Netgear R6100 Ac1200 Dual Band Wifi Router User Manual

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Advanced Wireless Settings
You can use this screen to turn the wireless radio on and off, to specify WPS settings, to use 
AP mode, and to set up a wireless access list.
The Fragmentation Length, CTS/RTS Threshold, and Preamble Mode options in this screen are reserved for wireless testing and advanced configuration only
 . Do not change these 
settings unless you have a specific reason to do so.
Control the Wireless Radio
By default, the wireless radio is enabled so that you can connect wirele\
ssly to the router. You 
can turn the wireless radio on or off in the Advanced Wireless Settings screen or by using the 
WiFi On/Off button on the router front panel. When the wireless radio is off, you can still use 
an Ethernet cable for a LAN connection to the router.
To turn the wireless radios on or off:
1. Select  ADV
 ANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings .
By default, the Enable Wireless Router Radio check boxes are selected fo\
r both the 2.4 
GHz and 5 GHz bands.
2. Select or clear the Enable W
 ireless Router Radio check box.
Clearing this check box turns off the WiFi feature of the wireless router. 
3. (Optional) Select the T
 urn off wireless signal by schedule  check box and fill in the fields 
to specify the times when you do not need a wireless connection. 
For example, you could turn off the wireless signal for the weekend if you leave town.
4. Click the  Apply button.
Your changes take effect. 
						

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Set Up a Wireless Schedule
You can use this feature to turn off the wireless signal from your router at times when you do 
not need a wireless connection. For example, you could turn it off for the weekend if you 
leave town.
To configure and enable the wireless schedule:
1. Select  ADV
 ANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings.
The Advanced Wireless Settings screen displays.
2. Click the  Add a new period button.
The screen adjusts:
3. Use the lists, radio buttons, and check boxes to set up a period during \
which you want to 
turn off the wireless signal.
4. Click the  Apply button.
The Advanced Wireless Settings screen displays.
5. Select the  T
 urn off wireless signal by schedule  check box to activate the schedule.
6. Click the  Apply button.
View or Change WPS Settings
To specify WPS Settings:
1.Select  ADV
 ANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings.
2. Scroll down to display the WPS settings: 
						

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The Router’s PIN field displays the PIN that you use on a registrar (for example, \
from the 
Network Explorer on a Vista Windows computer) to configure the router’s wireless 
settings through WPS. 
3. (Optional) Select or clear the  Disable Router
 ’s PIN check box.
The PIN function might temporarily be disabled when the router detects s\
uspicious  attempts to break into the router’
 s wireless settings by using the router’s PIN through 
WPS. You can manually enable the PIN function by clearing the Disable Router’s PIN 
check box.
4. (Optional) Select or clear the  Keep Existing W
 ireless Settings check box.
By default, the Keep Existing Wireless Settings check box is selected. N\
ETGEAR 
recommends that you leave this check box selected.
If you clear this check box, the next time a new wireless client uses WP\
S to connect to 
the router, the router wireless settings change to an automatically gene\
rated random 
SSID and security key

. 
5. Click the  Apply button.
Your changes are saved.
Set Up a Wireless Access List by MAC Address
You can set up a list of computers and wireless devices that are allowed \
to join the wireless  network. This list is based on the unique MAC address of each computer and device\
.
Each network device has a MAC address, which is a unique 12-character ph\
ysical address, 
containing the hexadecimal characters 0–9, a–f, or 
 A–F only, and separated by colons (for 
example, 00:09:AB:CD:EF:01). Typically, the MAC address is on the label of the wireless 
card or network interface device. If you do not have access to the label\
, you can display the 
MAC address using the network configuration utilities of the computer. You might also find 
the MAC addresses in the Attached Devices screen.
To restrict access based on MAC addresses:
1. Select  ADV
 ANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings .
2. Scroll down to display the Set Up 
 Access List button.
3.Click the  Set Up Access List  button. 
						

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4.On the Wireless Card Access List screen, click the Add button.
The Wireless Card Access Setup screen opens and displays a list of currently active 
wireless cards and their Ethernet MAC addresses.
5.If the computer or device you want is in the Available Wireless Cards list, select that radio 
button; otherwise, type a name and the MAC address. 
You can usually find the MAC address on the label of the wireless device.
Tip:You can copy and paste the MAC addresses from the Attached Devices 
screen into the MAC Address field of this screen. To do this, use each 
wireless computer to join the wireless network. The computer should 
then appear in the Attached Devices screen.
6.Click the Add button. 
The screen changes back to the list screen. 
7.Add each computer or device you want to allow to connect wirelessly.
8.Select the Turn Access Control On check box.
9.Click the Apply button.
To edit a wireless device or delete it from the access list:
1.Select ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings.
The Advanced Wireless Settings screen displays.
2.In the table, select the radio button next to the wireless device that you want to edit or delete.
3.Do one of the following:
•Click the Edit button.
The Edit Wireless Card screen displays.
a.Edit the address information.
b.Click the Accept button.
•Click the Delete button.
The address is removed from the table. 
						

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Wireless Access Point
You can set up the router to run as an access point (AP) on the same lo\
cal network as 
another router.
To set up the router as an AP:
1. Use an Ethernet cable to connect the Internet port of this router to a L\
AN port in the 
other router

.
Cable this port to a LAN port
on the other router
2.Select  ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless AP .
3. Select the Enable Access 
 Point Mode check box. 
4.Scroll down and select the check box for the IP address setting that you\
 want to use:
• Get dynamically from existing router . 
 The other router on the network assigns an 
IP address to this router while this router is in AP mode.
• Use fixed IP address (not recommended). Use this setting if you want to manually 
assign a specific IP address to this router while it is in 

AP mode. Using this option 
effectively requires advanced network experience. 
						

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Note:
 
To avoid interference, NETGEAR recommends that you use different 
wireless settings for each wireless router or gateway on the network. Yo\
u could 
also disable the wireless radio on the other router or gateway.
5. Click the  Apply button.
The IP address of the router changes, and you are disconnected. To reconnect, close and  restart your web browser
 , and type http://www.routerlogin.net  in the address field.
Wireless Distribution System
You can set the router up to be used as a wireless base station or a wire\
less repeater in a 
wireless distribution system (WDS). 
Note: To use the wireless repeating function, you need to select the None 
radio button as the security option in the Wireless Settings screen, 
and you cannot select Auto Channel.
A WDS lets you expand a wireless network through multiple access points.\
 A wireless base  station connects to the Internet, can have wired and wireless clients, a\
nd sends its wireless 
signal to an access point that functions as a wireless repeater

. A wireless repeater can also 
have wired and wireless clients, but connects to the Internet through th\
e wireless base 
station. The following figure shows a wireless repeating scenario.
Repeater
Base station
access point
access point
Figure 8. Wireless repeating scenario 
						

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A WDS system includes a base station and repeater.
•Wireless base station. The router acts as the parent access point, that bridges traffic to 
and from the child repeater access point. The base station also handles wireless and 
wired local computers. To configure this mode, you have to know the MAC addresses of 
the child repeater access point. Often, the MAC address is on the product label.
•Wireless repeater. The router 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 router is always in dual-band concurrent mode, unless you turn off one radio. If you 
enable the wireless repeater in either radio band, the wireless base station or wireless 
repeater cannot be enabled in the other radio band. However, if you enable the wireless base 
station in either radio band and use the other radio band as a wireless router or wireless base 
station, dual-band concurrent mode is not affected.
For you to set up a wireless network with WDS, both access points have to meet the 
following conditions:
•Both access points have to use the same SSID, wireless channel, and encryption mode.
•Both access points have to be on the same LAN IP subnet. That is, all of the access point 
LAN IP addresses are in the same network.
•All LAN devices (wired and wireless computers) are configured to operate in the same 
LAN network address range as the access points.
Set Up the Base Station 
The wireless repeating function works only in hub and spoke mode. The units cannot be 
daisy-chained. You have to know the wireless settings for both units. You have to know the 
MAC address of the remote unit. First, set up the base station. Then set up the repeater.
To set up the base station:
1.Set up both units with the same wireless settings.
•The SSID and mode must be the same.
•The wireless security option has to be set to None.
•You must select a channel (wireless repeating does not support the Auto Channel 
setting).
For information about how to adjust these settings, see Basic Wireless Settings on 
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2.
Select  ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Repeating Function.
3.Select the  Enable Wireless Repeating Function check box.
4. Select the  W
 ireless Base Station  radio button.
5. (Optional) Select the  Disable W
 ireless Client Association check box to prevent wireless 
clients from associating with the base station and allowing LAN client a\
ssociations only. 
If you prefer wireless clients to be able to associate with the base sta\
tions, leave the 
check box cleared.
6. In the Repeater MAC 
 Address 1 through 4 fields, enter the MAC addresses for the access 
points that should function as repeaters.
If your router is the base station, it can function as the “parent”\
 for up to four other access 
points.
7. Click the  Apply button. 
Your changes are saved.
Set Up a Repeater
Use a wired Ethernet connection to set up the repeater unit to avoid con\
flicts with the wireless 
connection to the base station.
If you are using the router as the base station with a non-NETGEAR route\
r as the repeater, 
you might need to change more configuration settings. In particular
 , you should disable the 
DHCP server function on the access point that is the repeater.
To configure the router as a repeater:
1. Log in to the router that will be the repeater
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2.
Select  BASIC > Wireless Settings  and verify that the wireless settings match the base unit 
exactly. 
The wireless security option has to be set to  WEP or None.
3. Select  ADV
 ANCED > Wireless Repeating Function .
4. Select the Enable W
 ireless Repeating Function check box.
5. Select the W
 ireless Repeater  radio button.
6.Fill in the Repeater IP Address field. 
This IP address has to be in the same subnet as the base station, but di\
fferent from the  LAN IP address of the base station.
7. (Optional) Select the Disable W
 ireless Client Association check box to prevent wireless 
clients from associating with the repeater and allowing LAN client assoc\
iations only.
If you prefer wireless clients to be able to associate with the repeater\
, leave the check box 
cleared.
8. In the Base Station MAC 
 Address field, enter the MAC addresses for the access point that 
should function as the base station.
9. Click the  Apply button.
Your changes are saved.
10. V
erify connectivity across the LANs. 
A computer on any wireless or wired LAN segment of the router can connec\
t to the Internet or share files and printers with any other computer or server c\
onnected to the 
other access point. 
						

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Dynamic DNS
If your Internet service provider (ISP) gave you a permanently assigne\
d IP address, you can 
register a domain name and have that name linked with your IP address by\
 public Domain 
Name Servers (DNS). However, if your Internet account uses a dynamically assigned IP 
address, you do not know in advance what your IP address will be, and th\
e address can 
change frequently. In this case, you can use a commercial Dynamic DNS service. This type 
of service lets you register your domain to their IP address and forward\
s traffic directed at 
your domain to your frequently changing IP address.
If your ISP assigns a private WAN IP address (such as 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x), the Dynamic 
DNS service does not work because private addresses are not routed on th\
e Internet.
Your router contains a client that can connect to the Dynamic DNS service\
 provided by  DynDNS.org. First visit their website at http://www
 .dyndns.org and obtain an account and 
host name that you configure in the router. Then, whenever your ISP-assigned IP address 
changes, your router automatically contacts the Dynamic DNS service prov\
ider, logs in to 
your account, and registers your new IP address. If your host name is ho\
stname, for 
example, you can reach your router at http://hostname.dyndns.org.
To set up Dynamic DNS:
1. Select  ADV
 ANCED > Advanced Setup > Dynamic DNS .
2.Register for an account with one of the Dynamic DNS service providers wh\
ose URLs are in 
the Service Provider list. 
For example, for DynDNS.org, select www
 .DynDNS.org.
3. Select the  Use a Dynamic DNS Service  check box. 
4. Select the URL of your Dynamic DNS service provider
 . 
5. T
ype the host name (or domain name) that your Dynamic DNS service provi\
der gave you.
6.T
ype the user name for your Dynamic DNS account. 
Enter the name that you use to log in to your account, not your host nam\
e.
7. T
ype the password (or key) for your Dynamic DNS account. 
8. Click the  Apply button.
Your changes are saved.