NETGEAR WNDR4500v2 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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Administration

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forgotten. This recovery process is supported in Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome

browsers, but not in the Safari browser.



To set up password recovery:

1.

Select the

Enable Password Recovery

check box.

2.

Select two security questions, and provide answers to them.

3.

Click

Apply

to save your changes.

When you use your browser to access the router, the login window displays. If password

recovery is enabled, when you click Cancel, the password recovery process starts. You can

then enter the saved answers to the security questions to recover the password.

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9.

Advanced Settings

This chapter describes the advanced features of your router. The information is for readers with

a solid understanding of networking concepts such as setting up remote access from the Internet

by IP or domain name.

This chapter includes the following sections:

•

Advanced Wireless Settings

•

Wireless Repeating Function

•

Port Forwarding and Port 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 Settings

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Advanced Wireless Settings

Select

Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings

:

Scroll to view

more settings

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.

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 example, you

could turn it off for the weekend if you leave town.

WPS Settings

.You can add WPS devices to your network.

AP Mode

. You can make the WNDR4500v2 function as an access point.

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.

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Wireless Repeating Function

You can set the 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.

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

Figure 8. 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

54 Mbps

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.

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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 router is always in dual band concurrent mode, unless you turn off one radio. 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 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, the 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

to view or change wireless

repeater settings for the router.

Scroll to view

more settings

•

Enable Wireless Repeating Function

. 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 have 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 radio button.

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