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7.

Administration

Managing your network

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

home network. See also

Remote Management

on page 88 for information about upgrading

or checking the status of your router over the Internet, and

Traffic Meter

on page 91 for

information about monitoring the volume of Internet traffic passing through your router’s

Internet port.

This chapter includes the following sections:

•

Upgrade the Router 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 Router 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 Update 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:

8.

Select

Advanced > Administration > Router Update

to display the following screen:

Click

Check

9.

Click

Check

.

The router finds new firmware information if any is available.

10.

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 or not 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 GUI.

LAN Port

.

•

MAC Address

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

being used by the Ethernet (LAN) port of the router.

•

IP Address

. The IP address being used by the Ethernet (LAN) port of the router. The

default is 192.168.1.1.

•

DHCP Server

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

LAN-attached devices.

Internet Provider (WAN) Setup

MAC Address

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

being used by the Internet (WAN) port of the router.

IP Address

. The IP address being used by the Internet (WAN) port of the router. 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 being used by the Internet (WAN) port of the router.

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Domain Name Server

. The Domain Name Server addresses being used by the router. A

Domain Name Server translates human-language URLs such as

www.netgear.com

into IP

addresses.

Statistics Button

On the Router Status screen, in the Internet Provider (WAN) Setup pane, click

the Statistics

button to display the following screen:

Figure 6. 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

.

To stop the polling entirely, click

Stop

.

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Connection Status Button

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

Connection Status

button to view connection status information.

Figure 7. View connection status information

The Release button returns the status of all items to 0. The Renew button refreshes the

items. The Close Window button closes the Connection Status screen.

IP Address

. The IP address that is assigned to the router.

Subnet Mask

. The subnet mask that is assigned to the router.

Default Gateway

. The IP address for the default gateway that the router communicates with.

DHCP Server

. The IP address for the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server that

provides the TCP/IP configuration for all the computers that are connected to the router.

DNS Server

. The IP address of the Domain Name Service server that provides translation of

network names to IP addresses.

Lease Obtained

. The date and time when the lease was obtained.

Lease Expires

. The date and time that the lease expires.

Wireless Settings

The following settings are displayed:

Name (SSID

). The wireless network name (SSID) used by the router.

Region

. The geographic region where the router is being used. It might be illegal to use the

wireless features of the router in some parts of the world.

Channel

. Identifies the operating channel of the wireless port being used. The default

channel is Auto. When Auto is selected, the router finds the best operating channel available.