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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, and at the top there is an

Advanced tab that is used to access additional 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 once 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. See

Guest Networks

on page

28 for instructions on how to set up a

guest network.

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. This

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 printed on the label on the bottom of the router.

3.

Enter the router password and click

Connect

. The default router passphrase is printed 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:

If your wireless device supports WPS (Push 'N' Connect), follow these steps:

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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Genie Basic Settings

Your Internet connection and network

This chapter explains the features available from the Genie Basic Home screen, shown in the

following figure:

This chapter contains the following sections:

•

Internet Setup

•

Attached Devices

•

Parental Controls

•

ReadySHARE USB Storage

•

Basic Wireless Settings

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Internet Setup

The Internet Setup screen is where you view or change ISP information.

1.

From the 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 or not 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.

4.

Click

Test

to test your Internet connection. If the NETGEAR website does not display within

1 minute, see

Chapter 10, Troubleshooting

.

Internet Setup Screen Fields

The following descriptions explain all of the possible fields in the Internet Setup screen. The

fields that display in this screen depend on whether or not an ISP login is required.

Does Your ISP Require a Login?

Answer either yes or no.

These fields display when no login is required:

•

Account Name (If required)

. Enter the account name provided by your ISP. This might

also be called the host name.

•

Domain Name (If required)

. Enter the domain name provided by your ISP.

These fields display when your ISP requires a login:

•

Internet Service Provider Encapsulation

. ISP types. The choices are PPPoE, PPTP, or

L2TP.

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Login

. The login name provided by your ISP. This is often an email address.

•

Password

. The password that you use to log in to your ISP.

•

Idle Timeout (In minutes)

. If you want to change the login timeout, enter a new value in

minutes. This determines how long the router keeps the Internet connection active after

there is no Internet activity from the LAN. Entering a value of 0 (zero) means never log

out.

Internet IP Address

.

•

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’s router to which your router will

connect.

Domain Name Server (DNS) Address

. The DNS server is used to look up site addresses

based on their names.

•

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 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.

Router MAC Address

. The Ethernet MAC address used by the router on the Internet port.

Some ISPs register the MAC address of the network interface card in your computer when

your account is first opened. They accept traffic only from the MAC address of that computer.

This feature allows your router to use your computer’s MAC address (this is also called

cloning).

•

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 have to use the one computer that is allowed by

the ISP.

•

Use This MAC Address

. Enter the MAC address that you want to use.