Netgear Ac1450 802 11ac Dual Band Gigabit Smart Wifi Router User Manual

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Set Up the Router in Bridge Mode 
You can use your AC1450 Smart WiFi Router in Bridge mode to connect multi\
ple devices 
wirelessly at the faster 802.11ac speed. To do this, you need two WiFi routers: one set up as 
a router and the other set up as a bridge. 
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Figure 10. Router in Bridge mode with an 802.11ac WiFi connection
Installing your AC1450 Smart WiFi Router as a bridge offers the...

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3.
Scroll down and select the  Use other operation mode check box and the Enable Bridge 
mode radio button.
The screen adjusts.
4. Click the  setup bridge mode wireless settings button.
5.Specify the settings of the other router to which this router will conne\
ct.
a. Select the wireless network frequency (2.4 GHz or 5 GHz). 
For 802.11ac mode, select 5 GHz.
b. In the Name (SSID) field, enter the wireless network name (SSID).
c. In the Security Option...

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Wireless Distribution System (WDS)
You can set the router up to be used as a wireless base station or a wire\
less repeater in a 
wireless distribution system (WDS). A WDS lets you expand a wireless network through 
multiple access points. A wireless base station connects to the Internet, can have wired and 
wireless clients, and sends its wireless signal to an access point that \
functions as a wireless 
repeater. A wireless repeater can also have wired and...

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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, both access points have t\
o meet the following 
conditions:
•
Both access points have to use the same SSID, wireless channel, and encr\
yption mode.
• Both access points have to be on the same LAN IP subnet. 
 That is, all of the access point 
LAN IP addresses are...

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6.
In the Repeater MAC Address 1 through 4 fields, enter the MAC addresses for the access 
points that should function as repeaters.
If your router is the base station, it can function as the “parent”\
 for up to four other access 
points.
7. Click the  Apply button. 
Your changes are saved.
Set Up a Repeater
To avoid conflicts with the wireless connection to the base station, uUse\
 a wired Ethernet  connection to set up the repeater unit.
Note: If you are...

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This IP address has to be in the same subnet as the base station, but different from the 
LAN IP address of the base station.
7.(Optional) Select the Disable Wireless Client Association check box to prevent wireless 
clients from associating with the repeater and allowing LAN client associations only.
If you prefer wireless clients to be able to associate with the repeater, leave the check box 
cleared.
8.In the Base Station MAC Address field, enter the MAC...

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To set up Dynamic DNS:
1.
Select  Advanced > Advanced Setup > Dynamic DNS.
2.Register for an account with one of the Dynamic DNS service providers wh\
ose URLs are in 
the Service Provider list. 
3. Select the Use a Dynamic DNS Service  check box. 
4. Select the URL of your Dynamic DNS service provider
 . 
For example, for DynDNS.org, select www
 .dyndns.org.
5. T
ype the host name (or domain name) that your Dynamic DNS service provi\
der gave you.
6.T
ype...

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In this case you have to define a static route, telling your router that\
 134.177.0.0 should be 
accessed through the ISDN router at 192.168.1.100. In this example:
•
The Destination IP 
 Address and IP Subnet Mask fields specify that this static route 
applies to all 134.177.x.x addresses. 
• The Gateway IP 
 Address field specifies that all traffic for these addresses should be 
forwarded to the ISDN router at 192.168.1.100. 
• A metric value of 1 works...

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•
Click the  Edit button.
The Static Routes screen adjusts. a. Edit the route information.
b. Click the  Apply button.
• Click the  Delete button.
The route is removed from the table.
Remote Management
The remote management feature lets you access your router over the Inter\
net to view or 
change its settings.
Note: Be sure to change the router default login password to a secure 
password. The ideal password contains no dictionary words from 
any language...

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To allow access from a single IP address on the Internet, select Only This Computer . 
Enter the IP address of that computer.
• T
o allow access from a range of IP addresses on the Internet, select IP Address 
Range. To define the allowed range, enter a beginning and ending IP address. 
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o specify IP addresses, select IP Address List  and type in the allowed IP 
addresses. 
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o allow access from any IP address on the Internet, select Everyone. 
4....