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Wireless Settings
You can use this screen to view or change the wireless settings for your home network.
Note:
If you change the wireless settings on your router, you and anyone
else who has joined the wireless network will be automatically
disconnected from the network.
To view or change the wireless settings for your router:
1.
Select
Wireless
to go to the Wireless Settings screen:
You can use the
Refresh button to update the screen at any time.
2.
Tap the settings that you want to change to go to detail screens.
•
Name/SSID
. This is the name of the wireless network.
•
Channel
. Usually, this is set to Auto so that the router automatically selects the best
channel for its wireless signal. You can select a specific channel number if you want.
•
Key/Password
. Go to the Wireless Security screen and view or change the wireless
security setting for the home network.
3.
When you are finished making changes, tap
Save
.
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Guest Access
If your router supports a guest wireless network, you can view and change the settings. You
can even allow guest access for a specific length of time. A guest network allows others to
use your wireless router to access the Internet, but not content on other computers or devices
on the same network.
To set up guest access:
1.
Tap
Guest Access
.
2.
Tap the
ON/OFF
button and turn on guest access to display the Guest Access settings.
You can use the
Refresh button to update the screen at any time.
3.
Tap the guest access settings that you want to change to go to detail screens.
•
Name/SSID
. This is the name of the wireless guest network.
•
Key/Password
. Go to the Guest Security screen and view or change the wireless
security setting for the guest network.
•
Time Period
. Tap the time period for the guest network. You can set it to Always,
choose the number of hours, or set it for 1 Day or 1 Week.
4.
When you are finished making changes, tap
Save
.
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Network Map
The network map shows the router’s Internet connection, and also displays computers and
devices that are connected to your router. The map shows up to five devices per screen. If
you have more devices on your network, you can go left or right to view more screens.
Tap
Network Map
to display a screen similar to the following figure:
You can use the
Refresh button to update the screen at any time. A good connection is
shown in green. A red line indicates a connection that is not working.
You can tap a device icon to see more detail about the device.
iPod Touch detail
Router detail
If the genie mobile app does not detect the device type, it shows Network Device. From the
detail screen you can tap an
Edit
button to change the device type or device name.
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Parental Controls
Live Parental Controls allow you to control the Internet content on your home network.
To set up Parental Controls:
1.
Tap
Parental Controls
.
The first time you tap to select Parental Controls, it takes some time to load the page. You
are asked if you already have an account.
2.
If you already set up Parental Control on your router, tap
Yes
and log in. If you haven’t done
that yet, tap
No
and create an OpenDNS account for Parental Controls
The genie mobile app Parental Controls screen displays:
3.
Tap the
ON/OFF
button to turn Parental Controls on or off.
The genie mobile app sends the command to your router, and then waits for the
response. When Parental Controls is turned on, you can view or change the following
settings:
•
Filtering Level
. Contains five levels to limit access to Internet content: (1) High, (2)
Moderate, (3) Low, (4) Minimal and (5) None.
•
Change Custom Settings
. Open a web browser and log in to OpenDNS. Then
choose which categories to block from the category list.
•
OpenDNS Account
. Display the login name. (This can only be viewed, not changed.)
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Traffic Meter
The traffic meter measures Internet traffic on your network. You can view traffic for today,
yesterday, this week, this month, or last month. Each time period includes data for:
•
Connection Time
•
Upload/Average
•
Download/Average
•
Total/Average
To set up the traffic meter:
1.
Tap
Traffic Meter
.
When the traffic meter is turned off,
these settings are not shown.
2.
If you want to turn the traffic meter on or off, tap the
ON
or
OFF
button.
The genie mobile app sends the message to your router, waits for a reply, and then
updates this screen.
3.
To change a setting, tap it, and the Traffic Meter screen displays:

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