Netgear Wireless N 150 Router Wnr612 User Guide

							July 2010 
202-10614-01 
v1.0
350 East Plumeria Drive
San Jose, CA 95134
USA
Wireless-N 150 Router 
WNR612v2 
User Manual 
						

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Configuring Your Internet Connection
Logging In to Your Wireless Router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
Selecting a Language for Your Screen Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
Using the Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
Viewing or Manually Configuring Your ISP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
Chapter 2 Wireless Configuration
Planning Your Wireless Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
Wireless Placement and Range Guidelines  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
Wireless Security Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
Manually Configuring Your Wireless Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
Configuring WEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
Configuring WPA, WPA2, or WPA + WPA2  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
Using Push N Connect (WPS) to Configure Your Wireless Network . . . .  18
WPS Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
WPS PIN Entry  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
Adding Wireless Computers That Do Not Support WPS . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
Wireless Guest Networks  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
Advanced Wireless Settings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
Advanced WPS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
Restricting Wireless Access by MAC Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Chapter 3 Protecting Your Network
Protecting Access to Your Wireless Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
Changing the Administrator Password  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
Blocking Access to Internet Sites  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
Blocking Access to Internet Services  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
Blocking Services by IP Address Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
Scheduling Blocking  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30
Viewing Logs of Web Access or Attempted Web Access  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30
Email Alerts and Web Access Log Notifications  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  31
Chapter 4 Customizing Your Network
Using the LAN IP Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  34
Configuring a Device Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  34
Configuring LAN TCP/IP Setup Parameters  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  34 
						

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Using the Router as a DHCP Server  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using Address Reservation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using a Dynamic DNS Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Configuring the WAN Setup Options  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Disabling Port Scan and DOS Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Setting Up a Default DMZ Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Responding to a Ping on the Internet (WAN) Port  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Setting the MTU Size  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Disabling IGMP Proxying  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Disabling SIP ALG  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Enabling IPv6 Pass-Through  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Configuring NAT Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Configuring Static Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Chapter 5 Maintenance
Upgrading the Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Manually Checking for Firmware Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Backing Up, Restoring, and Erasing Your Settings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Backing Up the Configuration to a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Restoring the Configuration from a File  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Erasing the Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Viewing Wireless Router Status Information  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Viewing Statistics  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Viewing the Connection Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Viewing a List of Attached Devices  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Enabling Remote Management Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Traffic Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Chapter 6 Fine-Tuning Your Network
Allowing Inbound Connections to Your Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
How Your Computer Accesses the Internet through Your Router  . . . . . 54
How Port Triggering Changes the Communication Process  . . . . . . . . . 55
How Port Forwarding Changes the Communication Process. . . . . . . . . 56
How Port Forwarding Differs from Port Triggering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Configuring Port Forwarding to Local Servers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Adding a Custom Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Editing or Deleting a Port Forwarding Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Configuring Port Triggering  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Using Universal Plug and Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Changing the MTU Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Quality of Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Using WMM QoS for Wireless Multimedia Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Configuring QoS for Internet Access  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Overview of Home and Small Office Networking Technologies . . . . . . . . . 69
Assessing Your Speed Requirements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 
						

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Chapter 7 Troubleshooting
Quick Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Troubleshooting Basic Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Login Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Checking the Internet Service Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Obtaining an Internet IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Troubleshooting PPPoE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Troubleshooting Internet Browsing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Troubleshooting Your Network Using the Ping Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Testing the LAN Path to Your Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Testing the Path from Your Computer to a Remote Device . . . . . . . . . . 78
Problems with Date and Time  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Problems with Wireless Adapter Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Restoring the Default Configuration and Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Appendix A Factory Default Settings and Technical Specifications
Factory Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
General Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Appendix B Related Documents
Appendix C Notification of Compliance
Index 
						

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1.   Configuring Your Internet Connection
1
Note:  For help with installation and initial setup, see the  Wireless-N 150 
Router WNR612v2 Installation Guide included in the package. 
This chapter describes how to configure your Wireless-N 150 Router WNR61\
2v2 Internet  connection. This chapter includes:
•     Logging In to Your Wireless Router on page  7
•     Selecting a Language for Your Screen Display on page  8
•     Using the Setup Wizard on page  9
•     Viewing or Manually Configuring Your ISP Settings  on page
  9 
						

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Logging In to Your Wireless Router 
You can log in to the wireless router to view or change its settings, an\
d to access the 
Knowledge Base and documentation. 
To log in to the wireless router:
1. 
If you have not set up wireless connections yet, connect your computer t\
o the wireless 
router with an Ethernet cable.
2.  In the address field of your Internet browser, 
enter  http://www.routerlogin.com. or 
http://www.routerlogin.net .
To connect, you can also enter the router’s IP 
address, http://192.168.1.1.
The wireless router user name and password 
are not the same as any other user name or 
password you might use to log in to your 
Internet connection.
3.  Enter  admin  for the user name and your password (or the default,  password
). 
For information about how to change the password, see Changing the Administrator 
Password on page 27.
4.  The screen that displays when you log in depends on whether the wireless\
 router has 
already been set up.
•     Firmware Upgrade Assistant: If you log in after the wireless router has been  configured, this screen displays. See  Upgrading the Firmware on page 44for details.
•     Router Status screen: The wireless router Internet connection is not configured, or  the wireless router has been reset to its factory default settings. See \
Viewing Wireless 
Router Status Information  on page
  47.
•     Basic Settings screen : If there is no new firmware and your Internet connection is 
configured, the Basic Settings screen displays. See  Viewing or Manually Configuring 
Your ISP Settings  on page  9.
If you do not click Logout, the wireless router will wait for 5 minutes after no activity 
before it automatically logs you out. 
						

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Selecting a Language for Your Screen Display
Using the Select Language drop-down list, located in the upper right cor\
ner of the Router 
Manager screen, you can change the language.
The language is set to English by default. The default language is alway\
s stored in memory. 
When you select another language, it is stored in memory in addition to \
English. The 
additional language stored is the most recently selected. For example, i\
f you select Deutsch, 
German and English will be stored. If you next select Chinese, Chinese a\
nd English will be 
stored.
To change the displayed language:
1. 
Expand the list and select the language you want.
2.  Click  Apply .
The language you select is then downloaded and displayed in the language\
 selection 
box, and your screen display will be in the selected language.
Note:   You can select from the entire list of supported languages only when 
the router is connected to the Internet. When the router is not 
connected to the Internet, you can select only one of the stored 
languages. 
						

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Using the Setup Wizard
The Setup Wizard can check your Internet connection for servers and prot\
ocols to determine 
your ISP configuration. This feature is not the same as the Smart Wizard\
 on the 
Resource 
CD  that is used for installation. You can also manually specify your Intern\
et connection 
settings in the Basic Settings screen.
To use the Setup Wizard:
1.  From the top of the router main menu, select Setup Wizard.
2.  Make sure the correct location is in the  Country field.
3.  Select the  Yes radio button to use the wizard, and click  Next to proceed.
4.  Depending on the type of connection, you are prompted to enter your ISP \
settings.
5.  At the end of the Setup Wizard, click Test  to check your Internet connection. If you have 
trouble connecting to the Internet, see  Chapter 7, Troubleshooting.
Viewing or Manually Configuring Your ISP Settings
To view or configure the basic settings: 
1. Select Basic Settings from the router menu. 
2.  Select  Yes or No depending on whether your ISP requires a login. This selection changes \
the fields available on the Basic Settings screen.
•     Yes. If your ISP requires a login, select this radio button.
•     No . Enter the account name, if required, and the domain name, if required.\
 
						

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3. Enter the settings for the IP address and DNS server. If you enter or change a DNS address, 
restart the computers on your network so that these settings take effect.
4. If no login is required, you can specify the MAC Address setting.
5. Click Apply to save your settings.
6. Click Test to test your Internet connection. If the NETGEAR website does not appear within 
1 minute, see 
Checking the Internet Service Connection on page 75.
When your Internet connection is working, you do not need to launch the ISP’s login program 
on your computer to access the Internet. When you start an Internet application, your 
wireless router automatically logs you in
. 
Table 1.  Basic Settings Screen Fields  
SettingsDescription
Does Your ISP Require a Login?• Yes
• No
These fields 
appear only if no 
login is required.Account Name  
(If required)
Enter the account name provided by your ISP. This might also be called the 
host name.
Domain Name  
(If required)
Enter the domain name provided by your ISP.
These fields 
appear only if 
your ISP 
requires a login.Internet Service 
ProviderPPPoE, PPTP, or L2TP
LoginThe login name provided by your ISP. This is often an e-mail address.
PasswordThe password that you use to log in to your ISP.
Service NameIf your ISP provided a service name, enter it here.
Connection 
ModeSelect the connection mode: Always on, Dial on Demand, or Manually 
Connect.
Idle Timeout (In 
minutes)If you want to change the Internet login time-out, enter a new value in 
minutes. This determines how long the wireless router keeps the Internet 
connection active after there is no Internet activity from the LAN. Entering 
an Idle Timeout value of 0 (zero) means never log out.
Internet IP Address• Get Dynamically from ISP. Your ISP uses DHCP to assign your IP 
address. Your ISP automatically assigns these addresses.
• Use Static IP Address. Enter the IP address that your ISP assigned. 
Also enter the IP subnet mask and the gateway IP address. The 
gateway is the ISP’s wireless router to which your wireless router will 
connect.
Domain Name Server (DNS) 
AddressThe DNS server is used to look up site addresses based on their names. 
• Get Automatically from ISP. Your ISP uses DHCP to assign your DNS 
server address automatically. 
• Use These DNS Servers. If you know your ISP does not automatically 
transmit DNS addresses to the wireless router during login, select this 
option, and enter the IP address of your ISP’s primary DNS server. If a 
secondary DNS server address is available, enter it also.