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 NETGEAR USB Control Center from starting automatically when you log in to Windows.
To turn off automatic NETGEAR USB Control Center startup:
1.Click the NETGEAR USB Control Center icon .
The NETGEAR USB Control Center page displays.
2.Select Tools > Configuration.
The Control Center - Configuration page displays.
3.Clear the Automatically execute when logging on Windows check box.
4.Click the OK button.
Your settings are saved.
Change the Language for the NETGEAR USB Control Center
To change the language:
1.Click the NETGEAR USB Control Center icon .
2.Select Tools > Configuration.
The NETGEAR USB Control Center page displays.
3.From the Language menu, select a language.
4.Click the OK button.
The next time NETGEAR USB Control Center starts, the language changes.
Specify the USB Control Center Time-Out
Specify the time-out to release the printer connection.
To specify the time-out:
1.Click the NETGEAR USB Control Center icon .
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							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 Internet Service at Home on page 133
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							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 address to connect with your router.
To use a DDNS service, register for an account with a host name (sometimes called a domain name).You
use the host name to access your network.The router supports these accounts: NETGEAR, No-IP, and
Dyn.
If your Internet service provider (ISP) assigned a static WAN IP address (such as 50.196.x.x or 10.x.x.x)
that never changes to your Internet account, the VPN can use that IP address to connect to your home
network.
Specify VPN Service in the Router
You must specify the VPN service settings in the router before you can use a VPN connection.
To specify the VPN service:
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.
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.
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							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 the field.
The default port number is 12974.
10.Click the Apply button.
Your changes are saved.VPN is enabled in the router, but you must install and set up OpenVPN software
on your computer before you can use a VPN connection.
Install OpenVPN Software
You must install this software on each Windows computer, Mac computer, iOS device, or Android device
that you plan to use for VPN connections to your router.
Install OpenVPN Software on Your Windows Computer
You must install this software on each Windows computer that you plan to use for VPN connections to your
router.
To install VPN client software on your Windows 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.
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 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 Windows button to download the OpenVPN configuration files.
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							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.
18.For a client device with Windows, modify the VPN interface name to NETGEAR-VPN:
a.On your computer, go to the Networks page. If you are using Windows 10, select Control Panel >
Network and Sharing Center > Change adapter settings.
b.In the local area connection list, find the local area connection with the device name TAP-Windows
Adapter.
c.Select the local area connection and change its name (not its device name) to NETGEAR-VPN.
If you do not change the VPN interface name, the VPN tunnel connection will fail.
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							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.
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 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 non-Windows button to download the OpenVPN configuration files.
8.Visit https://tunnelblick.net/index.html to download the OpenVPN client utility for Mac OS X.
9.Download and install the file.
10.Unzip the configuration files that you downloaded and copy them to the folder where the VPN client is
installed on your device.
The client utility must ge installed by a user with administrative priviledges.
For more information about using OpenVPN on your Mac computer, visit
https://openvpn.net/index.php/access-server/docs/admin-guides/183-how-to-connect-to-access-server-from-a-mac.html.
Install OpenVPN Software on an iOS Device
You must install this software on each iOS device that you plan to use for VPN connections to your router.
To install VPN client software on an iOS device:
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.
3.Enter the router user name and password.
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							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 and install the OpenVPN Connect app from the Apple app store.
9.On your computer, unzip the configuration files that you downloaded and send the files to your iOS
device.
Note that when you open the .ovpn file, a list of apps displays. Select the OpenVPN Connect app to
open the .ovpn file.
For more information about using OpenVPN on your iOS device, visit
http://www.vpngate.net/en/howto_openvpn.aspx#ios.
Install OpenVPN Software on an Android Device
You must install this software on each Android device that you plan to use for VPN connections to your
router.
To install VPN client software on an Android device:
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.
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 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 Android device, download and install the OpenVPN Connect app from the Google Play Store.
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							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 computer to your router over the Internet.
For the VPN tunnel to work, the local LAN IP address of the remote router must use a different LAN IP
scheme from that of the local LAN where your VPN client computer is connected. If both networks use the
same LAN IP scheme, when the VPN tunnel is established, you cannot access your home router or your
home network with the OpenVPN software.
The default LAN IP address scheme for the router is 192.x.x.x.The most common IP schemes are 192.x.x.x,
172.x.x.x, and 10.x.x.x. If you experience a conflict, change the IP scheme either for your home network or
for the network with the client VPN computer. For information about changing these settings, see Change
the LAN TCP/IP Settings on page 50.
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