Netgear Wndr4500v3 N900 Wifi Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition User Manual

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After installation, Live Parental Controls automatically starts.
7. 
Click the  Next button.
8.  Read the note, and click the  Next button again to proceed.
Because Live Parental Controls uses free OpenDNS accounts, you are promp\
ted to log 
in or create a free account.
9.  Select the radio button that applies to you:
• If you already created an OpenDNS account, leave the  Ye
 s radio button selected. 
• If you did not yet create an OpenDNS account, select the No radio button. 
10.  Click the  Next button.
If you are creating an account, the Create a free OpenDNS account screen\
 displays.
11.  Complete the fields and click the  Next button. 
						

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After you log on or create your account, the filtering level screen disp\
lays:
12. 
Select a radio button for a filtering level and click the  Next button.
The Setup is complete screen displays.
13.  Click the  T
 ake me to the status screen button.
Parental controls are now set up for the router. The dashboard shows Parental Controls as 
Enabled.
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 wireless device that is connecte\
d to the 
network.
2.  T
ype  http://www.routerlogin.net  or http://www.routerlogin.com .
A login screen displays.
3.  Enter the 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 screen 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 con\
nect, 
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 in this screen. 
NETGEAR recommends 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 setting\
s.
7.  T
o view allowed or blocked devices that are not connected, click the foll\
owing links:
•V
iew list of allowed devices not currently connected to the network
•V
iew list of blocked devices not currently connected to the network
The list displays.
8.  T
o 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 changes take effect. 
						

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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 wireless device that is connecte\
d to the 
network.
2.  T
ype  http://www.routerlogin.net  or http://www.routerlogin.com .
A login screen displays.
3.  Enter the 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 screen displays.
4.  Select  ADV
 ANCED > Security > Access Control .
5. Click the  View list of allowed devices not currently connected to the network  link. 
6. Select the check box for a device. 
						

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7. 
Use the  Add button and Remove from the list button as needed.
8.  Click the  Apply button.
Your changes take effect.
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 wireless device that is connecte\
d to the 
network.
2.  T
ype  http://www.routerlogin.net  or http://www.routerlogin.com .
A login screen displays.
3.  Enter the 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 screen displays.
4.  Select  ADV
 ANCED > 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  58.)
• Always . 
 Turn on keyword blocking all the time, independent of the Schedule screen\
.
6.  In the T
ype 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. 
						

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•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.
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.
Delete Keywords from the Blocked List
To delete keywords from the list:
1. Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the 
network.
2. Type http://routerlogin.net or http://routerlogin.com.
A login screen displays.
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 screen displays.
4. Select ADVANCED > Security > Block Sites.
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 changes are saved.
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 wireless device that is connected to the 
network.
2. Type http://www.routerlogin.net or http://www.routerlogin.com. 
						

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A login screen displays.
3.  Enter the 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 screen displays.
4.  Select 
ADVANCED > Security > Block Services .
5. Specify when to block the services:
• T
o block the services all the time, select the  Always radio button.
• T
o 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  58.
6.  Click the  Add button.
7. To add a service that is in the  Service Type list, select the application or service. 
The settings for this service automatically display in the fields.
8.  T
o add a service or application that is not the list, select  User Defined and specify 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.  
						

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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 changes are saved.
Schedule When to Block Internet Sites and Services
When you schedule blocking, the same schedule is used to block sites and to block services. 
For information about how to specify what you want the router to block, see 
Use Keywords to 
Block Internet Sites on page 55 and Block Services from the Internet on page 56.
To schedule blocking:
1. Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the 
network.
2. Type http://www.routerlogin.net or http://www.routerlogin.com.
A login screen displays.
3. Enter the 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 screen displays. 
						

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4. 
Select  ADVANCED > Security > Schedule .
5. Specify when to block keywords and services:
• Days to Block . Select the check box for each day that you want to block the 
keywords, or select the Every Day  check box, which automatically selects the check 
boxes for all days. 
• T
ime of Day to Block. Select a start and end time in 24-hour format, or select  All 
Day for 24-hour blocking. 
6.  Select your time zone from the list. 
7.  If you live in a region that observes daylight saving time, select the  Automatically adjust 
for daylight savings time check box. 
8.  Click the  Apply button. 
Your settings are saved.
Avoid Blocking on a Trusted Computer
You can exempt one trusted computer from blocking. The computer that 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
  101.
To specify a trusted computer:
1. Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connecte\
d to the 
network.
2.  T
ype  http://www.routerlogin.net  or http://www.routerlogin.com .
A login screen displays.
3.  Enter the 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 screen displays.
4.  Select  ADV
 ANCED > Security > Block Sites .
The Block Sites screen displays.
5.  Scroll down and select the  Allow trusted IP address to visit blocked sites  check box.
6.  In the T
rusted IP Address  field, enter the IP address of the trusted computer.
7.  Click the  Apply button.
Your changes are saved.
Set Up Security Event Email Notifications
The router can email you its logs of router activity. The log records router activity and security  events such as attempts to access blocked sites or services. 
To set up email notifications:
1.  Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connecte\
d to the 
network.
2.  T
ype  http://www.routerlogin.net  or http://www.routerlogin.com .
A login screen displays.
3.  Enter the 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 screen displays.
4.  Select  ADV
 ANCED > Security >  E-mail.