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Router Dashboard (Basic Home Screen)

The router Basic Home screen has a dashboard that lets you see the status of your Internet

connection and network at a glance. You can click any of the six sections of the dashboard to

view more detailed information. The left column has the menus. At the top, the Advanced tab

lets you access more menus and screens.

Menus

(Click the

Advanced

tab to view

more)

Language

Help

Dashboard

(Click to view

details)

Figure 5. Router Basic Home screen with dashboard, language, and online help

•

Home

.

This dashboard screen displays when you log in to the

router.

•

Internet

. Set, update, and check the ISP settings of your router.

•

Wireless

. View or change the wireless settings for your router.

•

Attached Devices

. View the devices connected to your network.

•

Parental Controls

. Download and set up parental controls to prevent objectionable

content from reaching your computers.

•

ReadySHARE

. If you connected a USB storage device to the router, then it is displayed

here.

•

Guest Network

. Set up a guest network to allow visitors to use your router’s Internet

connection.

•

Advanced tab

. Set the router up for unique situations such as when remote access by IP

or by domain name from the Internet is needed. See

Chapter 9, Advanced Settings

.

Using this tab requires a solid understanding of networking concepts.

•

Help & Support

. Go to the NETGEAR support site to get information, help, and product

documentation. These links work after you have an Internet connection.

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Add Wireless Devices or Computers to Your Network

Choose either the manual or the WPS method to add wireless devices and other equipment

to your wireless network. For instructions for how to set up a guest network, see

Guest

Networks

on page 29.

Manual Method



To connect manually:

1.

Open the software that manages your wireless connections on the wireless device

(laptop computer, gaming device, iPhone) that you want to connect to your router.

The wireless software scans for all wireless networks in your area.

2.

Look for your network and select it. If you did not change the name of your network during

the setup process, look for the default Wi-Fi network name (SSID) and select it.

The default SSID is on the product label on the bottom of the router.

3.

Enter the router password and click

Connect

.

The default router password is on the product label on the bottom of the router.

4.

Repeat steps 1–3 to add other wireless devices.

Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) Method

Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is a standard for easily adding computers and other devices to

a home network while maintaining security. To use WPS, make sure that all wireless devices

to be connected to the network are Wi-Fi certified and support WPS. During the connection

process, the client gets the security settings from the router so that every device in the

network has the same security settings.



To use WPS to join the wireless network:

1.

Press the

WPS

button on the router front panel

.

2.

Within 2 minutes, press the

WPS

button on your wireless device, or follow the WPS

instructions that came with the device.

The device is now connected to your router.

3.

Repeat steps 1–2 to add other WPS wireless devices.

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NETGEAR genie App and Mobile genie App

The genie app is the easy dashboard for managing, monitoring, and repairing your home

network. See the

NETGEAR genie Apps User Manual

for details about the genie apps.

Menu

Language

Support

Dashboard

(Click to

view

details)

Retrieve wireless password

About genie

The genie app can help you with the following:

•

Automatically repair common wireless network problems.

•

Have easy access to router features like Live Parental Controls, guest access, Internet

traffic meter, speed test, and more.

The genie mobile app works on your iPhone, iPad, or Android phone:

Log in to the router

Information about

genie mobile app

Phone status

Search NETGEAR

support

and the connected

router

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3

3.

NETGEAR genie Basic Settings

Your Internet connection and network

This chapter contains the following sections:

•

Internet Setup

•

Attached Devices

•

Parental Controls

•

ReadySHARE USB Storage

•

Basic Wireless Settings

•

Guest Networks

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Internet Setup

The Internet Setup screen, in the NETGEAR genie Basic Home screen, is where you view or

change ISP information.

1.

From the Basic Home screen, select

Internet

.

The following screen displays:

Scroll to

view more

settings

The fields that display in the Internet Setup screen depend on whether your Internet

connection requires a login.

•

Yes

. Select the encapsulation method and enter the login name. If you want to

change the login time-out, enter a new value in minutes.

•

No

. Enter the account and domain names, only if needed.

2.

Enter the settings for the IP address and DNS server.

The default settings usually work fine. If you have problems with your connection, check

the ISP settings.

3.

Click

Apply

to save your settings.