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Security Event Email Notifications

To receive logs and alerts by email, provide your email information in the E-mail screen, and

specify which alerts you want to receive and how often.



To set up email notifications:

1.

Select

Advanced > Security >

E-mail

.

2.

To receive email logs and alerts from the router, select the

Turn E-mail Notification On

check box.

3.

In the Your Outgoing Mail Server field, enter the name of your ISP outgoing (SMTP) mail

server (such as mail.myISP.com). You might be able to find this information in the

configuration screen of your email program. If you leave this field blank, no log and alert

messages are sent.

4.

Enter the email address to which logs and alerts are sent in the Send to This E-mail Address

field. This email address is also used for the From address. If you leave this field blank, log

and alert messages are not sent.

5.

If your outgoing email server requires authentication, select the

My mail server requires

authentication

check box. Fill in the User Name and Password fields for the outgoing email

server.

6.

You can have email alerts sent immediately when someone attempts to visit a blocked site,

and you can specify that logs are sent automatically.

If you select the Weekly, Daily, or Hourly option and the log fills up before the specified

period, the log is emailed to the specified email address. After the log is sent, the log is

cleared from the router’s memory. If the router cannot email the log file, the log buffer

might fill up. In this case, the router overwrites the log and discards its contents.

7.

Click

Apply

to save your settings.

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7.

Administration

Manage your network

This chapter describes the router settings for administering and maintaining your router and

home network. See

Remote Management

on page

91 for information about upgrading or

checking the status of your router over the Internet. For information about monitoring Internet

traffic, see

Traffic Meter

on page

100.

This chapter includes the following sections:

•

Upgrade the Firmware

•

View Router Status

•

View Logs of Web Access or Attempted Web Access

•

Manage the Configuration File

•

Set Password

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Upgrade the Firmware

The router firmware (routing software) is stored in flash memory. You can update the

firmware from the Administration menu on the Advanced tab. You might see a message at

the top of the genie screens when new firmware is available for your product.

You can use the Check button on the Router Upgrade screen to check and update to the

latest firmware for your product if new firmware is available.



To check for new firmware and update your router:

1.

Select

Advanced > Administration > Firmware Upgrade

to display the following

screen:

2.

Click

Check

.

If new firmware is available, the router finds it.

3.

Click

Yes

to update and locate the firmware you downloaded (the file ends in .img).

WARNING!

When uploading firmware to the router,

do not

interrupt the web

browser by closing the window, clicking a link, or loading a new

page. If the browser is interrupted, it could corrupt the firmware.

When the upload is complete, your router restarts. The upgrade process typically takes

about 1 minute. Read the new firmware release notes to determine whether you need to

reconfigure the router after upgrading.

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View Router Status

To view router status and usage information, select

Advanced Home

or select

Administration > Router Status

to display the following screen:

Router Information

Hardware Version

. The router model.

Firmware Version

. The version of the router firmware. It changes if you upgrade the router

firmware.

GUI Language Version

. The localized language of the user interface.

LAN Port

.

•

MAC Address

. The Media Access Control address. This is the unique physical address

that the Ethernet (LAN) port of the router uses.

•

IP Address

. The IP address that the Ethernet (LAN) port of the router uses. The default

is 192.168.1.1.

•

DHCP Server

. Identifies whether the router’s built-in DHCP server is active for devices on

the LAN.

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Internet Port

MAC Address

. The Media Access Control address, which is the unique physical address

that the Internet (WAN) port of the router uses.

IP Address

. The IP address that the Internet (WAN) port of the router uses. If no address is

shown or the address is 0.0.0, the router cannot connect to the Internet.

Connection

. This shows if the router is using a fixed IP address on the WAN. If the value is

DHCP Client, the router obtains an IP address dynamically from the ISP.

IP Subnet Mask

. The IP subnet mask that the Internet (WAN) port of the router uses.

Domain Name Server

. The Domain Name Server addresses that the router uses. A Domain

Name Server translates human-language URLs such as www.netgear.com into IP

addresses.

Show Statistics Button

On the Router Status screen, in the Internet Port pane, click the

Show Statistics

button to

display the following screen:

Figure 5. System up time and poll interval statistics

System Up Time

. The time elapsed since the router was last restarted.

Port

. The statistics for the WAN (Internet) and LAN (Ethernet) ports. For each port, the

screen displays:

•

Status

. The link status of the port.

•

TxPkts

. The number of packets transmitted on this port since reset or manual clear.

•

RxPkts

. The number of packets received on this port since reset or manual clear.

•

Collisions

. The number of collisions on this port since reset or manual clear.

•

Tx B/s

. The current transmission (outbound) bandwidth used on the WAN and LAN ports.

•

Rx B/s

. The current reception (inbound) bandwidth used on the WAN and LAN ports.

•

Up Time

. The time elapsed since this port acquired the link.

•

Poll Interval

. The interval at which the statistics are updated in this screen.

To change the polling frequency, enter a time in seconds in the Poll Interval field, and click

Set Interval

.