Netgear Wndr3400v3 N600 Wireless Dual Band Router User Manual

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Manual Method
To connect manually:
1. 
Open the software that manages your wireless connections on the wireless\
 device 
(laptop computer

, gaming device, iPhone) that you want to connect to your router. The 
software scans for all wireless networks in your area.
2.  Look for your network and select it. If you did not change the name of y\
our network during 
the setup process, look for the default WiFi network name...

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3.   genie Basic Settings
Your Internet connection and network
This chapter explains the features available from the genie Basic Home s\
creen, shown in the following figure:
This chapter contains the following sections:
•Internet Setup 
• Attached Devices 
• Parental Controls 
• ReadySHARE USB Storage 
• Basic Wireless Settings 
• Guest Networks  

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Internet Setup
The Internet Setup screen is where you view or change ISP information. 
1.  From the Home screen, select Internet. The 
 following screen displays:
Scroll to 
view 
more 
The fields that display in the Internet Setup screen depend on whether y\
our Internet 
connection requires a login.
• Ye
s . Select the encapsulation method and enter the login name. If you want \
to 
change the login time-out, enter a new value in...

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These fields display when your ISP requires a login:
•Internet Service Provider Encapsulation. ISP types. The choices are PPPoE, PPTP, or 
L2TP.
•Login. The login name provided by your ISP. The login name is usually an email address.
•Password. The password that you use to log in to your ISP.
•Service Name (If Required). If your ISP provided a service name, enter it here. 
Otherwise, you can leave this field blank.
•Connection Mode. This...

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Attached Devices
You can view a list of all computers or devices that are currently connec\
ted to your network 
here. From the Basic Home screen, select Attached Devices to display the following screen:
Wired devices are connected to the router with Ethernet cables. Wireless\
 devices have 
joined the wireless network. 
• # (number). 
 The order in which the device joined the network.
• IP Address. 
 The IP address that the router...

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To set up Live Parental Controls:
1. 
Select  Parental Controls  on the Home (dashboard) screen:
Live Parental Controls uses free OpenDNS accounts. If you do not have on\
e, you can 
create one now. 
2.  Log in to manage Parental Controls settings..
3. Click either the  Windows Users  or Mac Users button.
4.  Follow the on screen instructions to download and install the NETGEAR Li\
ve Parental 
Controls Management utility

. 

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After installation, Live Parental Controls automatically starts.
5. 
Click  Next, read the note, and click Next  again to proceed.
You are prompted to log in or create a free account..
6.  Select the radio button that applies to you and click  Next.
• If you already have an OpenDNS account, leave the  Ye
 s radio button selected. 
• If you do not have an OpenDNS account, select the No  radio button. 
After you log on or create your...

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7. 
Select the radio button for the filtering level that you want and click \
 Next.
8. Click the  Take me to the status screen button.
Parental controls are now set up for the router. The dashboard shows Parental Controls as 
enabled.
ReadySHARE USB Storage
You can view information about a USB storage device that is connected to \
the router’s USB  port here. From the Basic Home screen, select ReadySHARE to display the USB Storage...

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browser. If Not Shared is shown, the default share was deleted and no other share for the 
root folder exists. Click the link to change this setting.
Read Access and Write Access. Shows the permissions and access controls on the 
network folder: All – no password (the default) allows all users to access the network 
folder. The user name (account name) for All – no password is guest. The password for 
admin is the same one that you use...

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To view or change basic wireless settings:
1. 
On the Basic Home screen, select  W
 ireless to display the Wireless Setup screen.
Scroll 
to view 
more 
 
The screen sections, settings, and procedures are explained in the follo\
wing sections.
2.   Make any changes that are needed and click  Apply to save your settings.
3.  Set up and test your wireless devices and computers to make sure that th\
ey can connect 
wirelessly

. If they do...