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

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NETGEAR genie Advanced Home Screen
The genie Advanced Home dashboard presents status information. The content is the same 
as what is on the Router Status screen available from the Administration menu. See  View 
Router Status  on page
  77.
Internet Connection Setup Wizard
You can use the Setup Wizard to detect your Internet settings and automat\
ically set up your 
router. The Setup Wizard is not the same as the genie screens that display the f\...

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The Setup Wizard searches your Internet connection for servers and proto\
cols to 
determine your ISP configuration. 
WAN Setup
The WAN Setup screen lets you configure a DMZ (demilitarized zone) server, change the maximum transmit unit (MTU) size, and enable the router to respond to \
a ping on the WAN 
(Internet) port. 
To view or change the WAN settings:
1. Select  Advanced > Setup > W
 AN Setup.
2. Specify the following settings:
• Disable Port...

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•Disable IGMP Proxying. IGMP proxying allows a computer on the local area network 
(LAN) to receive the multicast traffic it is interested in from the Internet. If you do not 
need this feature, you can select this check box to disable it.
•MTU Size (in bytes). The normal MTU (maximum transmit unit) value for most 
Ethernet networks is 1500 bytes, or 1492 bytes for PPPoE connections. For some 
ISPs, you might need to reduce the MTU. Reduce the MTU...

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Change the MTU Size
The maximum transmission unit (MTU) is the largest data packet a network device transmits. 
When one network device communicates across the Internet with another, the data packets 
travel through many devices along the way. If a device in the data path has a lower MTU 
setting than the other devices, the data packets have to be split or “fragmented” to 
accommodate the device with the smallest MTU. 
The best MTU setting for...

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To change the MTU size:
1.Select Advanced > Setup > WAN Setup. 
2.In the MTU Size field, enter a value from 64 to 1500.
3.Click Apply.
Your change is saved.
LAN Setup
The LAN Setup screen allows configuration of LAN IP services such as Dynamic Host 
Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and Routing Information Protocol (RIP).
The router is shipped preconfigured to use private IP addresses on the LAN side and to act 
as a DHCP server. The router’s default...

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To change the LAN settings:
1.
Select  Advanced > Setup > LAN Setup.
2.Enter the settings that you want to customize. 
These settings are described in the following section, LAN Setup Screen Settings .
3. Click  Apply .
Your changes are saved.
LAN Setup Screen Settings
LAN TCP/IP Setup
• IP Address. The LAN IP address of the router.
• IP Subnet Mask . 
 The LAN subnet mask of the router. Combined with the IP address, the 
IP subnet mask allows a...

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Use Router as DHCP Server 
For most home networks, this check box is selected so that the router acts as a Dynamic 
Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server. 
•Starting IP Address. Specify the start of the range for the pool of IP addresses in the 
same subnet as the router.
•Ending IP Address. Specify the end of the range for the pool of IP addresses in the 
same subnet as the router.
Address Reservation
When you specify a reserved IP address for...

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3.Click Apply.
4.(Optional) If this service is disabled and no other DHCP server is on your network, set your 
computer IP addresses manually so that it can access the router.
Set up Address Reservation
When you specify a reserved IP address for a computer on the LAN, that computer always 
receives the same IP address each time it accesses the router’s DHCP server. Assign 
reserved IP addresses to computers or servers that require permanent IP...

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WPS Wizard for WiFi Connections
The WPS Wizard helps you add a wireless computer or device to your WiFi \
network without 
typing the WiFi password.
To use the WPS Wizard:
1. Select  Advanced > WPS W
 izard.
2. Click  Next.
 
3. Select the radio button for the setup method that you want to use. 
• Push button. Either click the  WPS button on this screen, or press the WPS button on 
the side of the router. Within 2 minutes, go to the wireless client...

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WMM QoS for Wireless Multimedia Applications
The router supports Wi-Fi Multimedia Quality of Service (WMM QoS) to p\
rioritize wireless 
voice and video traffic over the wireless link. WMM QoS provides prioritization of wireless \
data packets from different applications based on four access categories: voice, video, best \
effort, and background. For an application to receive the benefits of WMM \
QoS, both it and 
the client running that...