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The BASIC Home page displays.
4.
Select
Internet
.
The Internet Setup page displays.
5.
For the Does your Internet connection require a login? setting, select the
Yes
radio button.
The page adjusts.
6.
From the
Internet Service Provider
menu, select
PPTP
or
L2TP
as the encapsulation method.
7.
In the
Login
field, enter the login name that your ISP gave you.
This login name is often an email address.
8.
In the
Password
field, type the password that you use to log in to your Internet service.
9.
From the
Connection Mode
menu, select
Always On
,
Dial on Demand
, or
Manually Connect
.
10.
To change the number of minutes until the Internet login times out, in the
Idle Timeout (In minutes)
field, type the number of minutes.
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This is how long the
router
keeps the Internet connection active when no one on the network is using
the Internet connection. A value of 0 (zero) means never log out.
11.
If your ISP gave you fixed IP addresses and a connection ID or name, type them in the
My IP Address
,
Subnet Mask
,
Server Address
,
Gateway IP Address
, and
Connection ID/Name
fields.
If your ISP did not give you IP addresses, a connection ID, or name, leave these fields blank. The
connection ID or name applies to a PPTP service only.
12.
Select a Domain Name Server (DNS) Address radio button:
•
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.
13.
Select a Router MAC Address radio button:
•
Use Default Address
. Use the default MAC address.
•
Use Computer MAC Address
. The
router
captures and uses the MAC address of the computer
that you are now using.You must use the one computer that the ISP allows.
•
Use This MAC Address
. Enter the MAC address that you want to use.
14.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your settings are saved.
15.
Click the
Test
button to test your Internet connection.
If the
NETGEAR
website does not display within one minute, see
You Cannot Access the Internet
on
page 238.
Specify an IPv6 Internet Connection
The router supports many different types of IPv6 Internet connections for which you can specify the settings
manually.
IPv6 Internet Connections and IPv6 Addresses
The
router
can support an IPv6 Internet connection through the following connection types:
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•
Auto Detect
. For more information, see
Use Auto Detect for an IPv6 Internet Connection
on page
34.
•
Auto Config
. For more information, see
Use Auto Config for an IPv6 Internet Connection
on page
35.
•
6to4 tunnel
. For more information, see
Set Up an IPv6 6to4 Tunnel Internet Connection
on page 37.
•
Pass-through
. For more information, see
Set Up an IPv6 Pass Through Internet Connection
on page
39.
•
Fixed
. For more information, see
Set Up an IPv6 Fixed Internet Connection
on page 39.
•
DHCP
. For more information, see
Set Up an IPv6 DHCP Internet Connection
on page 41.
•
6rd
. For more information, see
Set Up an IPv6 6rd Tunnel Connection
on page 43.
•
PPPoE
. For more information, see
Set Up an IPv6 PPPoE Internet Connection
on page 45.
Which connection type you must use depends on your IPv6 ISP. Follow the directions that your IPv6 ISP
gave you.
•
If your ISP did not provide details, use the 6to4 tunnel connection type (see
Set Up an IPv6 6to4
Tunnel Internet Connection
on page 37).
•
If you are not sure what type of IPv6 connection the
router
uses, use the Auto Detect connection type,
which lets the
router
detect the IPv6 type that is in use (see
Use Auto Detect for an IPv6 Internet
Connection
on page 34).
•
If your Internet connection does not use pass-through, a fixed IP address, DHCP, 6rd, or PPPoE but
is IPv6, use the Auto Config connection type, which lets the
router
autoconfigure its IPv6 connection
(see
Use Auto Config for an IPv6 Internet Connection
on page 35).
When you enable IPv6 and select any connection type other than IPv6 pass-through, the
router
starts the
stateful packet inspection (SPI) firewall function on the WAN interface. The
router
creates connection
records and checks every inbound IPv6 packet. If the inbound packet is not destined to the
router
itself
and the
router
does not expect to receive such a packet, or the packet is not in the connection record,
the
router
blocks this packet.This function works in two modes: In secured mode, the
router
inspects both
TCP and UDP packets. In open mode, the
router
inspects UDP packets only.
IPv6 addresses are denoted by eight groups of hexadecimal quartets that are separated by colons.You
can reduce any four-digit group of zeros within an IPv6 address to a single zero or omit it. The following
errors invalidate an IPv6 address:
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•
More than eight groups of hexadecimal quartets
•
More than four hexadecimal characters in a quartet
•
More than two colons in a row
Use Auto Detect for an IPv6 Internet Connection
To set up an IPv6 Internet connection through auto detection:
1.
Launch a web browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connected to the network.
2.
Enter
.
A login window opens.
3.
Enter the
router
user name and password.
The user name is
admin
. The default password is
password
. The user name and password are
case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home page displays.
4.
Select
ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > IPv6
.
The Basic Settings page displays.
5.
From the
Internet Connection Type
menu, select
Auto Detect
.
The
router
automatically detects the information in the following fields:
•
Connection Type
. This field indicates the connection type that is detected.
•
Router’s IPv6 Address on WAN
.This field shows the IPv6 address that is acquired for the
router
’s
WAN (or Internet) interface. The number after the slash (/) is the length of the prefix, which is also
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indicated by the underline (_) under the IPv6 address. If no address is acquired, the field displays
Not Available.
•
Router’s IPv6 Address on LAN
.This field shows the IPv6 address that is acquired for the
router
’s
LAN interface. The number after the slash (/) is the length of the prefix, which is also indicated by
the underline (_) under the IPv6 address. If no address is acquired, the field displays Not Available.
6.
Select an IP Address Assignment radio button:
•
Use DHCP Server
. This method passes more information to LAN devices but some IPv6 systems
might not support the DHCv6 client function.
•
Auto Config
. This is the default setting.
This setting specifies how the
router
assigns IPv6 addresses to the devices on your home network
(the LAN).
7.
(Optional) Select the
Use This Interface ID
check box and specify the interface ID to be used for the
IPv6 address of the
router
’s LAN interface.
If you do not specify an ID here, the
router
generates one automatically from its MAC address.
8.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your settings are saved.
Use Auto Config for an IPv6 Internet Connection
To set up an IPv6 Internet connection through auto configuration:
1.
Launch a web browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connected to the network.
2.
Enter
.
A login window opens.
3.
Enter the
router
user name and password.
The user name is
admin
. The default password is
password
. The user name and password are
case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home page displays.
4.
Select
ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > IPv6
.
The Basic Settings page displays.
5.
From the
Internet Connection Type
menu, select
Auto Config
.
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