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Log In to Your Router

When you first connect to your router during installation, a Setup Wizard displays. For help

using the Setup Wizard to configure your Internet and wireless network, see the

Mobile

Broadband 11n Wireless Router MBR1210 Installation Guide

.

After the initial configuration, you can use your Web browser to log in to the router to view or

change its settings. Links to Knowledge Base and documentation are also available on the

router main menu.

Note:

Your computer must be configured for DHCP. For help configuring

DHCP, refer to the documentation that came with your computer, or

see the link to the online document in

Preparing Your Network

in

Appendix

A.

When you have logged in, if you do not click

Logout

, after 5 minutes of no activity the router

automatically logs you out.

To log in to the router:

1.

Type

in the address field of your browser, and then press

enter to display the login window.

2.

Enter

admin

for the user name and your password (or the default,

password

).

For information about how to change the password, see

Changing the Built-In Password

on page

55.

Note:

If you do not remember your password, you can restore the router to

its factory default settings, which will reset the password. See

Factory Default Settings

on page

93.

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3.

If the router has not been configured, the Smart Wizard screen displays. After the router has

been configured, one of the following screens appears:

•

Firmware Upgrade Assistant screen

. After initial setup, the Firmware Upgrade

Assistant screen displays unless the

Check for Updated Firmware Upon Log-in

check box is cleared.

Note:

You can disable this automatic checking and updating feature during

future log ins by clearing the

Check for Updated Firmware Upon

Log-in

check box, but NETGEAR recommends that you keep this

feature enabled to ensure your router is using the latest updated

firmware.

•

Router Status screen

. The Router Status screen displays the current router

connection status. See

Router Status

on page

48.

4.

You can use different methods to configure your router.

•

Select Setup Wizard

from the router menu to set up your Internet connection and

wireless network configuration

. See

Access the Configuration Assistant after

Installation

on page

14.

•

You can manually configure the router settings. See

Manually Configure Your Internet

Settings

on page

15.

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Access the Configuration Assistant after Installation

1.

Log in to the router as described in

Log In to Your Router

on page

12.

The Configuration Assistant opens.

2.

Click

Next

.

The Configuration Assistant prompts you to set up your Internet connection and wireless

network as described in the

Mobile Broadband 11n Wireless Router MBR1210

Installation Guide

.

a.

Select your Internet connection mode:

•

Use Ethernet first and if fail use mobile broadband connection

•

Always use mobile broadband connection

•

Always use Ethernet connection

b.

Click

Next

.

c.

Select your

country

and then your

Internet Service Provider

.

d.

Click

Done

.

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Manually Configure Your Internet Settings

For you to connect to the network, an active broadband service account is required. Contact

your ISP for your user name, password, and the network name. You must also configure

some or all of the settings described in the following sections, depending on how you have

chosen to connect to the Internet:

•

Broadband Settings

on page

15.

•

Mobile Broadband Settings

on page

17 (not required if using Ethernet connection only).

•

Ethernet Broadband Settings

on page

19 (not required if using mobile broadband

connection only).

Broadband Settings

To manually configure your broadband Internet settings:

1.

Log in to the router as described in

Log In to Your Router

on page

12.

2.

From the main menu, select Broadband Settings.

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3.

Adjust the settings as needed based on your Internet connection. The fields in this screen

are described in

Table 2

.

4.

The following buttons are available:

•

Apply

. Apply the changes that you made.

•

Cancel

. Discard changes.

Table 2.

Internet Connection Settings

Fields and Check Boxes

Description

Internet Connection Mode

The choices are:

• Always use an Ethernet connection (default)

• Use Ethernet first and if it fails use mobile broadband connection

• Always use mobile broadband connection

Failover Detection Method

1

1 This field is available only when the Internet Connection Mode is

Use Ethernet first and if fail use 3G mobile

connection.

Select the failover method and enter the related information:

• DNS lookup using WAN DNS Server

• Perform a DNS lookup by a hostname

• Ping this IP address

Retry Interval is

1

Enter the retry interval.

Failover after

1

Enter how many retry attempts to make before failing over.

Resume after

1

Enter how long to wait for primary link is stabilized before resuming to

use the primary link.

Enable Hardware link detection

Enter when to failover when the Ethernet link is dropped. This is

independent of the DNS / Ping detection methods.