Netgear R9000 Nighthawk X10 Smart Wifi Router User Manual

							Print Using the NETGEAR USB Control Center
For each computer, after you click the Connect and Disconnect buttons once, the utility automatically
manages the printing queue and handling. By default, the utility starts automatically whenever you log on
to Windows and runs in the background.
To print a document using the NETGEAR USB Control Center:
1.Click the NETGEAR USB Control Center icon .
The NETGEAR USB Control Center page displays.
2.Select a printer and click the Connect button.
The printer status changes to Manually connected by Mycomputer. Now only the computer that you are
using can use this printer.
3.Use the print feature in your application to print your document.
The NETGEAR USB Control Center automatically connects your computer to the USB printer and prints
the document. If another computer is already connected to the printer, your print job goes into a queue
to wait to be printed.
4.If your document does not print, use the NETGEAR USB Control Center to check the printer status.
5.To release the printer so that all computers on the network can use it, click the Disconnect button.
The status changes to Available. Now any computers on the network can use the printer.
6.To exit the utility, select System > Exit.
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							View or Change the Status of a Printer
To view or change the status:
1.Click the NETGEAR USB Control Center icon .
The NETGEAR USB Control Center page displays.
The Status column shows the status for each device:
•Available. No print jobs are in progress.You can use the USB printer from any computer in the
network.
•Connected.Your computer is connected to the printer and will be released when your print job is
done.
•Manually Connected by. Only the connected computer can use the printer.
•Waiting to Connect.Your computer is not connected to the shared printer yet.
2.To print from your computer when the status shows Manually connected by another computer, do the
following:
a.Click the Connect button on your computer.
On the other user’s computer, a message displays that another user wants to connect to the printer.
b.On the other user's computer, click the Accept button.
The printer is released from the connection and the status changes to Available.
3.To print from your computer when the status shows Waiting to Connect, do the following:
a.Click the Connect button.
The printer status changes to Manually connected by Mycomputer. Now only your computer can
use the printer.
b.To allow the printer to be shared, click the Disconnect button.
The printer is released from the connection and the status changes to Available.
Use the Scan Feature of a Multifunction USB Printer
If your USB printer supports scanning, you can also use the USB printer for scanning.
To use the scan feature of a multifunction USB printer:
1.Click the NETGEAR USB Control Center icon .
The NETGEAR USB Control Center page displays.
2.Make sure that the printer status shows as Available.
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							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.
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 .
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							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 126
•Specify VPN Service in the Router on page 126
•Install OpenVPN Software on page 127
•Use a VPN Tunnel on Your Windows Computer on page 132
•Use VPN to Access the Router’s USB Device and Media on page 134
•Use a VPN Tunnel to Access Your Internet Service at Home on page 136
•Change VPN Pass-Through Settings on page 136
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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 8.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.
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 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 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 changes 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
You must install this software on each Windows computer, Mac computer, iOS device, or Android device
that you plan to use for VPN connections to your router.
Install OpenVPN Software on Your Windows Computer
You must install this software on each Windows computer that you plan to use for VPN connections to your
router.
To install VPN client software on your Windows computer:
1.Launch a web browser from a 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 > VPN Service.
The VPN Service page displays.
5.Make sure that the Enable VPN Service check box is selected.
6.Specify any VPN service settings on the page.
For more information, see Specify VPN Service in the Router on page 126.
7.Click the For Windows button to download the OpenVPN configuration files.
8.Visit openvpn.net/index.php/download/community-downloads.html to download the OpenVPN client
utility.
9.In the Windows Installer section of the page, double-click the openVPN-install-xxx.exe link.
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							10.Download and install the Open VPN software on your computer, click the openVPN-install-xxx.exe
file.
11.Click the Next button.
12.Read the License Agreement and click the I Agree button.
13.Leave the check boxes selected as shown, and click the Next button.
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							14.To specify the destination folder, click the Browse button and select a destination folder.
15.Click the Install button.
The window displays the progress of the installation and then displays the final installation page.
16.Click the Finish button.
17.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:\Program
files\OpenVPN\config\ by default.
18.For a client device with Windows, modify the VPN interface name to NETGEAR-VPN:
a.On your computer, go to the Networks page. If you are using Windows 10, select Control Panel >
Network and Sharing Center > Change adapter settings.
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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							For more information about using OpenVPN on your Windows computer, visit
https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/howto.html#quick.
Install OpenVPN Software on Your Mac Computer
You must install this software on each Mac computer that you plan to use for VPN connections to your
router.
To install VPN client software on your Mac computer:
1.Launch a web browser from a 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 > VPN Service.
The VPN Service page displays.
5.Make sure that the Enable VPN Service check box is selected.
6.Specify any VPN service settings on the page.
For more information, see Specify VPN Service in the Router on page 126.
7.Click the For non-Windows button to download the OpenVPN configuration files.
8.Visit https://tunnelblick.net/index.html to download the OpenVPN client utility for Mac OS X.
9.Download and install the file.
10.Unzip the configuration files that you downloaded and copy them to the folder where the VPN client is
installed on your device.
The client utility must ge installed by a user with administrative priviledges.
For more information about using OpenVPN on your Mac computer, visit
https://openvpn.net/index.php/access-server/docs/admin-guides/183-how-to-connect-to-access-server-from-a-mac.html.
Install OpenVPN Software on an iOS Device
You must install this software on each iOS device that you plan to use for VPN connections to your router.
To install VPN client software on an iOS device:
1.Launch a web browser from a 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.
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