Netgear R7000p Nighthawk Smart Wifi Router With Mu Mimo User Manual

							To change the language:
1.Launch a web browser from a computer or WiFi 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.In the upper right corner, select a language from the menu.
5.When prompted, click the OK button to confirm this change.
The page refreshes with the language that you selected.
Access the RouterWith the NETGEAR genie App
The genie app is the easy dashboard for managing, monitoring, and repairing your home network.The genie
app can help you with the following:
•Automatically repair common WiFi network problems.
•Easily manage router features like Live Parental Controls, guest access, Internet traffic meter, speed
test, and more.
To use the genie app to access the router:
1.Visit the NETGEAR genie web page at NETGEAR.com/genie.
2.Follow the onscreen instructions to install the app on your smartphone, tablet, or computer.
3.Launch the genie app.
The genie app dashboard page displays.
Connect to the Network and Access the Router
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Specify Your Internet Settings
Usually, the quickest way to set up the router to use your Internet connection is to allow the genie to detect the
Internet connection when you first access the router with a web browser.You can also customize or specify
your Internet settings.
This chapter contains the following sections:
•Use the Internet Setup Wizard on page 23
•Manually Set Up the Internet Connection on page 23
•Specify IPv6 Internet Connections on page 25
•Change the MTU Size on page 35
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							Use the Internet Setup Wizard
You can use the Setup Wizard to detect your Internet settings and automatically set up your router.The
Setup Wizard is not the same as the pages that display the first time you connect to your router to set it up.
To use the Setup Wizard:
1.Launch a web browser from a computer or WiFi 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 > Setup Wizard.
The Setup Wizard page displays.
5.Select the Yes radio button.
If you select the No radio button, you are taken to the Internet Setup page (see Manually Set Up the
Internet Connection on page 23).
6.Click the Next button.
The Setup Wizard searches your Internet connection for servers and protocols to determine your Internet
configuration.
When the router connects to the Internet, you are prompted to download and install the free NETGEAR
Desktop genie app and the free ReadySHARE Vault app.
Manually Set Up the Internet Connection
You can view or change the router’s Internet connection settings.
Specify an Internet Connection Without a Login
To specify the Internet connection settings:
1.Launch a web browser from a WiFi-enabled 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.
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							4.Select Internet.
The Internet Setup page displays.
5.In the Does your Internet connection require a login? section, leave the No radio button selected.
6.If your Internet connection requires an account name or host name, type it in the Account Name (If
Required) field.
7.If your Internet connection requires a domain name, type it in the Domain Name (If Required) field.
For the other sections on this page, the default settings usually work, but you can change them.
8.Select an Internet IP Address radio button:
•Get Dynamically from ISP.Your ISP uses DHCP to assign your IP address.Your ISP automatically
assigns these addresses.
•Use Static IP Address. Enter the IP address, IP subnet mask, and the gateway IP address that
your ISP assigned.The gateway is the ISP router to which your router connects.
9.Select a Domain Name Server (DNS) Address radio button:
•Get Automatically from ISP.Your ISP uses DHCP to assign your DNS servers.Your ISP
automatically assigns this address.
•Use These DNS Servers. If you know that your ISP requires specific servers, select this option.
Enter the IP address of your ISP’s primary DNS server. If a secondary DNS server address is
available, enter it also.
10.Select a Router MAC Address radio button:
•Use Default Address. Use the default MAC address.
•Use Computer MAC Address.The router captures and uses the MAC address of the computer
that you are now using.You must use the one computer that the ISP allows.
•Use This MAC Address. Enter the MAC address that you want to use.
11.Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
12.Click the Test button to test your Internet connection.
If the NETGEAR website does not display within one minute, see You Cannot Access the Internet on
page 145.
Specify an Internet Connection That Uses a Login
To view or change the basic Internet setup:
1.Launch a web browser from a WiFi-enabled 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.
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							4.Select Internet.
The Internet Setup page displays.
5.In the Does your Internet connection require a login? section, select the Yes radio button.
6.From the Internet Service Provider menu, select the encapsulation method:PPPoE, L2TP, or PPTP.
7.In the Login field, enter the login name that your ISP gave you.
This login name is often an email address.
8.In the Password field, type the password that you use to log in to your Internet service.
9.If your ISP requires a service name, type it in the Service Name (if Required) field.
10.From the Connection Mode menu, select Always On, Dial on Demand, or Manually Connect.
11.To change the number of minutes until the Internet login times out, in the Idle Timeout (In minutes)
field, type the number of minutes.
This is how long the router keeps the Internet connection active when no one on the network is using
the Internet connection. A value of 0 (zero) means never log out.
12.Select an Internet IP Address radio button:
•Get Dynamically from ISP.Your ISP uses DHCP to assign your IP address.Your ISP automatically
assigns these addresses.
•Use Static IP Address. Enter the IP address, IP subnet mask, and the gateway IP address that
your ISP assigned.The gateway is the ISP router to which your router connects.
13.Select a Domain Name Server (DNS) Address radio button:
•Get Automatically from ISP.Your ISP uses DHCP to assign your DNS servers.Your ISP
automatically assigns this address.
•Use These DNS Servers. If you know that your ISP requires specific servers, select this option.
Enter the IP address of your ISP’s primary DNS server. If a secondary DNS server address is
available, enter it also.
14.Select a Router MAC Address radio button:
•Use Default Address. Use the default MAC address.
•Use Computer MAC Address.The router captures and uses the MAC address of the computer
that you are now using.You must use the one computer that the ISP allows.
•Use This MAC Address. Enter the MAC address that you want to use.
15.Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
16.Click the Test button to test your Internet connection.
If the NETGEAR website does not display within one minute, see You Cannot Access the Internet on
page 145.
Specify IPv6 Internet Connections
You can set up an IPv6 Internet connection if the router does not detect it automatically.
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							To set up an IPv6 Internet connection:
1.Launch a web browser from a computer or WiFi 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 > IPv6.
The IPv6 page displays.
5.From the Internet Connection Type menu, select the IPv6 connection type:
•If you are not sure, select Auto Detect so that the router detects the IPv6 type that is in use.
•If your Internet connection does not use PPPoe or DHCP, or is not fixed, but is IPv6, select Auto
Config.
Your Internet service provider (ISP) can provide this information. For more information about IPv6
Internet connection, see the following sections:
•Use Auto Detect for an IPv6 Internet Connection on page 28
•Use Auto Config for an IPv6 Internet Connection on page 27
•Set Up an IPv6 6to4 Tunnel Internet Connection on page 29
•Set Up an IPv6 Pass Through Internet Connection on page 31
•Set Up an IPv6 Fixed Internet Connection on page 32
•Set Up an IPv6 DHCP Internet Connection on page 33
•Set Up an IPv6 PPPoE Internet Connection on page 34
6.Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
Requirements for Entering IPv6 Addresses
IPv6 addresses are denoted by eight groups of hexadecimal quartets that are separated by colons.You
can reduce any four-digit group of zeros within an IPv6 address to a single zero or omit it.The following
errors invalidate an IPv6 address:
•More than eight groups of hexadecimal quartets
•More than four hexadecimal characters in a quartet
•More than two colons in a row
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							Use Auto Config for an IPv6 Internet Connection
To set up an IPv6 Internet connection through autoconfiguration:
1.Launch a web browser from a WiFi-enabled 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 > IPv6.
The IPv6 page displays.
5.From the Internet Connection Type menu, select Auto Config.
The page adjusts.
The router automatically detects the information in the following fields:
•Router’s IPv6 Address on WAN.This field shows the IPv6 address that is acquired for the router’s
WAN (or Internet) interface.The number after the slash (/) is the length of the prefix, which is also
indicated by the underline (_) under the IPv6 address. If no address is acquired, the field displays
Not Available.
•Router’s IPv6 Address on LAN.This field shows the IPv6 address that is acquired for the router’s
LAN interface.The number after the slash (/) is the length of the prefix, which is also indicated by
the underline (_) under the IPv6 address. If no address is acquired, the field displays Not Available.
6.(Optional) In the DHCP User Class (If Required) field, enter a host name.
Most people can leave this field blank, but if your ISP gave you a specific host name, enter it here.
7.(Optional) In the DHCP Domain Name (If Required) field, enter a domain name.
You can type the domain name of your IPv6 ISP. Do not enter the domain name for the IPv4 ISP here.
For example, if your ISP’s mail server is mail.xxx.yyy.zzz, type xxx.yyy.zzz as the domain name. If your
ISP provided a domain name, type it in this field. For example, Earthlink Cable might require a host
name of home, and Comcast sometimes supplies a domain name.
8.Select an IP Address Assignment radio button:
•Use DHCP Server.This method passes more information to LAN devices but some IPv6 systems
might not support the DHCv6 client function.
•Auto Config.This is the default setting.
This setting specifies how the router assigns IPv6 addresses to the devices on your home network (the
LAN).
9.(Optional) Select the Use This Interface ID check box and specify the interface ID to be used for the
IPv6 address of the router’s LAN interface.
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							If you do not specify an ID here, the router generates one automatically from its MAC address.
10.Select an IPv6 Filtering radio button:
•Secured. In secured mode, which is the default mode, the router inspects both TCP and UDP packets.
•Open. In open mode, the router inspects UDP packets only.
11.Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
Use Auto Detect for an IPv6 Internet Connection
To set up an IPv6 Internet connection through autodetection:
1.Launch a web browser from a WiFi-enabled 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 > IPv6.
The IPv6 page displays.
5.From the Internet Connection Type menu, select Auto Detect.
The page adjusts.
The router automatically detects the information in the following fields:
•Connection Type.This field indicates the connection type that is detected.
•Router’s IPv6 Address on WAN.This field shows the IPv6 address that is acquired for the router’s
WAN (or Internet) interface.The number after the slash (/) is the length of the prefix, which is also
indicated by the underline (_) under the IPv6 address. If no address is acquired, the field displays
Not Available.
•Router’s IPv6 Address on LAN.This field shows the IPv6 address that is acquired for the router’s
LAN interface.The number after the slash (/) is the length of the prefix, which is also indicated by
the underline (_) under the IPv6 address. If no address is acquired, the field displays Not Available.
6.Select an IP Address Assignment radio button:
•Use DHCP Server.This method passes more information to LAN devices but some IPv6 systems
might not support the DHCv6 client function.
•Auto Config.This is the default setting.
This setting specifies how the router assigns IPv6 addresses to the devices on your home network (the
LAN).
7.(Optional) Select the Use This Interface ID check box and specify the interface ID to be used for the
IPv6 address of the router’s LAN interface.
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							If you do not specify an ID here, the router generates one automatically from its MAC address.
8.Select an IPv6 Filtering radio button:
•Secured. In secured mode, which is the default mode, the router inspects both TCP and UDP packets.
•Open. In open mode, the router inspects UDP packets only.
9.Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
Set Up an IPv6 6to4 Tunnel Internet Connection
The remote relay router is the router to which your router creates a 6to4 tunnel. Make sure that the IPv4
Internet connection is working before you apply the 6to4 tunnel settings for the IPv6 connection.
To set up an IPv6 Internet connection by using a 6to4 tunnel:
1.Launch a web browser from a WiFi-enabled 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 > IPv6.
The IPv6 page displays.
5.From the Internet Connection Type menu, select 6to4 Tunnel.
The page adjusts.
The router automatically detects the information in the Router’s IPv6 Address on LAN field.This field
shows the IPv6 address that is acquired for the router’s LAN interface.The number after the slash (/)
is the length of the prefix, which is also indicated by the underline (_) under the IPv6 address. If no
address is acquired, the field displays Not Available.
6.Select a Remote 6to4 Relay Router radio button:
•Auto.Your router uses any remote relay router that is available on the Internet.This is the default
setting.
•Static IP Address. Enter the static IPv4 address of the remote relay router.Your IPv6 ISP usually
provides this address.
7.Select an IP Address Assignment radio button:
•Use DHCP Server.This method passes more information to LAN devices but some IPv6 systems
might not support the DHCPv6 client function.
•Auto Config.This is the default setting.
This setting specifies how the router assigns IPv6 addresses to the devices on your home network (the
LAN).
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							8.(Optional) Select the Use This Interface ID check box and specify the interface ID to be used for the
IPv6 address of the router’s LAN interface.
If you do not specify an ID here, the router generates one automatically from its MAC address.
9.Select an IPv6 Filtering radio button:
•Secured. In secured mode, which is the default mode, the router inspects both TCP and UDP packets.
•Open. In open mode, the router inspects UDP packets only.
10.Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
Set Up an IPv6 6rd Internet Connection
The 6rd protocol makes it possible to deploy IPv6 to sites using a service provider’s IPv4 network. 6rd uses
the service provider’s own IPv6 address prefix.This limits the operational domain of 6rd to the service
provider’s network and is under direct control of the service provider.The IPv6 service provided is equivalent
to native IPv6.The 6rd mechanism relies on an algorithmic mapping between the IPv6 and IPv4 addresses
that are assigned for use within the service provider’s network.This mapping allows for automatic
determination of IPv4 tunnel endpoints from IPv6 prefixes, allowing stateless operation of 6rd.
With a 6rd tunnel configuration, the router follows the RFC5969 standard, supporting two ways to establish
a 6rd tunnel IPv6 WAN connection:
•Auto Detect mode. In IPv6 Auto Detect mode, when the router receives option 212 from the DHCPv4
option, autodetect selects the IPv6 as 6rd tunnel setting.The router uses the 6rd option information to
establish the 6rd connection.
•Manual mode. Select 6rd Tunnel. If the router receives option 212, the fields are automatically
completed. Otherwise, you must enter the 6rd settings.
To set up an IPv6 6rd Internet connection:
1.Launch a web browser from a WiFi-enabled 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 > IPv6.
The IPv6 page displays.
5.From the Internet Connection Type menu, select 6rd.
The page adjusts.
The page adjusts.The router automactially detects the information in the following sections:
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