Netgear N 600 Manual

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Guest Network (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz)
Name (SSID). The 11N wireless network name (SSID) used by the router. The default names 
are NETGEAR-Guest and NETGEAR-5G-Guest.
Wireless AP
. Indicate
 s whether the radio feature of the router is enabled. If this feature is not 
enabled, the Wireless LEDs on the front panel are off.
Broadcast Name. Indicates whethe
 r the router is broadcasting its SSID.
Wireless Isolation . Select this
  check box only if you...

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Select Advanced > Administration > Logs
. The Logs screen displays.
The log screen shows the following information:
•     Date and 
 time. The date and time the log entry was recorded.
•      Source IP . Th
 e IP address of the initiating device for this log entry.
•      T
arget address. The name or IP address of the website or news group visited or to which 
access was attempted.
•      Action . Wheth
 er the access was blocked or allowed.
To...

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Backup Settings
To back up the router’s configuration settings:
1. 
Select  Adv
 anced > Administration >  BackUp Settings to display the following screen:
2.  Click  Back Up  to save a copy of the current settings.
3.  Choo
se a location to store the .cfg file that is on a computer on your network.
Restore Configuration Settings
To restore configuration settings that you backed up:
1. Ent
er the full path to the file on your network or click...

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Set Password
This feature allows you to change the default password that is used to log in to the router with 
the user name 
admin. 
This is not the same as changing the password for wireless access. The label on the bottom 
of your rou
 ter shows your unique wireless network name (SSID) and password for wireless 
access (see  Label on
 page  14).
To set the password for the user name admin:
1.  Select  Advance
 d > Administration > Set...

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When you use your browser to access the router, the login window displays. If password 
recovery is enabled, when you click Cancel, the password recovery process starts. You can 
then enter the saved answers to the security questions to recover the password.   

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8.   Advanced Settings
Fine tuning your network
This chapter describes the advanced features of your router. The information is for users with a 
solid understanding of networking concepts who want to set the router up for unique situations 
such as when remote access from the Internet by IP or domain name is needed. 
This chapter includes the following sections:
•     Advanced Wireless Settings 
•     Wireless Repeating Function (WDS) 
•     Port Forwarding and Triggering 
•     Set up Port...

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Advanced Wireless Settings
Select 
Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings  to display the following screen:
Scroll to view 
more settings
The following settings are available in this screen:
Enable Wireless Router Radio . Y
 ou can completely turn off the wireless portion of the 
wireless router by clearing this check box. Select this check box again to enable the wireless 
portion of the router. When the wireless radio  is disabled,...

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Wireless Repeating Function (WDS)
You can set the N600 Wireless Dual Band Rout
er up to be used as a wireless access point 
(AP). This enables the router to act as a wireless repeater. A wireless repeater connects to 
another wireless router as a client where the network to which it connects becomes the ISP 
service.
Wireless repeating is a type of Wireless Distri butio
 n System (WDS). A WDS allows a wireless 
network to be expanded through...

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To configure this mode, you have to know the MAC addresses of the child repeater access 
point.
Wireless Repeater
. The route
 r sends all traffic from its local wireless or wired computers to a 
remote access point. To configure this mode,  you have to know the MAC address of the 
remote parent access point. 
The WNDR3400v2 router is always in dual band concurrent mode, unless you turn off one 
ra
 dio. If you enable the wireless repeater in...

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•     Wireless MAC of this router. This field displays the MAC address for your router for your 
reference. You need to enter this MAC address in the corresponding Wireless Repeating 
Function screen of the other access point you are using.
•     Wireless Repeater. If your router is the repeater, select this check box.
Repeater IP Address. If your router is the repeater, enter the IP address of the other 
access point.
Disable Wireless...