Netgear R7900 Nighthawk X6 Ac3000 Tri Band Wifi Gigabit Router User Manual

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6. In the Type keyword or domain name here field, enter a keyword or domain that you want 
to block.
For example:
•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.
7. Click the Add Keyword button.
The keyword is added to the keyword list. The keyword list supports up to 32...

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To block services:
1. Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connecte\
d to the 
network.
2.  Enter  http://www
 .routerlogin.net or http://www.routerlogin.com  in the address field of the 
web browser.
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...

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The settings for this service automatically display in the fields.
8. To add a service or application that is not the list, select User Defined.
a.If you know that the application uses either TCP or UDP, select the appropriate 
protocol; otherwise, select TCP/UDP (both).
b. Enter the starting port and ending port numbers. 
If the service uses a single port number, enter that number in both fields. To find out 
which port numbers...

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4. Select  ADVANCED > Security > Schedule .
5. Specify when to block keywords and services:
• Days to Block. Select the check box for each day that you want to block the 
keywords or select the Every Day  check box, which automatically selects the check 
boxes for all days. 
• T
ime of Day to Block. Select a start and end time in 24-hour format, or select  All 
Day for 24-hour blocking. 
6.  Select your time zone from the...

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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 screen displays.
4.  Select  ADV
 ANCED > Security > Block Sites .
The Block Sites screen displays.
5.  Scroll down and select the  Allow trusted IP address to visit blocked sites  check box.
6.  In the T
rusted IP Address  field, enter the IP address of the trusted computer.
7.  Click the  Apply button....

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5. Select the Turn E-mail Notification On check box.
6. In the Your Outgoing Mail Server field, enter the name of your ISP outgoing (SMTP) mail 
server (such as mail.myISP.com). 
You might be able to find this information in the configuration screen of your email 
program. If you leave this field blank, log and alert messages are not sent.
7. In the Send to This E-mail Address field, type the email address to which logs and...

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6.   Tri-Band WiFi Connections
This chapter explains how the router manages WiFi connections for its WiFi bands and how you 
can control the relevant router settings.
This chapter includes the following sections:
•Tri-Band WiFi
•Smart Connect
•Implicit Beamforming 

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Tri-Band WiFi
Tri-band WiFi delivers 3.0 Gbps combined WiFi speeds through three dedica\
ted WiFi 
bands—a 2.4 GHz band, plus two 5 GHz bands. This additional 5 GHz WiFi band allows you 
to double the WiFi bandwidth for dual-band devices.
FAST
FASTER
FASTEST
2.4 GHz
450 Mbps
1300 Mbps  5 GHz 2
1300 Mbps
 5 GHz 1
Figure 7. Tri-band WiFi doubles the available bandwidth for dual-band devices
Smart Connect intelligently selects the...

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iPhone 5S with support for only single-stream 802.11n can achieve a maximum WiFi speed 
of only 150 Mbps. As more devices connect and begin downloading, the bandwidth is shared 
among them as well.
The following example of shared bandwidth shows a dual-band router in wh\
ich the GHz WiFi  band has a fast 640 Mbps capacity
 . If only one computer or device connects, the router can 
allocate a speed of up to 640 Mbps to that...

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having two lanes in the wider road instead of one. The router automatically uses Smart 
Connect to allocate the fastest devices to the fast lane
Nighthawk X6
Total bandwidth: 1500 Mbps
Internet 5 GHz
Faster
5 GHz WiFi Band
Greater than 2x the performance of other routers
5 GHz
Fastest iPhone
150 Mbps ÷ 3 iPad
300 Mbps ÷ 3 iPhone
150 Mbps ÷ 3
MacBook Pro 300 Mbps ÷ 2 MacBook Pro
1300 Mbps ÷ 2
(150 + 300 + 150)
÷ 3 + (1300 + 1300)  ÷...