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Reference Manual for the 108 Mbps Wireless Media Router WGT634U
Maintenance
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Backing Up and Restoring the Configuration
The Backup and Restore options in the Settings Backup menu allow you to save and retrieve a file
containing your router’s configuration settings.
To save your settings, select the Backup tab. Click the Backup button. Your browser will extract
the configuration file from the router and will prompt you for a location on your PC to store the
file. You can give the file a meaningful name at this time, such as pacbell.cfg.
To restore your settings from a saved configuration file, enter the full path to the file on your PC or
click the Browse button to browse to the file. When you have located it, click the Restore button to
send the file to the router.
Note:
When restoring software to the WGT634U Wireless Media Router, it is important not to
interrupt the Web browser by closing the window, clicking a link, or loading a new page. If the
browser is interrupted, it may corrupt the software. When the restore is complete, your router will
automatically restart. The restore process typically takes about one minute.
Erasing the Configuration
It is sometimes desirable to restore the router to the factory default settings. This can be done by
using the Erase function, which will restore all factory settings. After an erase, the router's
password will be
password
, the LAN IP address will be 192.168.1.1, and the router's DHCP client
will be enabled.
To erase the configuration, click the Erase button.
To restore the factory default configuration settings without knowing the login password or IP
address, you must use the Reset button on the rear panel of the router. See
“Restoring the Default
Configuration and Password” on page 9-7
.
Changing the Administrator Password
The default password for the router’s Web Configuration Manager is
password
. NETGEAR
recommends that you change this password to a more secure password.
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From the main menu of the browser interface, under the Maintenance heading, select Set Password
to bring up the menu shown below.
Figure 7-8:
Set Password menu
To change the password, first enter the old password, and then enter the new password twice. Click
Apply.
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Advanced Configuration
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Chapter 8
Advanced Configuration
This chapter describes how to configure the advanced features of your 108 Mbps Wireless Media
Router WGT634U. These features can be found under the Advanced heading in the main menu of
the browser interface.
Configuring Port Forwarding to Local Servers
Although the router causes your entire local network to appear as a single machine to the Internet,
you can make a local server (for example, a Web server or game server) visible and available to the
Internet. This is done using the Port Forwarding menu. From the main menu of the browser
interface, under the Advanced heading, select Port Forwarding to view the port forwarding menu,
shown below.
Figure 8-1:
Port Forwarding Menu
.
Note:
If you are unfamiliar with networking and routing, refer to
Appendix B,
“Network, Routing, Firewall, and Basics”
, to become more familiar with the terms and
procedures used in this manual.
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Use the Port Forwarding menu to configure the router to forward incoming protocols to computers
on your local network. In addition to servers for specific applications, you can also specify a
Default DMZ Server to which all other incoming protocols are forwarded. The DMZ Server is
configured in the Security Menu.
Before starting, you will need to determine which type of service, application or game you will
provide and the IP address of the computer that will provide each service. Be sure the computer’s
IP address never changes. To configure port forwarding to a local server:
1.
From the Service Name box, select the service or game that you will host on your network.
If the service does not appear in the list, refer to the following section,
“Adding a Port
Forwarding Custom Service”
.
2.
Enter the IP address of the local server in the corresponding Server IP Address box.
3.
Click the Add button.
Adding a Port Forwarding Custom Service
To define a service, game or application that does not appear in the Service Name list, you must
determine what port numbers are used by the service. For this information, you may need to
contact the manufacturer of the program that you want to use. When you have the port number
information, follow these steps:
1.
Click the Add Custom Service button.
2.
Type a name for the service.
3.
Enter the first port number in an unused Starting Port box.
4.
To forward only one port, enter it again in the Ending Port box. To specify a range of ports,
enter the last port to be forwarded in the End Port box.
5.
Enter the IP address of the local server in the corresponding Server IP Address box.
6.
Click Apply at the bottom of the menu.
Editing or Deleting a Port Forwarding Entry
To edit or delete a Port Forwarding entry, follow these steps.
1.
In the table, select the button next to the service name.
2.
Click Edit Service or Delete Service.
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Local Web and FTP Server Example
If a local PC with a private IP address of 192.168.0.33 acts as a Web and FTP server, configure the
Ports menu to forward HTTP (port 80) and FTP (port 21) to local address 192.168.0.33.
In order for a remote user to access this server from the Internet, the remote user must know the IP
address that has been assigned by your ISP. If this address is 172.16.1.23, for example, an Internet
user can access your Web server by directing the browser to http://172.16.1.23. The assigned IP
address can be found in the Router Status screen, where it is shown as the Internet Port IP Address.
Some considerations for this application are:
•
If your account’s IP address is assigned dynamically by your ISP, the IP address may change
periodically as the DHCP lease expires.
•
If the IP address of the local PC is assigned by DHCP, it may change when the PC is rebooted.
To avoid this, you can manually configure the PC to use a fixed address.
•
Local PCs must access the local server using the PC’s local LAN address (192.168.0.33 in this
example). Attempts by local PCs to access the server using the external IP address
(172.16.1.23 in this example) will fail.
Multiple Computers for Counter-Strike, Unreal Tournament, or
Quake III Example
To set up an additional computer to play Counter-Strike, Unreal Tournament, or Quake III:
1.
Click the button of an unused port in the table.
2.
Select the game again from the Service Name list.
3.
Change the beginning port number in the Start Port box.
For these games, use the supplied number in the default listing and add +1 for each additional
computer. For example, if you have already configured one computer to play Counter-Strike
(using port 26900), the second computer's port number would be 26901, and the third
computer would be 26902.
4.
Type the same port number in the End Port box that you typed in the Start Port box.
5.
Type the IP address of the additional computer in the Server IP Address box.
6.
Click Apply.

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