Access the Modem Router

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NETGEAR genie App and Mobile genie App

The genie app is the easy dashboard for managing, monitoring, and repairing your home

network. See the

NETGEAR genie App User Manual

for details about the genie apps.

Menu

Language

Support

Dashboard

(Click to

view

details)

Retrieve wireless password

About genie

Figure 9. genie app dashboard

The genie app can help you with the following:

•

Automatically repair common wireless network problems.

•

Have easy access to features like Live Parental Controls, guest access, Internet traffic

meter, speed test, and more.

The genie mobile app works on your iPhone, iPad, or Android phone:

Log in to the router

Information about

genie mobile app

Phone status

Search NETGEAR

support

and the connected

router

Figure 10. genie mobile app home screen

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NETGEAR genie Basic Settings

This chapter contains the following sections:

•

Internet Setup

•

Parental Controls

•

Basic Wireless Settings

•

Set Up a Guest Network

•

View Attached Devices

For information about ReadySHARE USB storage, see

Chapter 5, USB Storage

.

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Internet Setup

The Internet Setup screen is where you view or change basic ISP information.

Note:

You can use the Setup Wizard to detect the Internet connection and

automatically set up the modem router. See

Setup Wizard

on

page

34.



To view or change the basic Internet setup:

1.

From the Home screen, select

Internet

.

Scroll to

view more

settings

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

the ISP settings.

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 10,

Troubleshooting

.

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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 Internet connection require a login?

Answer either yes or no.

These fields display when no login is required:

•

Account Name (If required)

. Enter the account name provided by your ISP. This might

also be called the host name.

•

Domain Name (If required)

. Enter the domain name provided by your ISP.

These fields display when your ISP requires a login:

•

Internet Service Provider

. The choices are PPPoE or PPPoA.

•

Login

. The login name provided by your ISP. This login name is often an email address.

•

Password

. The password that you use to log in to your ISP.

•

Service Name (if Required)

. If your ISP provided a service name, enter it here.

•

Connection Mode

. Always On, Dial on Demand, or Manually Connect.

•

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 modem 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’s modem router to which your

modem router will connect.

Domain Name Server (DNS) Address

. The DNS server is used to look up site addresses

based on their names.

•

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.

NAT (Network Address Translation)

. NAT allows computers on your home network to

share the modem router Internet connection. NAT is enabled by default because it is needed

in most situations. The following settings are available:

•

Enable

•

Disable

•

Disable Port Scan and DoS Protection

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Router MAC Address

. The Ethernet MAC address that the modem 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 modem router to use your computer’s MAC

address (also called cloning).

•

Use Default Address

. Use the default MAC address.

•

Use Computer MAC Address

. The modem 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.

Parental Controls

The first time you select Parental Controls from the Basic Home screen, your browser goes

to the Live Parental Controls website. You can learn more about Live Parental Controls or

download the application.

Figure 11. Live Parental Controls website



To set up Live Parental Controls:

1.

Select

Parental Controls

on the Dashboard screen.

2.

Click either the

Windows Users

or

Mac Users

button.

3.

Follow the onscreen instructions to download and install the NETGEAR Live Parental

Controls Management Utility.