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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

31 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 WiFi network name (SSID) and select it. The default

SSID is located on the product label on the bottom of the router.

3.

Enter the router password and click

Connect

. The default router passphrase is located 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 top 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

•

Guest Networks

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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 9, Troubleshooting

.

Internet Setup Screen Fields

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

that which fields display in this screen depends 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.

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These fields display when your ISP requires a login:

•

Internet Service Provider Encapsulation

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

L2TP.

•

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 that your ISP does not automatically transmit DNS

addresses to the router during login, select this option, and 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 will then 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 will capture and use 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.

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Attached Devices

You can view all computers or devices that are currently connected to your network here.

From the Basic Home screen, select

Attached Devices

to display the following screen:

Wired devices are connected to the router with Ethernet cables. Wireless devices have

joined the wireless network.

•

#

(number). The order in which the device joined the network.

•

IP Address

. The IP address that the router assigned to this device when it joined the

network. Note that this number can change if a device is disconnected and rejoins the

network.

•

MAC Address

. The unique MAC address for each device does not change. The MAC

address is typically shown on the product label.

•

Device Name

. If the device name is known, it is shown here.

You can click

Refresh

to update this screen.