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Advanced Settings
This chapter describes the advanced features of your router. The information is for users
with a solid understanding of networking concepts who want to set the router up for unique
situations such as when remote access from the Internet by IP or domain name is needed.
This chapter includes the following sections:
•
Advanced Wireless Settings
•
Wireless Repeating Function (WDS)
•
Port Forwarding and Triggering
•
Set Up Port Forwarding to Local Servers
•
Set Up Port Triggering
•
Dynamic DNS
•
Static Routes
•
Remote Management
•
USB Settings
•
Universal Plug and Play
•
IPv6
•
Traffic Meter
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Advanced Wireless Settings
Select
Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings
to display the following screen:
The following settings are available in this screen:
Enable Wireless Router Radio
. You can completely turn off the wireless portion of the
wireless router by clearing this check box. Select this check box again to enable the wireless
portion of the router. When the wireless radio is disabled, other members of your household
can use the router by connecting their computers to the router with an Ethernet cable.
Note:
The Fragmentation Length, CTS/RTS Threshold, and Preamble
Mode options are reserved for wireless testing and advanced
configuration only. Do not change these settings.
Transmit Power Control
. With the default setting of 100%, the router uses the power level
that NETGEAR recommends to transmit wireless packets. If you change this setting to a
lower percentage, it saves power, but also reduces wireless coverages.
Turn off wireless signal by schedule
. You can use this feature to turn off the wireless signal
from your router at times when you do not need a wireless connection. For instance, you
could turn it off for the weekend if you leave town.
WPS Settings
.You can add WPS devices to your network.
•
Router’s PIN
. This is the PIN number you use on a registrar (e.g., from Network Explorer
on a Vista Windows PC) to configure the router's wireless settings through WPS. You can
also find the PIN on the router's product label.
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Disable Router’s PIN
. You can configure the router's wireless settings or add a wireless
client through WPS using the router's PIN only when the PIN is enabled. The router's PIN
can be disabled temporarily 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 this function by clearing the check box and clicking the Apply button.
•
Keep Existing Wireless Settings
. This shows whether the router has been set up to use
WPS. If this option is not selected, adding a new wireless client will change the router's
wireless settings to an automatically generated random SSID and security key. In
addition, if this option is selected, some external registrars (such as Network Explorer on
Vista Windows) might not see the router. Configuring wireless settings selects this option
automatically.
AP Mode
.
Wireless Card Access List.
Click the
Set Up Access List
button display the Wireless Card
Access List screen. On this screen you can restrict access to your network to specific devices
based on their MAC address.
Sensitivity for ACS Channel Switch
. The clear channel selector automatically avoids busy
WiFi channels for clear and fast wireless connections. When the Wireless Mode field in the
Wireless Settings screen is set to
Auto
, clear channel is automatically enabled.
Here, in the Advanced Wireless Setting screen, you can change the sensitivity for the clear
channel selector. By default it is set to
Middle
. If you think that is too sensitive, you can select
the
Low
radio button. To increase sensitivity, select the
High
radio button. With the High
setting you might get some wireless disconnections if your wireless client does not support
802.11h (this smooth channel switch protocol.) If you use the High setting, NETGEAR
recommends that you update your wireless equipment with the latest wireless drivers.
Wireless Repeating Function (WDS)
You can set the WNDR3800 router up to be used as a wireless access point (AP). Doing this
enables the router to act as a wireless repeater. A wireless repeater connects to another
wireless router as a client where the network to which it connects becomes the ISP service.
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Wireless repeating is a type of Wireless Distribution System (WDS). A WDS allows a wireless
network to be expanded through multiple access points instead of using a wired backbone to
link them. The following figure shows a wireless repeating scenario.
Repeater
Base station
access point
access point
Figure 9. Wireless repeating scenario
Note:
If you use the wireless repeating function, you need to select either
WEP
or
None
as a security option in the Wireless Settings screen.
The WEP option displays only if you select the wireless mode
Up to
54Mbps
in the Wireless Settings screen.
Wireless Base Station
. The router acts as the parent access point, bridging traffic to and
from the child repeater access point, as well as handling wireless and wired local computers.
To configure this mode, you have to know the MAC addresses of the child repeater access
point.
Wireless Repeater
. The router sends all traffic from its local wireless or wired computers to a
remote access point. To configure this mode, you have to know the MAC address of the
remote parent access point.
The WNDR3800 router is always in dual band concurrent mode, unless you turn off one
radio. Be aware that if you enable the wireless repeater in either radio band, the wireless
base station or wireless repeater cannot be enabled in the other radio band. However, if you
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enable the wireless base station in either radio band and use the other radio band as a
wireless router or wireless base station, dual band concurrent mode is not affected.
For you to set up a wireless network with WDS,
t
he following conditions have to be met for
both access points:
•
Both access points have to use the same SSID, wireless channel, and encryption mode.
•
Both access points have to be on the same LAN IP subnet. That is, all the access point
LAN IP addresses are in the same network.
•
All LAN devices (wired and wireless computers) have to be configured to operate in the
same LAN network address range as the access points.
Wireless Repeating Function
Select
Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless Repeating Function
to view or change
wireless repeater settings for the router.
The set of fields is the same for the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz wireless network.
•
Enable Wireless Repeating Function (2.4 GHz/5 GHz)
. Select the check box for the
2.4 GHz or 5 GHz network to use the wireless repeating function.
•
Wireless MAC of this router
. This field displays the MAC address for your router for your
reference. You will need to enter this MAC address in the corresponding Wireless
Repeating Function screen of the other access point you are using.
•
Wireless Repeater
. If your router is the repeater, select this check box.
Repeater IP Address
. If your router is the repeater, enter the IP address of the other
access point.

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