Netgear C6250 Ac1600 Wifi Cable Modem Router User Manual

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7. If you changed the settings, click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
8. Make sure that you can reconnect over WiFi to the guest network. If you cannot connect 
over WiFi, check the following:
•Is your WiFi device connected to your network or another WiFi network in your area? 
Some WiFi devices automatically connect to the first open network (without WiFi 
security) that they discover.
•Does your WiFi device display as...

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Configure WEP Legacy WiFi Security for the Guest WiFi 
Network
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) security is a legacy authentication and\
 data encryption 
mode that is superseded by WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK. WEP supports speeds of up to 
54  
Mbps (the modem router is capable of speeds of up to 300   Mbps).
IMPORTANT:
The WiFi mode of the guest WiFi network depends on the WiFi 
mode of the main WiFi network. For you to be able to...

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7. From the Authentication Type menu in the Security Encryption (WEP) section, select one 
of the following types:
•Shared Key. Clients can use only Shared Key authentication.
•Automatic. Clients can use either Open System or Shared Key authentication.
8. From the Encryption Strength menu in the Security Encryption (WEP) section, select the 
encryption key size:
•64-bit. Standard WEP encryption, using 40/64-bit encryption....

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5.   Secure Your Network
This chapter describes how to use the firewall features of the modem router to prevent 
objectionable content from reaching the computers and other devices connected to your network 
and how to control which computers and devices are allowed access to the network.
This chapter includes the following sections:
•Set Up Parental Controls
•Allow or Block Access to Your Network
•Block Keywords and Domains for HTTP Traffic
•Block Access to Services and Applications
•Schedule When...

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Set Up Parental Controls
The first time that you select 
Parental Controls from the BASIC Home page, your browser 
goes to the  Parental Controls website, where you can learn more about Parental Controls. To 
set up Parental Controls, you must download the genie app.
Figure 5. Parental Controls website

To set up Parental Controls:
1.  Launch an Internet browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connec\
ted to the 
network.
2.  T
ype...

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8. 
Open the genie app and select  Parental Controls.
Live Parental Controls automatically starts.
9.  Click the  Next button, read the note, and click the  Next button again.
Because Live Parental Controls uses free OpenDNS accounts, you are promp\
ted to log 
in or create a free account.
10.  Select a radio button as follows:
• If you already own an OpenDNS account, leave the  Ye
 s radio button selected. 
• If you did not yet create an OpenDNS...

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a. 
Complete the fields.
b.  Click the Next  button.
After you log on or create your account, the filtering level page displa\
ys.
11.  Select a radio button for a filtering level and click the  Next button. 

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12. 
Click the  Take me to the status screen button.
Parental Controls are now set up for the modem router.
13.  T
o enable Parental Controls, click the  Enable Live Parental Controls button.
Allow or Block Access to Your Network
You can use access control to block or allow access of devices to your ne\
twork. You define 
access by selecting or specifying the MAC addresses of the wired and WiF\
i devices that can 
either access your entire network or...

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Enable and Manage Network Access Control
When you enable access control, you must select whether new devices are \
allowed to 
access the network or blocked from accessing the network. By default, cu\
rrently connected 
devices are allowed to access the network, but you can also block these \
devices from 
accessing the network.
To set up network access control:
1. 
Launch an Internet browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connec\
ted to the...

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8. 
Select an access rule for new devices:
• Allow all new devices to connect. With this setting, if you add a new device, it can 
access your network. 
 You do not need to enter its MAC address on this page. 
NETGEAR recommends that you leave this radio button selected.
• Block all new devices from connecting. With this setting, if you add a new device, 
before it can access your network, you must enter its MAC address for an\
 Ethernet 
connection...