Netgear R8500 Nighthawk X8 Tri Band Ac5300 Wifi Router 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.
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							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 .
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 154
•Specify VPN Service in the Router on page 154
•Install OpenVPN Software on Your Computer on page 155
•Use VPN to Access the Router’s USB Device and Media on page 159
•Use a VPN Tunnel to Access Your Internet Service at Home on page 161
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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 17.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.
The router currently does not support iOS or Android VPN client software.Note
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 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.
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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 page displays.
5.Select the Enable VPN Service check box.
By default, the VPN uses the UDP service type and uses port 12974. If you want to customize the service type
and port, we recommend that you change these settings before you install the OpenVPN software.
6.To change the service type, scroll down and select the TCP radio button.
7.To change the port, scroll down to the Service Port field, and type the port number that you want to use.
8.Click the Apply button.
Your settings 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 on Your Computer
You must install this software on each computer that you plan to use for VPN connections to your router.
To install VPN client software:
1.Visit openvpn.net/index.php/download/community-downloads.html.
2.In the Windows Installer section of the page, double-click the openVPN-install-xxx.exe link.
3.Download the file.
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							4.To install the Open VPN software on your computer, click the openVPN-install-xxx.exe file.
5.Click the Next button.
6.Read the License Agreement and click the I Agree button.
7.Leave the check boxes selected as shown, and click the Next button.
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							8.To specify the destination folder, click the Browse button and select a destination folder.
9.Click the Install button.
The window displays the progress of the installation and then displays the final installation page.
10.Click the Finish button.
11.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:\Programfiles\OpenVPN\config\
by default.
12.For a client device with Windows, modify the VPN interface name to NETGEAR-VPN:
a.In Windows, select Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network Connections.
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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							Use a VPN Tunnel
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 67.
To open a VPN tunnel:
1.Launch the OpenVPN application with administrator privileges.
The OpenVPN icon displays in the Windows taskbar.
You can create a shortcut to the VPN program, then use the shortcut to access the settings and
select the run as administrator check box.Then every time you use this shortcut, OpenVPN
automatically runs with administrator privileges.
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2.Right-click the OpenVPN icon.
3.Select Connect.
The VPN connection is established.You can do the following:
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							•Launch a web browser and log in to your router.
•Use Windows file manager to access the router’s USB device and download files.
Use VPN to Access the Router’s USB Device and Media
To access a USB device and download files:
1.In Windows file manager, select the Network folder.
The network resources display.The ReadySHARE icon is in the Computer section and the remote R8500 icon
is in the Media Devices section (if DLNA is enabled in the router).
2.If the icons do not display, click the Refresh button to update the screen.
If the local LAN and the remote LAN are using the same IP scheme, the remote R8500 icon does not display
in the Media Devices and Network Infrastructure sections.
3.To access the USB device, click the ReadySHARE icon.
4.To access media on the router’s network, click the R8500 icon.
Use VPN to Access Your Internet Service at Home
When you’re away from home and you access the Internet, you usually use a local Internet service provider. For
example, at a coffee shop you might be given a code that lets you use the coffee shop’s Internet service account to
surf the web.
Nighthawk lets you use a VPN connection to access your own Internet service when you’re away from home.You
might want to do this if you travel to a geographic location that doesn’t support all the Internet services that you use
at home. For example, your Netflix account might work at home but not in a different country.
Set Up VPN Client Internet Access in the Router
By default, the router is set up to allow VPN connections only to your home network but you can change the settings
to allow Internet access. Accessing the Internet remotely through a VPN might be slower than accessing the Internet
directly.
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							To allow VPN clients to use your home Internet service:
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 > VPN Service.
The VPN page displays.
5.Select the Enable VPN Service radio button.
6.Scroll down to the Clients will use this VPN connection to access section, and select the All sites on the Internet
& Home Network radio button.
When you access the Internet with the VPN connection, instead of using a local Internet service, you use the
Internet service from your home network.
7.Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
8.Click the For Windows or For Non Windows button and download the configuration files for your VPN clients.
9.Unzip the configuration files 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:\Programfiles\OpenVPN\config\
by default.
Block VPN Client Internet Access in the Router
By default, the router is set up to allow VPN connections only to your home network, not to the Internet service for
your home network. If you changed this setting to allow Internet access, you can change it back.
To allow VPN clients to access only your home network:
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.
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