Netgear R7000p Nighthawk Smart Wifi Router With Mu Mimo User Manual

3.Click the Network Scanner button.
4.If a Select a Device window opens, select the scanner and click the OK button.
The scanner window opens so that you can use the USB printer for scanning.
Change NETGEAR USB Control Center Settings
You can stop the NETGEAR USB Control Center from starting automatically when you log in to Windows.
You can also change the language and specify the time-out to release the printer connection.
Turn Off Automatic Startup for NETGEAR USB Control Center
You can stop the...

2.Select Tools > Configuration.
The NETGEAR USB Control Center page displays.
3.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.
4.Click the OK button.
Your settings are saved.
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Use VPN to Access Your Network
You can use OpenVPN software to remotely access your router using virtual private networking (VPN).This
chapter explains how to set up and use VPN access.
The chapter includes the following sections:
•Set Up a VPN Connection on page 124
•Specify VPN Service in the Router on page 124
•Install OpenVPN Software on page 125
•Use a VPN Tunnel on Your Windows Computer on page 130
•Use VPN to Access the Router’s USB Device and Media on page 131
•Use a VPN Tunnel to Access Your...

Set Up a VPN Connection
A virtual private network (VPN) lets you use the Internet to securely access your network when you aren’t
home.
Figure 8.VPN provides a secure tunnel between your home network and a remote computer
This type of VPN access is called a client-to-gateway tunnel.The computer is the client, and the router is
the gateway.To use the VPN feature, you must log in to the router and enable VPN, and you must install
and run VPN client software on the computer.
VPN uses DDNS or a static IP...

The BASIC Home page displays.
4.Select ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > VPN Service.
The VPN page displays.
5.Select the Enable VPN Service check box.
6.To change the TUN Mode Service Type, select the UCP or TCP radio button.
7.To change the TUN Mode Service Port, type the port number that you want to use in the field.
The default port number is 12973.
8.To change the TAP Mode Service Type, select the UCP or TCP radio button.
9.To change the TAP Mode Service Port, type the port number that you want to use in...

8.Visit openvpn.net/index.php/download/community-downloads.html to download the OpenVPN client
utility.
9.In the Windows Installer section of the page, double-click the openVPN-install-xxx.exe link.
10.Download and install the Open VPN software on your computer, click the openVPN-install-xxx.exe
file.
11.Click the Next button.
12.Read the License Agreement and click the I Agree button.
13.Leave the check boxes selected as shown, and click the Next button.
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14.To specify the destination folder, click the Browse button and select a destination folder.
15.Click the Install button.
The window displays the progress of the installation and then displays the final installation page.
16.Click the Finish button.
17.Unzip the configuration files that you downloaded and copy them to the folder where the VPN client is
installed on your device.
For a client device with Windows 64-bit system, the VPN client is installed at C:\Program
files\OpenVPN\config\ by default....

For more information about using OpenVPN on your Windows computer, visit
https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/howto.html#quick.
Install OpenVPN Software on Your Mac Computer
You must install this software on each Mac computer that you plan to use for VPN connections to your
router.
To install VPN client software on your Mac computer:
1.Launch a web browser from a computer or mobile device that is connected to the network.
2.Enter http://www.routerlogin.net.
A login window opens....

The user name is admin.The default password is password.The user name and password are
case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home page displays.
4.Select ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > VPN Service.
The VPN Service page displays.
5.Make sure that the Enable VPN Service check box is selected.
6.Specify any VPN service settings on the page.
For more information, see Specify VPN Service in the Router on page 124.
7.Click the For Smart Phone button to download the OpenVPN configuration files.
8.On your iOS device, download...

9.On your computer, unzip the configuration files that you downloaded and send the files to your Android
device.
10.Open the files on your Android device.
11.Open the .ovpn file using the OpenVPN Connect app.
For more information about using OpenVPN on your Android device, visit
http://www.vpngate.net/en/howto_openvpn.aspx#android.
Use a VPN Tunnel on Your Windows Computer
After you set up the router to use VPN and install the OpenVPN application on your computer, you can open
a VPN tunnel from your...