Netgear R8000 Nighthawk X6 Ac3200 Tri Band Wifi Gigabit Router User Manual

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To change the WPA settings:
1. Launch an Internet browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the 
network.
2. Type 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 Wireless.
The Wireless Setup...

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The BASIC Home screen displays.
4.  Select  Guest Network .
5. Scroll to the section of the screen for the guest WiFi network that you \
want to set up. 
The default guest wireless network names (SSIDs) are as follows:
• NETGEAR-Guest is for the 2.4 GHz WiFi band.
• NETGEAR-5G -Guest is for the first 5 GHz WiFi band.
• NETGEAR-5G-2-Guest is for the second 5 GHz WiFi band.
6.  Select any of the following wireless settings:
• Enable Guest...

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the WPA-PSK [TKIP] + WPA2-PSK [AES] radio button. This setting protects your WiFi 
network and lets computers and wireless devices can connect to the WiFi network by 
using either WPA2 or WPA security.
9. Click the Apply button. 
Your settings are saved.
Control the Wireless Radios
The router’s internal wireless radios broadcast signals in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz range. By 
default, they are on so that you can connect wirelessly to the router....

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4. Select  ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings.
5. In the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz sections of the screen, select or clear the  Enable Wireless 
Radio check boxes.
Clearing these check boxes turns off the WiFi feature of the router for each band. 
6.  Click the  Apply button.
If you turned off both wireless radios, the WiFi On/Off LED and the WPS LED turn off. If 
you turned on the wireless radios, the WiFi On/Of
 f LED and the WPS LED...

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4. Select  ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings .
The Advanced Wireless Settings screen displays.
5.  Click the  Add a new period  button.
6. Use the lists, radio buttons, and check boxes to set up a period during \
which you want to 
turn off the wireless signal.
7.  Click the  Apply button.
The Advanced Wireless Settings screen displays.
8.  Select the T
 urn off wireless signal by schedule  check box to activate the schedule....

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The Router’s PIN field displays the PIN that you use on a registrar (for example, from the 
Network Explorer on a Vista Windows computer) to configure the router’s wireless 
settings through WPS. 
5. (Optional) Select or clear the Enable Router’s PIN check box.
The PIN function might temporarily be disabled when the router detects suspicious 
attempts to break into the router’s wireless settings by using the router’s PIN through 
WPS. You...

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To set up the router with your existing router or gateway:
1. Use an Ethernet cable to connect the Internet port of this router to a L\
AN port on your 
existing router or gateway.  
Cable this port to a LAN port
on another router
2. Launch a web browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connected to\
 the network.
The first time that you are setting up the Internet connection for your \
router, the browser  goes to http://www...

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Use the Router as a Wireless Access Point
You can set up the router to run as an access point (AP) on the same lo\
cal network as 
another router.
To set up the router as an AP:
1.  Use an Ethernet cable to connect the Internet port of this router to a L\
AN port in the 
other router

. 
Cable this port to a LAN port
on another router
2. Launch an Internet browser from a computer or wireless device that is co\
nnected to the 
network.
3....

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7. Scroll down and select an IP address setting:
•Get dynamically from existing router. The other router on the network assigns an 
IP address to this router while this router is in AP mode.
•Enable fixed IP settings on this device (not recommended). Use this setting if you 
want to manually assign a specific IP address to this router while it is in AP mode. 
Using this option effectively requires advanced network experience.
Note:To avoid...

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12.   Manage Your Network
This chapter describes the router settings for administering and maintaining your router and 
home network. 
This chapter includes the following sections:
•Update the Router Firmware 
•Change the admin Password 
•Recover the admin Password 
•View Router Status 
•View and Manage Logs of Router Activity 
•Monitor Internet Traffic 
•Custom Static Routes 
•View Devices Currently on the Network 
•Manage the Router Configuration File 
•Remote Management 
•Remotely Access Your...