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3.   Genie Basic Settings
Your Internet connection and network
This chapter contains the following sections:
•Basic Home Screen 
•Internet Setup 
•Attached Devices 
•Parental Controls 
•ReadySHARE USB Storage 
•Basic Wireless Settings  

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Basic Home Screen
The genie Basic Home screen is shown in the following figure:
Internet Setup
The Internet Settings screen is where you view or change ISP information\
.
To change the Internet settings:
1.
From the Home screen, select Internet. The 
 following screen displays:
Scroll to 
view 
more 
settings
The fields that display in the Internet Setup screen depend on whether y\
our Internet 
connection requires a login. 

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•Ye s. Select the encapsulation method and enter the login name. If you want to 
change the login time-out, enter a new value in minutes.
•No. Enter the account and domain names, only if needed.
2.Enter the settings for the IP address and DNS server. The default settings usually work fine. 
If you have problems with your connection, check the ISP settings.
3.Click Apply to save your settings.
4.Click Test to test your Internet connection. If the...

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Router MAC Address. The Ethernet MAC address that the router uses on its Internet port. 
Some ISPs register the MAC address of the network interface card in your\
 computer when 
your account is first opened. They accept traffic only from the MAC address of that computer. 
This feature allows your router to use your computer’s MAC address (this is also called  cloning). 
• Use Default 
 Address. Use the default MAC address.
• Use Computer MAC...

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Parental Controls
The first time you select Parental Controls from the Basic Home screen, \
your browser goes 
to the Parental Controls website. You can learn more about Live Parental Controls or 
download the application. 
To set up Live Parental Controls:
1. Select  Parental Controls on the Dashboard screen.
2. Click either the  W
 indows Users or Mac Users button. 
3. Follow the onscreen instructions to download and install the NETGEAR Liv\
e...

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Because Live Parental Controls uses free OpenDNS accounts, you are promp\
ted to log 
in or create a free account.
5.
Select the radio button that applies to you and click  Next.
• If you already have an OpenDNS account, leave the  Ye
 s radio button selected. 
• If you do not have an OpenDNS account, select the No radio button. 
If you are creating an account, the following screen displays:
• Fill in the fields and click Next.
After you log on or...

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6.
Select the radio button for the filtering level that you want and click \
 Next.
7.Click the T ake me to the status screen  button.
Parental controls are now set up for the router. The Dashboard shows Parental Controls as 
Enabled.
ReadySHARE USB Storage
You can view information about a USB storage device that is connected to \
the router’s USB  port here. For more information about USB storage, see  Chapter 5, USB Storage.
To display the USB...

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Share Name. If only one device is connected, the default share name is USB_Storage. 
You can click the name shown, or you can type it in the address field of your web 
browser. If Not Shared is shown, the default share has been deleted, and no other share 
for the root folder exists. Click the link to change this setting.
Read/Write Access. Shows the permissions and access controls on the network folder: 
All – no password (the default) allows all...

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1.
On the Basic Home screen, select Wireless to display the Wireless Settings screen.
You can scroll down to view the 5 GHz wireless network settings. The screen sections, 
settings, and procedures are explained in the following sections.
2. Make any changes that are needed and click  Apply to save your settings.
3. Set up and test your wireless devices and computers to make sure that th\
ey can connect 
wirelessly

. If they do not, check the...

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Enable Wireless Isolation. If this check box is selected, then computers or wireless devices 
that join the network can use the Internet, but cannot access each other\
 or access Ethernet 
devices on the network.
Enable SSID Broadcast. This setting allows the router to broadcast its SSID so wireless 
stations can see this wireless name (SSID) in their scanned network li\
sts. 

This check box is 
selected by default. To turn off the SSID broadcast,...