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NETGEAR RangeMax™ Wireless-N Gigabit Router WNR3500v2 User Manual
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Safeguarding Your Network
v1.0, May 2009
•
Enable Wireless Router Radio
.
You can completely turn off the wireless portion of the wireless router. For example, if you
use your notebook computer to wirelessly connect to your wireless router, and you take a
business trip, you can turn off the wireless portion of the wireless router while you are
traveling. Other members of your household who use computers connected to the wireless
router via Ethernet cables can still use the wireless router. To do this, clear the
Enable
Wireless Access Point
check box on the Advanced Wireless Settings screen, and then click
Apply
.
•
Enable SSID Broadcast
. Clear this check box to disable broadcast of the SSID, so that only
devices that know the correct SSID can connect. Disabling SSID broadcast nullifies the
wireless network discovery feature of some products such as Windows XP.
The Fragmentation Threshold, CTS/RTS Threshold, and Preamble Mode options are reserved
for wireless testing and advanced configuration only. Do not change these settings.
•
WPS Settings
. For information about WPS settings, see
“Using Push ‘N’ Connect to
Configure Your Wireless Network” on page 2-9
.
•
Restricting access by MAC address
. You can use a Wireless Card Access List to restrict
access. See
“Restricting Access by MAC Address” on page 3-3
.
Note:
The SSID of any wireless access adapters must match the SSID you configure
in the wireless router. If they do not match, you will not get a wireless
connection to the wireless router.
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Chapter 3
Protecting Your Network
This chapter includes the following sections:
•
“Protecting Access to Your WNR3500v2 Router”
•
“Restricting Access by MAC Address” on page 3-3
•
“Blocking Access to Internet Sites” on page 3-4
”
•
“Blocking Access to Internet Services” on page 3-6
•
“Scheduling Blocking” on page 3-8
•
“Viewing Logs of Web Access or Attempted Web Access” on page 3-9
•
“Configuring E-mail Alert and Web Access Log Notifications” on page 3-10
•
“Setting the Time” on page 3-11
Protecting Access to Your WNR3500v2 Router
For security reasons, the wireless router has its own user name and password. Also, after a period
of inactivity for a set length of time, the administrator login automatically disconnects. When
prompted, enter
admin
for the wireless router user name and
password
for the wireless router
password. You can use procedures in the following sections to change the wireless router
password and the amount of time for the administrator’s login time-out.
NETGEAR recommends that you change this password to a more secure password. The ideal
password should contain no dictionary words from any language, and should be a mixture of both
upper and lower case letters, numbers, and symbols. Your password can be up to 30 characters.
Note:
The user name and password are not the same as a user name or password you
might use to log in to your Internet connection.
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Changing the Built-In Password
1.
Log in to the wireless router at its default LAN address of
with
its default user name of
admin
, default password of
password
, or using whatever password
and LAN address you have chosen for the wireless router.
2.
From the main menu, under the Maintenance heading, select Set Password to display the Set
Password screen:
3.
To change the password, first enter the old password, and then enter the new password twice.
4.
Click
Apply
to save your changes.
Figure 3-1
Figure 3-2
Note:
After changing the password, you must log in again to continue the
configuration. If you have backed up the wireless router settings previously,
you should do a new backup so that the saved settings file includes the new
password.
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Protecting Your Network
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Restricting Access by MAC Address
For increased security, you can restrict access to the wireless network to allow only specific PCs
based on their MAC addresses. You can restrict access to only trusted PCs so that unknown PCs
cannot wirelessly connect to the WNR3500v2 router. MAC address filtering adds an obstacle
against unwanted access to your network, but the data broadcast over the wireless link is fully
exposed.
To restrict access based on MAC addresses:
1.
Log in to the wireless router at its default LAN address of
with
its default user name of
admin
, and default password of
password
, or using whatever user
name, password, and LAN address you have chosen for the wireless router.
2.
From Advanced section of the main menu, select Wireless Settings, and then click
Setup
Access List
to display the Wireless Station Access List screen.
3.
Click
Add
to add a wireless device to the wireless access control list. The Wireless Card
Access Setup screen opens and displays a list of currently active wireless cards and their
Ethernet MAC addresses.
Note:
If you configure the router from a wireless computer, add your computer’s
MAC address to the access list. Otherwise you will lose your wireless
connection when you click Apply. You must then access the wireless router
from a wired computer, or from a wireless computer that is on the access
control list, to make any further changes.
Figure 3-3
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v1.0, May 2009
4.
Adjust the list as needed for your network. You can add devices using either of the following
methods:
•
If the computer is in the Available Wireless Cards table, select the radio button of that
computer to capture its MAC address.
•
Use the
Add
button to enter the MAC address of the device to be added. The MAC
address can usually be found on the bottom of the wireless device.
5.
Click
Add
, and then click
Apply
to save these settings. Now, only devices on this list will be
allowed to wirelessly connect to the router.
Blocking Access to Internet Sites
The WNR3500v2 router allows you to restrict access based on Web addresses and Web address
keywords. Up to 255 entries are supported in the Keyword list.
Keyword application examples:
•
If the keyword
XXX
is specified, the URL www.zzzyyqq.com/xxx.html is blocked.
Figure 3-4
Note:
If no device name appears when you enter the MAC address, you can type a
descriptive name for the computer that you are adding.

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