Netgear R6200 Manual

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Guest Networks
Adding a guest network allows visitors at your home to use the Internet \
without giving them 
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:
2.For a 5 GHz network, scroll down to view that section of the Guest Netwo\
rk screen.
3. Select any of the following wireless...

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Guest Network Wireless Security Options
A security option is the type of security protocol applied to your wireless network. The 
security protocol in force encrypts data transmissions and ensures that only trusted devices 
receive authorization to connect to your network. Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) has several 
options including pre-shared key (PSK) encryption. 
This section presents an overview of the security options and provides guidance on...

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4.   Genie Advanced Home
Specifying custom settings
This chapter contains the following sections:
•NETGEAR genie Advanced Screen 
•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:
•USB Storage. See Chapter 5, USB Storage.
•Security. See Chapter 7, Security.
•Administration. See Chapter 8, Administration.
•Advanced Setup. See Chapter 9, Advanced Settings. 

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NETGEAR genie Advanced Screen
The genie Advanced Home screen is shown in the following figure:
This screen is 
also 
displayed 
through the 
Administratio n menu.
Setup Wizard
The NETGEAR genie installation process is launched the first time you se\
t up the router. 
After you set up the router the first time, to use the Setup Wizard agai\
n, log in to the router  and select the Advanced tab.
1. Select  Setup W
 izard to display the following...

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3.
If you selected Yes, click Next. The following screen displays:
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...

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2.
Click  Next. The following screen lets you select the method for adding the WPS clien\
t (a 
wireless device or computer).
 
You can use either the push button or PIN method. 
3. Select either  Push Button or  PIN Number. 
• T
o use the push-button method, either click the WPS button on this screen, or press 
the WPS button on the side of the router. Within 2 minutes, go to the wireless \
client 
and press its WPS button to join the network...

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Setup Menu
To display the Setup menu:
Select  Advanced > Setup to display the Setup menu. 
The following selections are available: • Internet Setup . Go to the same Internet Setup screen that you can access from the 
dashboard on the Basic Home screen. See  Internet Setup on page 22.
• W
ireless Setup . Go to the same Wireless Settings screen that you can access from 
the dashboard on the Basic Home screen. See  Basic Wireless Settings on page 28....

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•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 
Attack, UDP Flood, ARP Attack, Spoofing ICMP, Null Scan, and many others. This 
should be disabled only in special circumstances. 
•Default DMZ Server. This feature is sometimes helpful when you are playing online 
games or videoconferencing. Be careful when using this feature because...

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The router usually detects and discards Incoming traffic from the Internet that is not a 
response to one of your local computers or a service that you have configured in the Port 
Forwarding/Port Triggering screen. Instead of discarding this traffic, you can have the router 
forward the traffic to one computer on your network. This computer is called the default DMZ 
server.
To set up a default DMZ server: 
1.On the WAN Setup screen, select the...

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until the problem goes away. The following table describes common MTU sizes and 
applications. 
Table 2.  Common MTU Sizes 
 
MTUApplication
1500 The largest Ethernet packet size and the default value. This setting is typical for 
connections that do not use PPPoE or VPN, and is the default value for N\
ETGEAR 
routers, adapters, and switches.
1492 Used in PPPoE environments.
1472 Maximum size to use for pinging. (Larger packets are fragmented.)...