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Specify Network Settings
123
AC1750
Smart
WiFi
Router
A login window opens.
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 page displays.
4.
Select
ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings
.
The Wireless Settings page displays.
5.
Scroll down below the WPS Settings section of the page and clear the
Enable Implicit
BEAMFORMING
check box.
6.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your settings are saved.
Control the Wireless Radios
The router’s internal wireless radios broadcast signals in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz range. By
default, the radios are on so that you can connect wirelessly to the router. When the wireless
radios are off, you can still use an Ethernet cable for a LAN connection to the router.
You can turn the wireless radios on and off with the
WiFi On/Off
button on the router, or you
can log in to the router and enable or disable the wireless radios. If you are close to the
router, it might be easier to press its
WiFi On/Off
button. If you are away from the router or
you already logged in, it might be easier to enable or disable the radios. You can also turn
them off and on based on a schedule. (See
Set Up a Wireless Schedule
on page
124.)
Use the WiFi On/Off Button
To turn the wireless radios off and on with the WiFi On/Off button:
Press the
WiFi On/Off
button on the top of the router for two seconds.
If you turned off the wireless radios, the WiFi On/Off LED and the WPS LED turn off. If
you turned on the wireless radios, the WiFi On/Off LED and the WPS LED light.
Enable or Disable the Wireless Radios
If you used the WiFi On/Off button to turn off the wireless radios, you can’t log in to the router
to turn them back on. You must press the
WiFi On/Off
button again for two seconds to turn
the wireless radios back on.
To enable or disable the wireless radios:
1.
Launch an Internet browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the
network.
2.
Type
or
.
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Specify Network Settings
124
AC1750
Smart
WiFi
Router
A login window opens.
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 page displays.
4.
Select
ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings
.
5.
Select or clear the
Enable Wireless Radio
check boxes in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz
sections.
Clearing these check boxes turns off the WiFi feature of the router.
6.
Click the
Apply
button.
If you turned off both wireless radios, the WiFi On/Off LED and the WPS LED turn off. If
you turned on the wireless radios, the WiFi On/Off LED and the WPS LED light.
Set Up a Wireless Schedule
You can turn off the WiFi signal from your router at times when you do not need a wireless
connection. For example, you might turn it off for the weekend if you leave town.
To set up the wireless schedule:
1.
Launch an Internet browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the
network.
2.
Type
or
.
A login window opens.
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AC1750
Smart
WiFi
Router
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 page displays.
4.
Select
ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings
.
The Advanced Wireless Settings page displays.
5.
Click the
Add a new period
button.
6.
Use the menus, radio buttons, and check boxes to set up a period during which you want to
turn off the wireless signal.
7.
Click the
Apply
button.
The Advanced Wireless Settings page displays.
8.
Select the
Turn off wireless signal by schedule
check box to activate the schedule.
9.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your settings are saved.
Specify WPS Settings
Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) lets you join the WiFi network without typing the WiFi
password.
To specify WPS Settings:
1.
Launch an Internet browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the
network.
2.
Type
or
.
A login window opens.
3.
Enter the router user name and password.
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Specify Network Settings
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AC1750
Smart
WiFi
Router
The user name is
admin
. The default password is
password
. The user name and
password are case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home page displays.
4.
Select
ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings
.
The Advanced Wireless Settings page displays.
The Router’s PIN field displays the PIN that you use on a registrar (for example, from the
Network Explorer on a Windows Vista computer) to configure the router’s wireless
settings through WPS.
5.
(Optional) Select or clear the
Disable Router’s PIN
check box.
The PIN function might temporarily be disabled when the router detects suspicious
attempts to break into the router’s wireless settings by using the router’s PIN through
WPS. You can manually enable the PIN function by clearing the
Disable Router’s PIN
check box.
6.
(Optional) Select or clear the
Keep Existing Wireless Settings
check box.
By default, the
Keep Existing Wireless Settings
check box is selected. NETGEAR
recommends that you leave this check box selected.
If you clear this check box, the next time a new wireless client uses WPS to connect to
the router, the router wireless settings change to an automatically generated random
SSID and security key.
7.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your changes are saved.
Set Up the Router with an Existing Router or Gateway
If you already use a router or gateway for your Internet connection, you can connect your
new router to your existing router or gateway and set up the router in one of the following
modes: router mode or access point (AP) mode.
Router mode lets you configure your new NETGEAR router as a normal WiFi router behind
your gateway and creates a separate WiFi network behind your gateway. To take full
advantage of this router’s advanced functions, NETGEAR recommends that you use router
mode. In router mode, the only device that can be connected to your existing gateway is your
new NETGEAR router. You must connect all of your devices to the new NETGEAR router. If
your existing gateway includes a WiFi function, disable it.
If you want to use the new router to get better WiFi performance than you get from your
existing gateway, access point mode is the easiest way to do that. NETGEAR recommends
that you disable the WiFi function on your existing gateway, if it uses WiFi functionality. With
this mode, you can connect wired devices to the gateway and connect wired and WiFi
devices to your new NETGEAR router.
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AC1750
Smart
WiFi
Router
If you already set up the Internet connection for your router and you are sure that you want to
set up the router as an access point, see
Use the Router as a Wireless Access Point
on
page
128.
To set up the router with your existing router or gateway:
1.
Use an Ethernet cable to connect the Internet port of this router to a LAN port on your
existing router or gateway.
Cable this port to a LAN port
on another router
2.
Launch an Internet browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the
network.
The first time that you set up the Internet connection for your router, the browser goes to
http://www.routerlogin.net, and the NETGEAR genie page displays:
If you do not see the NETGEAR genie page, type
or
. When prompted, enter
admin
for the user name and
password
for the password.
If this is not the first time that you are setting up the Internet connection for your router,
run the Setup Wizard again. For more information, see
Use the Internet Setup Wizard
on
page
22.
3.
Select the
Help Me Choose
radio button or
Let Me Choose
radio button:
•
Help Me Choose
. If you select the
Help Me Choose
radio button, NETGEAR genie
asks you a few questions to determine if you should set the router in router mode or
access point mode. NETGEAR recommends that you select the
Help Me Choose
radio button.
•
Let Me Choose
. If you select the
Let Me Choose
radio you must select the
Router
Mode
radio button or the
Access Point Mode
radio button. You can change the
mode by running the Setup Wizard again. For more information, see
Use the Internet
Setup Wizard
on page
22.

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