Netgear R6200v2 Smart Wifi Router Ac1200 Dual Band Gigabit User Manual

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3.
Select the language and click the  OK button.
The setup file installs the utility.
4. On each computer on your network that shares the USB printer
 , perform the initial setup of 
the NETGEAR USB Control Center.
The first time you use the USB printer that is connected to your router,\
 you are asked to  select the USB printer
 . For more information, see the following section,  Set Up the 
NETGEAR USB Control Center.
5. (Optional) Change the default settings.
For more information, see Configure the NETGEAR USB Control Center on page  63.
Set Up the NETGEAR USB Control Center
The first time you access the utility, you are asked to select the printer.
• When a USB printer is detected and connected automatically during the in\
itial setup, you 
have to disconnect the printer and wait for the prompt asking you to cli\
ck the Connect 
button.
• Y
ou might be asked to install the driver for this printer. After the driver is installed, the 
printer status changes to Available.
To set up the NETGEAR USB Control Center:
1.On each computer on your network that shares the USB printer
 , launch the NETGEAR 
USB Control Center the same way you launch any application program on yo\
ur 
Windows or MAC computer. 
						

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2.
Select the printer and click the  Connect button.
Once the connection is established, the status changes to Manually Conne\
cted by xxx.
3.Click the  Disconnect button.
The status changes to Available.
For each computer, after you click the Connect and Disconnect buttons once, the utility 
automatically handles the printing queue. The status of the printer appears as Available 
on all the computers.
The utility does not always need to hold the connection of a USB printer\
. After a print job  is created for some USB printers, the NETGEAR USB Control Center connect\
s to this 
USB printer automatically and prints. 

After the print job is done, the printer status might 
return to a Paused state. 
						

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For example, the USB printer displayed in the Windows Printers and Faxes\
 window is 
ready for print jobs.
Configure the NETGEAR USB Control Center
You can set the time-out and specify other settings from the Control Cent\
er - Configuration 
screen.
To configure the NETGEAR USB Control Center:
1. Launch the NETGEAR USB Control Center the same way you launch any applic\
ation 
program on your Windows or MAC computer

.
2. Select  T
 ools > Configuration.
3. Specify the following settings:
• Automatically execute when logging on W
 indows. Enable this utility to start 
automatically when you are logged in to Windows. 
						

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•Timeout. Specify the time-out value for holding the USB resource when it is not in 
use.
•Language. Select the display language for this utility.
4.Click the OK button.
Your changes are saved.
Manage USB Print and Scan Jobs
The NETGEAR USB Control Center utility runs in the background on each computer in your 
network. This utility manages the printing queue for the USB printer connected to your router.
After you activate the utility on each computer in the network, the status of the USB printer is 
Available on all of the computers.
•When the status is Available, you can use the USB printer from any computer in the 
network. The utility on each computer automatically manages the printing queue. The 
status of the USB printer appears as Available on all of the computers when no print jobs 
are in process.
•When the status is Manually Connected by xxx, only the xxx computer can use the 
printer. Other network devices must wait until the xxx computer has released the 
connection, or until the connection times out (the default time-out value is 30 seconds).
You can click the Disconnect button at any time to release the connection.
You can set the value for the default time-out time from the Configuration screen. For more 
information, see 
Configure the NETGEAR USB Control Center on page 63.
Some firewall software, such as Comodo, blocks the NETGEAR USB Control Center utility 
from accessing the USB printer. If you do not see the USB printer in the utility, you can 
disable the firewall temporarily to allow the utility to work.
If your USB printer supports scanning, you can also use the USB printer for scanning. For 
more information, see 
Use the Scan Feature of a Multifunction USB Printer on page 65.
Launch the NETGEAR USB Control Center
The NETGEAR USB Control Center shows the availability status of the USB devices. The 
NETGEAR USB Control Center utility must be running for the computer to be able to print to 
the USB printer attached to the router. If you exit the utility, printing does not work. 
						

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To launch the NETGEAR USB Control Center:
Launch the NETGEAR USB Control Center the same way you launch any applic\
ation 
program on your Windows or MAC computer.
The main screen shows a device icon, the description for this USB device\
, and its status.
• A
vailable. The device is available from the computer that you are using.
• W
aiting to Connect. You need to connect to this device from the computer that you are 
using. The first time you connect, you might be prompted to install the device \
driver.
The following menu selections display: • System. Exit the utility
 .
• T
ools. Access the Control Center - Configuration screen to set up your shared U\
SB 
device. For more information, see  Configure the NETGEAR USB Control Center  on 
page   63.
• About . V
 iew details about the USB Control Center software.
The following control buttons are available: • Connect. 
 The first time you access the utility, you are asked to select the printer and click 
the Connect button.
• Disconnect. Click the Disconnect button at any time to release the connection.
• Network Scanner . 
 This button activates the scanner window so that you can use the 
printer for scanning. Your printer must support scanning and be in the Available state.
Use the Scan Feature of a Multifunction USB Printer
If your USB printer supports scanning, you can also use the USB printer \
for scanning
To use the scan feature of a multifunction USB printer:
1. Launch the NETGEAR USB Control Center the same way you launch any applic\
ation 
program on your Windows or MAC computer

.
2. Make sure that the printer status shows as 
 Available. 
						

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3.
Click the  Network Scanner  button. 
The scanner window opens so that you can use the USB printer for scannin\
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7.   Security
Customizing the firewall settings
This chapter explains how to use the basic firewall features of the router to prevent objectionable 
content from reaching the computers and devices on your network. 
This chapter includes the following sections:
•Keyword Blocking of HTTP Traffic 
•Block Services (Port Filtering) 
•Port Triggering to Open Incoming Ports 
•Port Forwarding to Permit External Host Communications 
•How Port Forwarding Differs from Port Triggering 
•Set Up Port Forwarding to Local Servers 
•Set Up Port Triggering 
•Schedule Blocking 
•Set Up Security Event Email Notifications 
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Keyword Blocking of HTTP Traffic
Use keyword blocking to prevent certain types of HTTP traffic from accessing your network. 
The blocking can be always or according to a schedule.
To set up keyword blocking:
1. Select  ADV
 ANCED > Security >  Block Sites.
2. Select one of the keyword blocking options:
• Per Schedule. 
 Turn on keyword blocking according to the Schedule screen settings. 
(See Schedule Blocking  on page
  77.)
• Always. 
 Turn on keyword blocking all the time, independent of the Schedule screen\
.
3. In the Keyword field, enter a keyword or domain, click the  Add Keyword button. 
4. Click the  Apply button.
The Keyword list supports up to 32 entries. Here are some sample entries\
:
• Specify XXX to block http://www
 .badstuff.com/xxx.html.
• Specify .com if you want to allow only sites with domain suf
 fixes such as .edu or .gov.
• Enter a period (. ) to block all Internet browsing access.
To delete a keyword or domain:
1.Select the keyword you want to delete from the list.
2. Click the  Delete Keyword button.
3. Click the  Apply button. 
Your changes are saved.
To specify a trusted computer:
You can exempt one trusted computer from blocking and logging. The computer you exempt  has to have a fixed IP address.
1. In the 
Trusted IP Address field, enter the IP address. 
						

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2.
Click the  Apply button.
Your changes are saved.
Block Services (Port Filtering)
Services are functions that server computers perform at the request of c\
lient computers. For 
example, web servers serve web pages, time servers serve time and date i\
nformation, and 
game hosts serve data about other players’ moves. When a computer on \
the Internet sends 
a request for service to a server computer, a port number identifies the requested service. 
This number appears as the destination port number in the transmitted IP\
 packets. For  example, a packet that is sent with the destination port number 80 is an\
 HTTP (web server) 
request. 
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF at  http://www
 .ietf.org/) defines service numbers 
for many common protocols and they are published in RFC1700, “Assigne\
d Numbers.” 
Service numbers for other applications are typically chosen from the ran\
ge 1024 – 65535 by 
the authors of the application. Although the router already holds a list of many service port 
numbers, you are not limited to these choices. You can often determine port number 
information by contacting the publisher of the application, by asking us\
er groups or 
newsgroups, or by searching.
The Block Services screen lets you add and block specific Internet servi\
ces by computers on 
your network. 
 This is called service blocking or port filtering. To add a service for blocking, 
first determine which port number or range of numbers the application us\
es. 
To block services:
1. Select ADV
 ANCED > Security > Block Services.
2.Select either the Per Schedule or  Always button.
3. If you selected Per Schedule, specify a time period in the Schedule scre\
en.
4. Click the  Add button to add a service.  
						

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The Block Services Setup screen displays:
5.
From the Service Type list, select the application or service to allow or block. 
The list displays several common services, but you are not limited to th\
ese choices. To  add any additional services or applications that do not already appear
 , select User 
Defined.
6. If you know that the application uses either 
 TCP or UDP, select the appropriate protocol. If 
you are not sure, select TCP/UDP (both).
7. Enter the starting and ending port numbers. 
If the application uses a single port number, enter that number in both fields.
8. Select the radio button for the IP address configuration you want to blo\
ck, and enter the IP 
addresses. 
You can block the specified service for a single computer, a range of computers with  consecutive IP addresses, or all computers on your network.
9. Click the  Add button.
Your changes are saved. 
Port Triggering to Open Incoming Ports
Some application servers (such as FTP and IRC servers) send replies to\
 multiple port 
numbers. Using the port triggering function of your router, you can tell the router to open 
more incoming ports when a particular outgoing port originates a session\
.
An example is Internet Relay Chat (IRC). Your computer connects to an IRC server at  destination port 6667. 
 The IRC server not only responds to your originating source port, but 
also sends an “identify” message to your computer on port 113. Using port triggering, you can 
tell the router, “When you initiate a session with destination port 6667, you have t\
o also allow 
incoming traffic on port 113 to reach the originating computer.” Using steps similar to the