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Specify Your Internet Settings
21
Nighthawk
X6 AC3200
Tri-Band
WiFi
Router
Use the Internet Setup Wizard
You can use the Setup Wizard to detect your Internet settings and automatically set up your
router. The Setup Wizard is not the same as the genie screens that display the first time you
connect to your router to set it up.
To use the Setup Wizard:
1.
Launch an Internet browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the
network.
2.
Type
or
.
A login screen displays.
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 screen displays.
4.
Select
ADVANCED > Setup Wizard
.
5.
Select the
Yes
radio button.
If you select
No
, you are taken to the Internet Setup screen (see
Figure
, Manually Set Up
the Internet Connection
on page
22).
6.
Click the
Next
button.
The Setup Wizard searches your Internet connection for servers and protocols to
determine your Internet configuration.
When the router connects to the Internet, you are prompted to download and install the
free NETGEAR Desktop genie app and the free ReadySHARE Vault app.
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Specify Your Internet Settings
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Nighthawk
X6 AC3200
Tri-Band
WiFi
Router
Manually Set Up the Internet Connection
You can view or change the router’s Internet connection settings.
Specify an Internet Connection Without a Login
To specify the Internet connection settings:
1.
Launch an Internet browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the
network.
2.
Type
or
.
A login screen displays.
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 screen displays.
4.
Select
Internet
.
Scroll to
view more
settings
5.
For the Does your Internet connection require a login? setting, leave the
No
radio button
selected.
6.
If your Internet connection requires an account name or host name, type it in the
Account
Name (If Required)
field.
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Nighthawk
X6 AC3200
Tri-Band
WiFi
Router
7.
If your Internet connection requires a domain name, type it in the
Domain Name (If
Required)
field.
For the other sections in this screen, the default settings usually work, but you can
change them.
8.
Select an Internet IP Address radio button:
•
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 router to which your router
connects.
9.
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.
10.
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.
11.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your settings are saved.
12.
Click the
Test
button to test your Internet connection.
If the NETGEAR website does not display within one minute, see
Chapter 15,
Troubleshooting
.
Specify an Internet Connection That Uses a Login
To view or change the basic Internet setup:
1.
Launch an Internet browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the
network.
2.
Type
or
.
A login screen displays.
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 screen displays.
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Specify Your Internet Settings
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Nighthawk
X6 AC3200
Tri-Band
WiFi
Router
4.
Select
Internet
.
Scroll to
view more
settings
5.
In the Does your Internet connection require a login? section of the screen, select the
Yes
radio button.
The screen adjusts.
6.
In the
Internet Service Provider
list, select the encapsulation method:
PPPoE
,
PPPoA
, or
L2TP
.
7.
In the
Login
field, enter the login name 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.
If your ISP requires a service name, type it in the
Service Name (if Required)
field.
10.
In the
Connection Mode
list, select
Always On
,
Dial on Demand
, or
Manually Connect
.
11.
To change the number of minutes until the Internet login times out, in the
Idle Timeout (In
minutes)
field, type the number of minutes.
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.
12.
Select an Internet IP Address radio button:
•
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 router to which your router
connects.
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Nighthawk
X6 AC3200
Tri-Band
WiFi
Router
13.
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.
14.
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.
15.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your settings are saved.
16.
Click the
Test
button to test your Internet connection.
If the NETGEAR website does not display within one minute, see
Chapter 15,
Troubleshooting
.
Specify IPv6 Internet Connections
You can set up an IPv6 Internet connection if genie does not detect it automatically.
To set up an IPv6 Internet connection:
1.
Launch an Internet browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the
network.
2.
Type
or
.
A login screen displays.
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 screen displays.
4.
Select
ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > IPv6
.
The Basic Settings screen displays.
5.
In the
Internet Connection Type
list, select the IPv6 connection type:
•
If your ISP did not provide details, select
IPv6 Tunnel
.
•
If you are not sure, select
Auto Detect
so that the router detects the IPv6 type that is
in use.
•
If your Internet connection does not use PPPoe or DHCP, or not fixed, but is IPv6,
select
Auto Config
.

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