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Security Event Email Notifications
To receive logs and alerts by email, provide your email information in the Email screen, and
specify which alerts you want to receive and how often.
To set up email notifications:
1.
Select
Advanced > Security >
Email
to display the following screen:
2.
To receive email logs and alerts from the router, select the
Turn Email Notification On
check box.
3.
In the Your Outgoing Mail Server field, enter the name of your ISP’s outgoing (SMTP) mail
server (such as mail.myISP.com).
You might be able to find this information in the configuration screen of your email
program. If you leave this field blank, log and alert messages are not sent by email.
4.
Enter the email address to which logs and alerts are sent in the
Send to This Email
Address
field.
This email address is also used for the From address. If you leave this field blank, log and
alert messages are not sent by email.
5.
If your outgoing email server requires authentication, select the
My Mail Server requires
authentication
check box, and complete the User Name and Password fields for the
outgoing email server.
6.
To have email alerts sent immediately when someone attempts to visit a blocked site, select
the
Send Alert Immediately
check box.
7.
(Optional) Establish a log email schedule.
If you select the Weekly, Daily, or Hourly option and the log fills up before the specified
period, the log is emailed to the specified email address. After the log is sent, the log is
cleared from the router’s memory. If the router cannot email the log file, the log buffer
might fill up. In this case, the router overwrites the log and discards its contents.
8.
Click
Apply
to save your settings.
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6.
Administration
Managing your network
This chapter describes the router settings for administering and maintaining your router and
home network. See
Remote Management
on page
80 for information about checking the status
of your router over the Internet, and
Traffic Meter
on page
83 for information about monitoring
Internet traffic on your router’s Internet port.
This chapter includes the following sections:
Upgrade the Router Firmware
View Router Status
View Logs of Web Access or Attempted Web Access
Manage the Configuration File
Set Password
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Upgrade the Router Firmware
The router firmware (routing software) is stored in flash memory. You can update the
firmware from the Administration menu on the Advanced tab. You might see a message at
the top of the genie screens when new firmware is available for your product.
You can use the Check button on the Router Update screen to check and update to the latest
firmware for your product if new firmware is available.
To check for new firmware and update your router:
1.
Select
Advanced > Administration > Firmware Update
to display the following
screen:
Click
Check
2.
Click the
Check
button.
If new firmware is available, the router finds it.
3.
Click
Yes
to update and locate the firmware you downloaded (the file ends in .img).
WARNING!
When uploading firmware to the router,
do not
interrupt the web
browser by closing the window, clicking a link, or loading a new
page. If the browser is interrupted, it could corrupt the firmware.
When the upload is complete, your router restarts. The upgrade process typically takes
about 1 minute. Read the new firmware release notes to determine whether you need to
reconfigure the router after upgrading.
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View Router Status
To view router status and usage information, select
Advanced Home
or select
Administration > Router Status
to display the following screen:
Router Status
This router status section provides the following information:
Hardware Version
. The router model.
Firmware Version
. The version of the router firmware. It changes if you upgrade the
router firmware.
GUI Language Version
. The localized language of the user interface.
MAC Address
. The Media Access Control address is the unique physical address used
by the Ethernet (LAN) port of the router.
IP Address
. The IP address used by the Ethernet (LAN) port of the router. The default is
192.168.1.1.
DHCP Server
. Identifies whether the router’s built-in DHCP server is active for devices on
the LAN.
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Internet Port
The Internet port section provides the following information:
MAC Address
. The Media Access Control address, which is the unique physical address
used by the Internet (WAN) port of the router.
IP Address
. The IP address used by the Internet (WAN) port of the router. If no address
is shown or the address is 0.0.0, the router cannot connect to the Internet.
Connection
. This shows if the router is using a fixed IP address on the WAN. If the value
is DHCP Client, the router obtains an IP address dynamically from the ISP.
IP Subnet Mask
. The IP subnet mask used by the Internet (WAN) port of the router.
Domain Name Server
. The Domain Name Server addresses used by the router. A
Domain Name Server translates human-language URLs such as
www.netgear.com
into
IP addresses.
Show Statistics button
. Click the
Show Statistics
button to display the following
screen:
The Show Statistics screen provides the following information:
System Up Time
. The time elapsed since the router was last restarted.
Port
. The statistics for the WAN (Internet) and LAN (Ethernet) ports. For each port,
the screen displays the following information:
Status
. The link status of the port.
TxPkts
. The number of packets transmitted on this port since reset or manual
clear.
RxPkts
. The number of packets received on this port since reset or manual clear.
Collisions
. The number of collisions on this port since reset or manual clear.
Tx B/s
. The current transmission (outbound) bandwidth used on the WAN and
LAN ports.
Rx B/s
. The current reception (inbound) bandwidth used on the WAN and LAN
ports.
Up Time
. The time elapsed since this port acquired the link.
Poll Interval
. The interval at which the statistics are updated in this screen. To
change the polling frequency, enter a time in seconds in the Poll Interval field, and
click
Set Interval
. To stop the polling entirely, click
Stop
.

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