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4.

NETGEAR genie Advanced Home

Specifying custom settings

This chapter contains the following sections:

•

Setup Wizard

•

WPS Wizard

•

Setup Menu

•

WAN Setup

•

LAN Setup

•

Quality of Service (QoS) Setup

Some selections on the Advanced Home screen are described in separate chapters:

•

USB Storage

. See

Chapter 5, USB Storage

.

•

Security

. See

Chapter 7, Security

.

•

Administration

. See

Chapter 8, Administration

.

•

Advanced Setup

. See

Chapter 9, Advanced Settings

.

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Setup Wizard

The NETGEAR genie installation process is launched the first time you set up the router.

This screen is also

displayed through the

Administration menu.

After setting up the router the first time, if you want to perform this task again, you can run

Setup Wizard from the Advanced tab of the NETGEAR genie.

1.

Select

Setup Wizard.

The following screen displays:

2.

Select either

Yes

or

No, I want to configure the router myself

.

If you select No, you are taken to the Internet Setup screen. See

Internet Setup

on

page 20.

3.

If you selected Yes, click

Next

.

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The following screen displays:

The Setup Wizard searches your Internet connection for servers and protocols to

determine your ISP configuration. The following screen displays:

WPS Wizard

The WPS Wizard helps you add a WPS-capable client device (a wireless device or

computer) to your network. On the client device, you need to either press its WPS button or

locate its WPS PIN.



To use the WPS Wizard:

1.

Select

Advanced > WPS Wizard

.

2.

Click

Next

.

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The following screen lets you select the method for adding the WPS client (a wireless

device or computer).

3.

Select either

Push Button

or

PIN Number

.

•

To use the push button method, either click the

WPS

button on this screen, or press

the

WPS

button on the side of the router. Within 2 minutes, go to the wireless client

and press its

WPS

button to join the network without entering a password.

•

To use the PIN method, select the

PIN Number

radio button, enter the client security

PIN, and click

Next

.

Within 2 minutes, go to the client device and use its WPS software to join the network

without entering a password.

The router attempts to add the WPS-capable device. The WPS LED

on the front of

the router blinks green. When the router establishes a WPS connection, the LED is solid

green, and the router WPS screen displays a confirmation message.

4.

Repeat Step 2 and Step 3 to add another WPS client to your network.

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Setup Menu

Select

Advanced > Setup

to display the Setup menu. The following selections are available:

•

Internet Setup

. Access the same Internet Setup screen that you can access from the

dashboard on the Basic Home screen. See

Internet Setup

on page 20.

•

Wireless Setup

. Access the same Wireless Settings screen that you can access from

the dashboard on the Basic Home screen. See

Basic Wireless Settings

on page 26.

•

Guest Network

. Access the same Guest Network screen that you can access from the

dashboard on the Basic Home screen. See

Guest Networks

on page 29.

•

WAN Setup

. Internet (WAN) setup. See

WAN Setup

on page 35.

•

LAN Setup

. Local area network (LAN) setup. See

LAN Setup

on page 39.

•

QoS Setup

. Quality of Service (QoS) setup. See

Quality of Service (QoS) Setup

on

page 42.

WAN Setup

The WAN Setup screen lets you:

•

Configure a DMZ (demilitarized zone) server.

•

Change the maximum transmit unit (MTU) size.

•

Enable the router to respond to a ping on the WAN (Internet) port.

1.

Select

Advanced > Setup > WAN Setup

.

2.

Specify the following settings:

•

Disable Port Scan and DoS Protection

. DoS protection protects your LAN against

denial of service attacks such as Syn flood, Smurf Attack, Ping of Death, Teardrop

Attack, UDP Flood, ARP Attack, Spoofing ICMP, Null Scan, and many others. This

should be disabled only in special circumstances.