Netgear R6250 Smart Wifi Router Ac1600 User Manual

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The printer status changes to Manually connected by Mycomputer
. Now, only your 
computer can use the printer.
b.  T
o allow the printer to be shared, click the  Disconnect button.
The printer is released from the connection and the status changes to Available.
Use the Scan Feature of a Multifunction USB Printer
If your USB printer supports scanning, you can also use the USB printer \
for scanning. For 
example, the USB printer displayed in the Windows Printers and Faxes win\
dow is ready for 
print jobs. 
						

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To use the scan feature of a multifunction USB printer:
1. 
Click the NETGEAR USB Control Center icon 
.
2. Make sure that the printer status shows as Available.
3.  C
lick the  Network Scanner  button. 
The scanner screen displays so that you can use the USB printer for scan\
ning.
Change NETGEAR USB Control Center Settings
You can stop the NETGEAR USB Control Center from starting automatically w\
hen you log in 
to Windows. You can also change the language and specify the time-out to release the \
printer connection. 
						

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To turn off automatic NETGEAR USB Control Center startup:
1. 
Click the NETGEAR USB Control Center icon 
.
2. Select  Tools > Configuration.
3.  Clear the  Automatically execute when logging on W
 indows check box.
4.  Click the  OK button.
Your change is saved.
To change the language:
1.  Select  T
 ools > Configuration .
2.  In the Language list, select a language.
3.  Click the  OK button. 
						

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The next time NETGEAR USB Control Center starts, the language changes.
To specify the time-out:
1. Select Tools > Configuration.
2. In the Timeout field, type the number of minutes.
The time-out is the number of minutes that a computer holds its connection to the printer 
when the connection isn’t being used.
3. Click the OK button.
Your change is saved. 
						

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7.   Security
Customize 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:
•Set Up Parental Controls 
•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 
•Security Event Email Notifications  
						

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Set Up Parental Controls
The first time that you select 
Parental Controls from the BASIC Home screen, your browser 
goes to the  Parental Controls  website, where you can learn more about Parental Controls. To 
set up Parental Controls, you must download the genie app.
To set up Live Parental Controls:
1.  Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connecte\
d to the 
network.
2.  T
ype  http://www.routerlogin.net  or http://www.routerlogin.com .
A login screen displays.
3.  Enter the router user name and password.
The user name is  admin. 
 The default password is password . The user name and 
password are case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home screen displays.
4.  Select  Parental Controls.
The Parental Controls website opens.
5.  Click the button for the genie app version that you want to download and\
 use.
6.  Follow the onscreen instructions to download and install the genie app.
7.  Open the genie app and select  Parental Controls.
Live Parental Controls automatically starts.
8.  Click the  Next button, read the note, and click the  Next button again. 
						

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Because Live Parental Controls uses free OpenDNS accounts, you are promp\
ted to log 
in or create a free account.
9. 
Select the radio button that applies to you:
• If you already created an OpenDNS account, leave the  Ye
 s radio button selected. 
• If you did not yet create an OpenDNS account, select the No radio button. 
If you are creating an account, the following screen displays:
a. Complete the fields.
b.  Click the Next button. 
						

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After you log on or create your account, the filtering level screen disp\
lays:
10. 
Select a radio button for a filtering level that you want and click the \
 Next button. 
						

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11. 
Click the  Take me to the status screen button.
Parental Controls are now set up for the router.
12.  T
o enable Parental Controls, click the Enable Live Parental Controls butt\
on.
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  Advanced > Security >  Block Sites. 
						

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2. Select one of the keyword blocking options:
•Per Schedule. Turn on keyword blocking according to the Schedule screen settings.
•Always. Turn on keyword blocking all the time, independent of the Schedule screen.
3. In the Keyword field, enter a keyword or domain, click Add Keyword, and click Apply.
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 suffixes 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 Delete Keyword.
3. Click Apply. 
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.
2. Click Apply.
Your changes are saved.
Block Services (Port Filtering)
Services are functions that server computers perform at the request of client computers. For 
example, web servers serve web pages, time servers serve time and date information, 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 service or port number identifiefs the requested 
service. This number is 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/) has defined and published 
the service numbers for many common protocols in RFC1700, “Assigned Numbers.” Service 
numbers for other applications are typically chosen from the range 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 user groups or 
newsgroups, or by searching.