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Administration
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Erase
Under some circumstances (for example, if you move the router to a different network or if
you have forgotten the password), you might want to erase the configuration and restore the
factory default settings.
You can use either use the Reset button on the back of the router (see
Factory Settings
on
page 117), or you can click the
Erase
button in this screen.
Erase sets the user name to admin, the password to password, and the LAN IP address to
192.168.1.1, and enables the router’s DHCP.
Set Password
This feature allows you to change the default password that is used to log in to the router with
the user name admin.
This is not the same as changing the password for wireless access. The label on the bottom
of your router shows your unique wireless network name (SSID) and password for wireless
access (see
Label
on page 11).
To set the password for the user name admin:
1.
Select
Advanced > Administration > Set Password
:
2.
Type the old password, and type the new password twice in the fields on this screen.
3.
If you want to be able to recover the password, select the
Enable Password Recovery
check box.
4.
Click
Apply
to save your settings.
Password Recovery
NETGEAR recommends that you enable password recovery if you change the password for
the router’s user name of admin. Then you have an easy way to recover the password if it is
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forgotten. This recovery process is supported in Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome
browsers, but not in the Safari browser.
To set up password recovery:
1.
Select the
Enable Password Recovery
check box.
2.
Select two security questions, and provide answers to them.
3.
Click
Apply
to save your settings.
When you use your browser to access the router, the login window displays. If password
recovery is enabled, when you click Cancel, the password recovery process starts. You can
then enter the saved answers to the security questions to recover the password.
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9
9.
Advanced Settings
This chapter describes the advanced features of your router. The information is for readers with
a solid understanding of networking concepts such as setting up remote access from the Internet
by IP or domain name.
This chapter includes the following sections:
•
Advanced Wireless Settings
•
Wireless Repeating Function
•
Port Forwarding and Port Triggering
•
Set Up Port Forwarding to Local Servers
•
Set Up Port Triggering
•
Dynamic DNS
•
Static Routes
•
Remote Management
•
USB Settings
•
Universal Plug and Play
•
IPv6
•
Traffic Meter
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Advanced Wireless Settings
1.
Select
Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings
:
Scroll to view
more settings
2.
Configure the following settings:
•
Enable Wireless Router Radio
. To completely turn off the wireless portion of the
wireless router, clear this check box. Select this check box again to enable the
wireless portion of the router. When the wireless radio is disabled, other members of
your household can use the router by connecting their computers to the router with an
Ethernet cable.
Note:
The Fragmentation Length, CTS/RTS Threshold, and Preamble Mode
options are reserved for wireless testing and advanced configuration only. Do
not change these settings.
•
Turn off wireless signal by schedule
. Turn off the wireless signal from your router at
times when you do not need a wireless connection. For example, you could turn it off
for the weekend if you leave town.
•
WPS Settings
.Add WPS devices to your network.
•
AP Mode
. You can make the router function as an access point.
•
Wireless Card Access List
. Click the
Set Up Access List
button to display the
Wireless Card Access List screen. On this screen, you can restrict access to your
network to specific devices based on their MAC address.
3.
Click
Apply
to save your settings.
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Wireless Repeating Function
You can set the router up to be used as a wireless access point (AP). Doing this enables the
router to act as a wireless repeater. A wireless repeater connects to another wireless router
as a client where the network to which it connects becomes the ISP service.
Wireless repeating is a type of Wireless Distribution System (WDS). A WDS allows a wireless
network to be expanded through multiple access points instead of using a wired backbone to
link them. The following figure shows a wireless repeating scenario.
Repeater
Base station
access point
access point
Figure 8. Wireless repeating scenario
Note:
If you use the wireless repeating function, you need to select either
WEP
or
None
as a security option in the Wireless Settings screen.
The WEP option displays only if you select the wireless mode Up to
54 Mbps in the Wireless Settings screen.
Wireless base station
. The router acts as the parent access point, bridging traffic to and
from the child repeater access point, as well as handling wireless and wired local computers.
To configure this mode, you have to know the MAC addresses of the child repeater access
point.

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