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							The BASIC Home page displays.
4.Select ADVANCED > Setup > WAN Setup.
The WAN Setup page displays.
5.In the MTU Size field, enter a value from 64 to 1500.
6.Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
If you suspect an MTU problem, a common solution is to change the MTU to 1400. If you are willing to experiment, you
can gradually reduce the MTU from the maximum value of 1500 until the problem goes away.The following table
describes common MTU sizes and applications.
Table 3. Common MTU sizes
ApplicationMTU
The largest Ethernet packet size.This setting is typical for connections that do not use PPPoE or VPN
and is the default value for NETGEAR routers, adapters, and switches.
1500
Used in PPPoE environments.1492
Maximum size to use for pinging. (Larger packets are fragmented.)1472
Used in some DHCP environments.1468
Usable by AOL if you do not send or receive large email attachments, for example.1460
Used in PPTP environments or with VPN.1436
Maximum size for AOL DSL.1400
Typical value to connect to dial-up ISPs.576
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Control Access to the Internet
The router comes with a built-in firewall that helps protect your home network from unwanted intrusions from the Internet.
This chapter includes the following sections:
•Set Up Parental Controls on page 43
•Allow or Block Access to Your Network on page 44
•Use Keywords to Block Internet Sites on page 46
•Manage Network Access Control Lists on page 50
•Schedule When to Block Internet Sites and Services on page 51
•Set Up Security Event Email Notifications on page 52
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							Set Up Parental Controls
The first time that you select Parental Controls from the BASIC Home page, your browser goes to the Live Parental
Controls website, where you can learn more about Parental Controls and download the application.
After you set up and enable parental controls, you can change the web filtering level for each device on the network
through the network map page on the genie app.
To set up Parental Controls:
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 Parental Controls.
The Live Parental Controls website opens.
5.Click the button for the app or version that you want to download and use.
6.Follow the onscreen instructions to download and install the genie app.
7.Open the genie app and select Parental Controls.
After installation, Live Parental Controls automatically starts.
8.Click the Next button, read the note, and click the Next button again.
Because Live Parental Controls uses free OpenDNS accounts, you are prompted to log in or create a free
account.
9.Select a radio button as follows:
•If you already own an OpenDNS account, leave the Yes radio button selected.
•If you do not own an OpenDNS account, select the No radio button.
If you are creating an account, the Create a free OpenDNS account page displays. Do the following:
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							a.Complete the fields.
b.Click the Next button.
After you log on or create your account, the filtering level page displays.
10.Select a filtering level and click the Next button.
The Setup is complete page displays.
11.Click the Take me to the status screen button.
The Status page displays. Parental controls are now set up for the router.
12.To enable Parental Controls, click the Enable Live Parental Controls.
After you set up and enable Parental Controls, you can change the web filtering level for each device on the
network through the network map page of the genie app.
Allow or Block Access to Your Network
You can use access control to block or allow access to your network.
To set up access control:
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.
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							4.Select ADVANCED > Security > Access Control.
5.Select the Turn on Access Control check box.
You must select this check box before you can specify an access rule and use the Allow and Block buttons.
When this check box is cleared, all devices are allowed to connect, even if a device is in the blocked list.
6.Select an access rule:
•Allow all new devices to connect.With this setting, if you add a new device, it can access your network.
You don’t need to enter its MAC address on this page.We recommend that you leave this radio button
selected.
•Block all new devices from connecting.With this setting, if you add a new device, before it can access
your network, you must enter its MAC address for an Ethernet connection and its MAC address for a WiFi
connection in the allowed list.
The access rule does not affect previously blocked or allowed devices. It applies only to devices joining your
network in the future after you apply these settings.
7.To view allowed or blocked devices that are not connected, click one of the following links:
•View list of allowed devices not currently connected to the network
•View list of blocked devices not currently connected to the network
The list displays.
8.To allow the computer or device you’re currently using to continue to access the network, select the check box
next to your computer or device, and click the Allow button.
9.Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
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							Use Keywords to Block Internet Sites
You can use keywords to block certain Internet sites from your network.You can use blocking all the time or based
on a schedule.
To block Internet sites:
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 > Security >Block Sites.
5.Select a keyword blocking option:
•Per Schedule.Turn on keyword blocking according to a schedule that you set. (See Schedule When to
Block Internet Sites and Services on page 51.)
•Always.Turn on keyword blocking all the time, independent of the Schedule page.
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.
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							The keyword is added to the keyword list.The keyword list supports up to 32 entries.
8.Click the Apply button.
Keyword blocking takes effect.
Block Services From the Internet
You can block Internet services on your network based on the type of service.You can block the services all the
time or based on a schedule.
To block services:
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 > Security > Block Services.
5.Specify when to block the services:
•To block the services all the time, select the Always radio button.
•To block the services based on a schedule, select the Per Schedule radio button.
For information about how to specify the schedule, see Schedule When to Block Internet Sites and Services on
page 51.
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							6.Click the Add button.
7.To add a service that is in the Service Type menu, select the application or service.
The settings for this service automatically display in the fields.
8.To add a service or application that is not in the menu, select User Defined, and do the following:
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
the service or application uses, you can contact the publisher of the application, ask user groups or
newsgroups, or search on the Internet.
9.Select a filtering option:
•Only This IP Address. Block services for a single computer.
•IP Address Range. Block services for a range of computers with consecutive IP addresses on your network.
•All lP Addresses. Block services for all computers on your network.
10.Click the Add button.
Your settings are saved.
Delete Keywords From the Blocked List
To delete keywords from the list:
1.Launch a web browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connected to the network.
2.Enter http://www.routerlogin.net.
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							A login window opens.
3.Enter the router user name and password.
The user name is admin.The default password is admin.The user name and password are case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home page displays.
4.Select ADVANCED > Security >Block Sites.
The Block Sites page displays.
5.Do one of the following:
•To delete a single word, select it and click the Delete Keyword button.
The keyword is removed from the list.
•To delete all keywords on the list, click the Clear List button.
All keywords are removed from the list.
6.Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
Avoid Blocking on a Trusted Computer
You can exempt one trusted computer from blocking.The computer you exempt must be assigned a fixed IP address.
You can use the reserved IP address feature to specify the IP address. See Manage Reserved LAN IP Addresses
on page 71.
To specify a trusted computer:
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 > Security > Block Sites.
The Block Sites page displays.
5.Scroll down and select the Allow trusted IP address to visit blocked sites check box.
6.In the Trusted IP Address field, enter the IP address of the trusted computer.
7.Click the Apply button.
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							Your settings are saved.
Manage Network Access Control Lists
You can use access control to block or allow access to your network.
To manage devices that are allowed or blocked:
1.Launch a web browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connected to the network.
2.Type 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 > Security > Access Control.
5.Select the Turn on Access Control radio button.
6.Click the View list of allowed devices not currently connected to the network link.
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