

Figure 12. Wireless repeating scenario

Note:

To use the wireless repeating function, you need to select None as

the security option in the Wireless Setup screen and you cannot

select Auto Channel.

Wireless Base Station

. The modem router acts as the parent access point, that bridges

traffic to and from the child repeater access point. The base station also handles wireless and

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wired local computers. To configure this mode, you have to know the MAC addresses of the

child repeater access point. Often, the MAC address is on the product label.

Wireless Repeater

. The modem router sends all traffic from its local wireless or wired

computers to a remote access point. To configure this mode, you have to know the MAC

address of the remote parent access point.

The modem router is always in dual-band concurrent mode, unless you turn off one radio. If

you enable the wireless repeater in either radio band, the wireless base station or wireless

repeater cannot be enabled in the other radio band. However, if you enable the wireless base

station in either radio band and use the other radio band as a wireless modem router or

wireless base station, dual band concurrent mode is not affected.

For you to set up a wireless network with WDS, both access points have to meet the

following conditions:

•

Both access points have to use the same SSID, wireless channel, and encryption mode.

•

Both access points have to be on the same LAN IP subnet. That is, all of the access point

LAN IP addresses are in the same network.

•

All LAN devices (wired and wireless computers) are configured to operate in the same

LAN network address range as the access points.

Set Up the Base Station

The wireless repeating function works only in hub and spoke mode. The units cannot be

daisy-chained. You have to know the wireless settings for both units. You have to know the

MAC address of the remote unit. First, set up the base station, and then set up the repeater.



To set up the base station:

1.

Set up both units with the same wireless settings (SSID, mode, channel, and security).

The wireless security option has to be set to None or WEP.

2.

Select

Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless Repeating Function

.

3.

Select the

Enable Wireless Repeating Function

check box.

4.

Select the

Wireless Base Station

radio button.

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