Netgear Dgn2200v4 N300 Wireless Adsl2 Plus Modem Router User Manual

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Set Up a Guest Network
Adding a guest network allows visitors at your home to use the Internet \
without giving them 
your wireless security key. 
To set up a guest network:
1.  Select  Basic >  Guest Network .
2. Select any of the following wireless settings:
Enable Guest Network . When this check box is selected, the guest network is enabled, 
and guests can connect to your network using the SSID of this profile.
Enable SSID...

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View Attached Devices
Use the Attached Device screen to view all computers or devices that are current\
ly 
connected to your network.
To go to the Attached Devices screen:
From the Basic Home screen, select Attached Devices.
Wired devices are connected to the modem router with Ethernet cables. Wi\
reless devices 
have joined the wireless network. 
•# (number). 
 The order in which the device joined the network.
• IP Address....

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4.   NETGEAR genie Advanced Home
This chapter contains the following sections:
•NETGEAR genie Advanced Home Screen 
•Setup Wizard 
•WPS Wizard 
•WAN Setup 
•LAN Setup 
•Quality of Service (QoS) Setup 
Some selections on the Advanced Home screen are described in separate chapters:
•USB Storage. See Chapter 5, USB Storage.
•Security. See Chapter 6, Security.
•Administration. See Chapter 7, Administration.
•Advanced Setup. See Chapter 8, Advanced Settings.
•Advanced VPN. See Chapter 9, Virtual Private...

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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. The genie 
Advanced Home screen is shown in the following figure:
This screen is 
also displayed 
through the 
Administration  menu.
Setup Wizard
You can use the Setup Wizard to detect your Internet settings and automat\
ically set...

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The Setup Wizard searches your Internet connection for servers and proto\
cols to 
determine your ISP configuration. The following screen displays:
WPS Wizard
The WPS Wizard helps you add a WPS-capable client device (a wireless de\
vice or computer) to your network. On the client device, either press its WPS b\
utton or locate its 
WPS PIN.
To use the WPS Wizard:
1.  Select  Advanced > WPS W
 izard.
2.  Click  Next. 
The...

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To use the PIN method, select the  PIN Number radio button, enter the client security 
PIN, and click Next.
Within 2 minutes, go to the client device and use its WPS software to jo\
in the network 
without entering a password.
The modem router attempts to add the WPS-capable device. The WPS LED 
on the 
front of the modem router blinks green. When the modem router establishe\
s a WPS 
connection, the LED is solid green, and the...

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3. Click Apply.
WAN Setup Screen Fields
The following fields are available:
•WAN Preference. By default this field is set to Auto-Detect so that the modem router 
automatically detects if the Internet connection is through the ADSL port or the 
WAN/Ethernet port 4. You can use this field to select Must use DSL WAN or Must use 
Ethernet WAN.
•Use port 4 as. By default, Auto-Detect is selected so that the modem router detects if...

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Default DMZ Server
The default DMZ server feature is helpful when you are using some online games and 
videoconferencing applications that are incompatible with Network Address Translation 
(NAT). The modem router recognizes some of these applications and works correctly with 
them, but other applications might not function well. In some cases, one local computer can 
run the application correctly if that computer’s IP address...

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-
Yahoo email
- MSN portal
- America Online’
 s DSL service
• Y
ou use VPN and have severe performance problems.
•Y
ou used a program to optimize MTU for performance reasons, and now you h\
ave 
connectivity or performance problems.
Note: An incorrect MTU setting can cause Internet communication 
problems. For example, you might not be able to access certain 
websites, frames within websites, secure login pages, or FTP or POP...

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LAN Setup
The LAN Setup screen allows configuration of LAN IP services such as Dyn\
amic Host 
Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and Routing Information Protocol (RIP)\
. The modem router is 
shipped preconfigured to use private IP addresses on the LAN side and to\
 act as a DHCP 
server. The modem router’s default LAN IP configuration is:
•
LAN IP address. 192.168.0.1
• Subnet mask. 255.255.255.0
These addresses are part of the...