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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
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
.

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