Netgear R6250 Smart Wifi Router Ac1600 User Manual

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To recover your password:
1. In the address field of your browser, type www.routerlogin.net.
A login screen displays. 
2. Click the Cancel button.
If password recovery is enabled, you are prompted to enter the serial number of the 
router.
The serial number is on the product label.
3. Enter the serial number of the router.
4. Click the Continue button.
A screen displays requesting the answers to your security questions.
5. Enter the saved answers to your...

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9.   Advanced Settings
Setting up unique situations
This chapter describes the advanced features of your router. Networking knowledge is needed 
to implement some of these features. 
This chapter includes the following sections:
•Advanced Wireless Settings 
•Wireless Access Point (AP) 
•Dynamic DNS 
•Static Routes 
•Remote Management 
•Universal Plug and Play 
•IPv6 
•Traffic Meter 
For information about the Approve USB feature, see Specify Approved USB Devices on 
page 52. 

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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...

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2. 
Select or clear the Enable Wireless 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  Apply .
Your changes take effect.
Set Up a Wireless...

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Set up the Router in Bridge Mode
You can set up your R6250 Smart WiFi Router to run in Bridge mode. This mode lets you 
connect multiple devices wirelessly at the faster 802.11ac speed. To use the router in Bridge 
mode, you need two WiFi Routers: one set up as a router and the other se\
t up as a bridge. 
R6250 Smart WiFi Router in Bridge mode
R6300 Smart WiFi Router
Figure 6. Router in Bridge mode with an 802.11ac WiFi connection
Installing your R6250 Smart...

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3. 
Scroll down and select the  Use other operation mode check box and the Enable Bridge 
mode radio button.
The screen adjusts.
4.  Click the  setup bridge mode wireless settings button.
5. Specify the settings of the other router to which this router will conne\
ct.
a. Select the wireless network frequency (2.4 GHz or 5 GHz). 
For 802.11ac mode, select 5 GHz.
b.  In the Name (SSID) field, enter the wireless network name (SSID).
c.  In the Security Option...

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View or Change WPS Settings
To specify WPS Settings:
1. Select Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings.
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. 
2. (Optional) Select or clear the Disable Router’s PIN check box.
The PIN function might temporarily be disabled when the router detects suspicious...

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3. 
Click  Add.
The Wireless Card Access Setup screen opens and displays a list of currently active  wireless cards and their Ethernet MAC addresses.
4.  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 bottom of the wireless device\
.
Tip: Y
ou can copy and paste the MAC addresses from the Attached 
Devices screen...

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Wireless Access Point (AP)
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

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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. 
The AP Mode section of the...

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•Get an IP address dynamically from the other router. The other router on the 
network assigns an IP address to this router while this router is in AP mode.
•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.
Note:If the other router or gateway in your network has wireless capability, 
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