Netgear N 600 Manual

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Guest Networks
Adding a guest network allows visitors at your home to use the Internet without providing 
them with your wireless security key. You can add a guest network to each wireless network: 
2.4 GHz b/g/n and 5.0 GHz a/n. 
To set up a guest network:
1. 
Select  Basic >  Guest Network  to
  display the following screen:
Scroll to 
view more 
settings
 
Scroll to 
view more 
settings
2. Select any of the following wireless settings: 

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Note:  These settings apply separately to the 2.4 GHz b/g/n and 5 GHz a/n 
bands.
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 Broadcast. If this check box is selected, the wireless access point 
broadcasts its name (SSID) to all wireless stations. Stations with no SSID can adopt the 
correct SSID for connections to...

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WPA2-PSK is stronger than WPA. It is advertised to be theoretically indecipherable due to 
the greater degree of randomness in encryption keys that it generates. WPA2-PSK gets 
higher speed because it is implemented through hardware, while WPA-PSK is implemented 
through software. WPA2-PSK uses a passphrase to authenticate and generate the initial data 
encryption keys. Then it dynamically varies the encryption key. 
WPS-PSK + WPA2-PSK...

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4.   genie Advanced Home
Specifying custom settings
This chapter explains the features available from the genie Advanced Home screen, shown in 
the following figure:
This screen is also 
displayed through 
the Administration 
menu.
This chapter contains the following sections:
•      Setup Wizard 
•      WPS Wizard 
•      Setup Menu 
•      WAN Setup 
•      LAN Setup 
•      Quality of Service (QoS) Setup 
Some selections on the Advanced Home  screen 
 are described in separate chapters:
•...

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Setup Wizard
The NETGEAR genie installation process is launched the first time you set up the router. 
After setting up the router the first time, if you want to perform this task again, you can run 
Setup Wizard from the Advanced tab of the genie.
1. 
Select  Se
 tup Wizard to display the following screen: 
2. Select either  Ye s or No, I want to configure the router myself . If you select No, you are 
taken to the Internet Setup screen...

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WPS Wizard
The WPS Wizard helps you add a WPS-capable cli
ent device (a wireless device or computer) 
to your network. On the client device, you need to either press its WPS button or locate its 
WPS PIN.
To use the WPS Wizard:
1.  Select  Advance
 d > WPS Wizard.
2.  Click  Next.
  The following screen lets you select the method for adding the WPS client (a 
wireless device or computer).
 
You can use either the push button or PIN method....

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Within two minutes, go to the client device and use its WPS software to join the 
network without entering a password.
The router attempts to add the WPS-capable device. The WPS LED 
 on the top of 
the router blinks green. When the router es t
 ablishes a WPS connection, the LED is solid 
green, and the router WPS screen displays a confirmation message. 
4.  Repe
at Step 2 and Step 3 to add another WPS client to your network.
Setup Menu...

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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. Select 
Advanced > Setup > WAN Setup  to view the following screen:
•     Disable Port Scan and DoS Protection . DoS protection protects your LAN against 
denial of service attacks such as Syn flood, Smurf Attack, Ping of Death, Teardrop...

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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 router is programmed to recognize some of these applications and to work 
correctly with them, but there are other applications that might not function well. In some 
cases, one local computer can run the application correctly if that...

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•     
You use VPN and have severe performance problems.
•      Y
ou used a program to optimize MTU fo r performance reasons, and now you have 
connectivity or performance problems.
Note:  An incorrect MTU setting can cause Internet communication 
problems such as the inability to  access certain websites, frames 
within websites, secure login pages, or FTP or POP servers.
If you suspect an MTU problem, a common solution is to change the...