Netgear C3000 N300 Wifi Cable Modem Router User Manual

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Specify the Internet Connection Settings
You can view or change the modem router’s Internet connection settings.
To specify the Internet connection settings:
1. 
Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connecte\
d to the 
network.
2.  T
ype  http://routerlogin.net  or http://192.168.0.1.
A login screen displays.
3.  Enter the modem router user name and password.
The user name is  admin. 
 The default password is password. The user name and 
password are case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home screen displays.
4.  Select  ADV
 ANCED > Setup > Internet Setup .
5. If your Internet connection requires an account name or host name, type \
it in the  Account 
Name (If Required) field.
6.  If your Internet connection requires a domain name, type it in the  Domain Name (If 
Required) field. 
For the other sections in this screen, the default settings usually work\
, but you can 
change them.
7.  For the Internet IP 
 Address setting, select one of the following radio buttons:
• Get Dynamically from ISP . 
 Your ISP uses DHCP to assign your IP address. Your ISP 
automatically assigns these addresses.
• Use Static IP 
 Address. Enter the IP address, IP subnet mask, and the gateway IP 
address that your ISP assigned. The gateway is the ISP modem router to which your 
modem router connects. 
						

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8. For the Domain Name Server (DNS) Address setting, select one of the following radio 
buttons:
•Get Automatically from ISP. Your ISP uses DHCP to assign your DNS servers. Your 
ISP automatically assigns this address. 
•Use These DNS Servers. If you know that your ISP requires specific servers, select 
this option. Enter the IP address of your ISP’s primary DNS server. If a secondary 
DNS server address is available, enter it also. 
9. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
Note:If you get address not found errors when you visit a website, it is likely 
that your DNS servers are not set up correctly. Contact your ISP to get 
the DNS server addresses. 
						

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4.   Control Access to the Internet
This chapter explains how to prevent objectionable content from reaching the computers and 
other devices that are connected to your network. 
This chapter includes the following sections:
•Set Up Parental Controls 
•Use Keywords to Block Internet Sites 
•Block Services from the Internet 
•Schedule When to Block Internet Sites and Services 
•Avoid Blocking on a Trusted Computer 
•Set Up Security Event Email Notifications  
						

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Set Up Parental Controls
The first time that you select 
Parental Controls from the BASIC Home screen, your browser 
goes to the Live Parental Controls website, where you can learn more abo\
ut Live Parental 
Controls and download the application. 
To set up Live Parental Controls:
1. Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connecte\
d to the 
network.
2. T
ype  http://routerlogin.net  or http://192.168.0.1.
A login screen displays.
3. Enter the modem router user name and password.
The user name is  admin. 
 The default password is password . The user name and 
password are case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home screen displays.
4. Select  Parental Controls.
5. Click either the  W
 indows Users or Mac Users button. 
6. Follow the onscreen instructions to download and install the NETGEAR Liv\
e Parental 
Controls management utility

. 
						

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After installation, Live Parental Controls automatically starts.
7.
Click the  Next button.
8. Read the note, and click the  Next button again to proceed.
Because Live Parental Controls uses free OpenDNS accounts, you are promp\
ted to log 
in or create a free account.
9. Select the radio button that applies to you:
• If you already have an OpenDNS account, leave the  Ye
 s radio button selected. 
• If you do not have an OpenDNS account, select the No  radio button. 
10. Click the  Next button.
If you are creating an account, the following screen displays: 
						

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11 .
Complete the fields and click the  Next button.
After you log on or create your account, the filtering level screen disp\
lays:
12. Select a radio button for a filtering level and click the  Next button.
13.Click the  Take me to the status screen button.
Parental controls are now set up for the modem router.
  The  modem router  BASIC Home 
screen shows Parental Controls as Enabled.
Use Keywords to Block Internet Sites
You can use keywords to block certain Internet sites from your network. You can use blocking  all the time or based on a schedule.
To block Internet sites:
1.  Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connecte\
d to the 
network.
2.  T
ype  http://routerlogin.net  or http://192.168.0.1.
A login screen displays.
3.  Enter the modem router user name and password. 
						

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The user name is 
admin. The default password is password. The user name and 
password are case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home screen displays.
4.  Select  ADV
 ANCED > Security >  Block Sites.
5. Select one of the keyword blocking options:
• Per Schedule. 
 Turn on keyword blocking according to the Schedule screen settings. 
(See Schedule When to Block Internet Sites and Services on page  30.)
• Always . 
 Turn on keyword blocking all the time, independent of the Schedule screen\
.
6.  In the keyword field, enter a keyword or domain that you want to block.
For example:
• Specify XXX to block http://www
 .badstuff.com/xxx.html.
• Specify .com if you want to allow only sites with domain suf
 fixes such as .edu or .gov.
• Enter a period ( .) to block all Internet browsing access.
7.  Click the  Add Keyword button.
The keyword is added to the keyword list. The keyword list supports up to 32 entries.
8.  Click the  Apply button.
Keyword blocking takes effect.
To delete keywords from the list:
1.  Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connecte\
d to the 
network.
2.  T
ype  http://routerlogin.net  or http://192.168.0.1.
A login screen displays.
3.  Enter the modem router user name and password. 
						

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The user name is 
admin. The default password is password . The user name and 
password are case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home screen displays.
4.  Select  ADV
 ANCED > Security >  Block Sites.
5.  Do one of the following:
• T
o delete a single word, select it and click the Delete Keyword button.
The keyword is removed from the list.
• T
o delete all keywords on the list, click the Clear List button.
All keywords are removed from the list.
6.  Click the  Apply button. 
Your changes are saved.
Block Services from the Internet
You can block Internet services on your network based on the type of serv\
ice. You can block  the services all the time or based on a schedule.
To block services:
1.  Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connecte\
d to the 
network.
2.  T
ype  http://routerlogin.net  or http://192.168.0.1.
A login screen displays.
3.  Enter the modem router user name and password.
The user name is  admin. 
 The default password is password . The user name and 
password are case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home screen displays.
4.  Select 
ADVANCED > Security > Block Services.
5. Specify when to block the services: 
						

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•
To block the services all the time, select the  Always radio button.
• T
o block the services based on a schedule, select the Per Schedule radio button.
To specify the schedule, see  Schedule When to Block Internet Sites and Services  on 
page
  30.
6.  Click the  Add button.
7. To add a service that is in the  Service Type list, select the application or service. 
The settings for this service automatically display in the fields.
8.  T
o add a service or application that is not the list, select  User Defined.
a. If you know that the application uses either 
 TCP or UDP, select the appropriate 
protocol; otherwise, select TCP/UDP (both).
b.  Enter the starting port and ending port numbers: 
If the service uses a single port number, enter that number in both fields.
To find out which port numbers the service or application uses, you can c\
ontact the  publisher of the application, ask user groups or newsgroups, or search o\
n the 
Internet.
9.  T
o specify how to filter the services, select one of the following radio \
buttons:
•Only This IP 
 Address. Block services for a single computer.
• IP Address 
 Range. Block services for a range of computers with consecutive IP 
addresses on your network.
• All IP 
Addresses . Block services for all computers on your network.
10.  Click the  Add button.
Your changes are saved. 
						

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Schedule When to Block Internet Sites and Services
When you schedule blocking, the same schedule is used to block sites and to block services. 
For information about how to specify what you want the modem router to block, see 
Use 
Keywords to Block Internet Sites on page 26 and Block Services from the Internet on 
page 28.
To schedule blocking:
1. Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the 
network.
2. Type http://routerlogin.net or http://192.168.0.1.
A login screen displays.
3. Enter the modem router user name and password.
The user name is admin. The default password is password. The user name and 
password are case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home screen displays.
4. Select ADVANCED > Security > Schedule.
5. Specify when to block keywords and services:
•Days to Block. Select the check box for each day that you want to block the 
keywords or select the Every Day check box, which automatically selects the check 
boxes for all days. 
•Time of Day to Block. Select a start and end time in 24-hour format, or select All 
Day for 24-hour blocking. 
6. Select your time zone from the list. 
7. If you use daylight saving time, select the Automatically adjust for daylight savings time 
check box. 
8. Click the Apply button. 
Your settings are saved.
Avoid Blocking on a Trusted Computer
You can exempt one trusted computer from blocking. The computer you exempt must have a 
fixed IP address. You can use the reserved IP address feature to specify the IP address. See 
Reserve LAN IP Addresses on page 51.
To specify a trusted computer:
1. Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the 
network.
2. Type http://routerlogin.net or http://192.168.0.1.