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Configuring E-Mail Alert and Web Access Log Notifications

In order to receive logs and alerts by E-mail, you must provide your E-mail information in the E-

Mail menu, shown below:

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Turn e-mail notification on.

Check this box if you wish to receive e-mail logs and alerts from the router.

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Your outgoing mail server .

Enter the name of your ISP’s outgoing (SMTP) mail server (such as mail.myISP.com). You

may be able to find this information in the configuration menu of your e-mail program. If you

leave this box blank, log and alert messages will not be sent via e-mail.

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Send to this e-mail address.

Enter the e-mail address to which logs and alerts are sent. This e-mail address will also be used

as the From address. If you leave this box blank, log and alert messages will not be sent via e-

mail.

You can specify that logs are automatically sent to the specified e-mail address with these options:

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Send alert immediately.

Check this box if you would like immediate notification of attempted access to a blocked site.

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Send logs according to this schedule

Specifies how often to send the logs: Hourly, Daily, Weekly, or When Full.

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Day for sending log.

Specifies which day of the week to send the log. Relevant when the log is sent weekly or

daily.

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Time for sending log.

Specifies the time of day to send the log. Relevant when the log is sent daily or weekly.

If the Weekly, Daily or Hourly option is selected and the log fills up before the specified

period, the log is automatically e-mailed to the specified e-mail address. After the log is sent,

the log is cleared from the router’s memory. If the router cannot e-mail the log file, the log

buffer may fill up. In this case, the router overwrites the log and discards its contents.

The WNR834M router uses the Network Time Protocol (NTP) to obtain the current time and date

from one of several Network Time Servers on the Internet. In order to localize the time for your

log entries, you must specify your Time Zone:

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Time Zone.

Select your local time zone. This setting is used for the blocking schedule and for time-

stamping log entries.

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Adjust for Daylight Savings Time.

Check this box if your time zone is currently under daylight savings time.

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Chapter 5

Maintenance

This chapter describes how to use the maintenance features of your RangeMax NEXT Wireless

Router WNR834M. These features can be found by clicking on the

Maintenance

heading in the

main menu of the browser interface.

Viewing Wireless Router Status Information

The Router Status menu provides status and usage information. From the main menu of the

browser interface, click

Maintenance

, then select

Router Status

to view the Router Status screen,

shown below.

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This screen shows the following parameters:

Table 5-1.

Wireless Router Status Fields

Field

Description

Account Name

This field displays the Host Name assigned to the router.

Firmware Version

This is the version of the current software the router is using. This will

change if you upgrade your router.

Internet Port

These parameters apply to the Internet (WAN) port of the router.

MAC Address

This field displays the Media Access Control address, the physical

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

IP Address

This field displays the IP address being used by the Internet (WAN) port

of the router. If no address is shown, or is 0.0.0.0, the router cannot

connect to the Internet.

DHCP

If set to None, the router is configured to use a fixed IP address on the

WAN.

If set to DHCP Client, the router is configured to obtain an IP address

dynamically from the ISP.

IP Subnet Mask

This field displays the IP Subnet Mask being used by the Internet (WAN)

port of the router. For an explanation of subnet masks and subnet

addressing, see

“Internet Networking and TCP/IP Addressing” in

Appendix B

.

Domain Name Server

This field displays the Domain Name Server addresses being used by

the router. A Domain Name Server translates human-language URLs,

such as http://www.netgear.com, into IP addresses.

LAN Port

These parameters apply to the Local (LAN) port of the router.

MAC Address

This field displays the Media Access Control address, the physical

address, being used by the LAN port of the router.

IP Address

This field displays the IP address being used by the Local (LAN) port of

the router. The default is 192.168.1.1

DHCP

Identifies if the router’s built-in DHCP server is active for the LAN

attached devices.

IP Subnet Mask

This field displays the IP Subnet Mask being used by the Local (LAN)

port of the router. The default is 255.255.255.0

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Click on the

Connection Status

button to display the connection status, as shown below.

Wireless Port

These parameters apply to the Wireless port of the router.

Name (SSID)

This field displays the wireless network name (SSID) being used by the

wireless port of the router. The default is NETGEAR.

Region

This field displays the geographic region where the router being used. It

may be illegal to use the wireless features of the router in some parts of

the world.

Channel

Identifies the channel of the wireless port being used. See

“Wireless

Communications” in Appendix B

for the frequencies used on each

channel. In “Up to 240 Mbps” mode, there are two channels: a primary

channel (P) and a secondary channel (S).

Mode

Indicates the router communication mode: 802.11g and 802.11b,

802.11g only, Up To 126 Mbps, or Up To 240 Mbps.

Wireless AP

Indicates if the Router Radio feature of the Router is enabled. If not

enabled, the Wireless LED on the front panel will be off.

Broadcast Name

Indicates if the router is broadcasting its SSID

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Table 5-1.

Wireless Router Status Fields (continued)

Field

Description