Netgear Wnr2000v5 N300 Wifi Router User Manual

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The BASIC Home screen displays.
4. Select ADVANCED > Setup > LAN Setup.
The LAN Setup screen displays.
5. In the Address Reservation section, click the Add button. 
6. In the IP Address field, type the IP address to assign to the computer or server. 
Choose an IP address from the router’s LAN subnet, such as 192.168.0.x. 
7. Type the MAC address of the computer or server.
Tip:If the computer is already on your network, you can copy its MAC 
address from the...

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2. In the address field of the web browser, enter www.routerlogin.net or 
www.routerlogin.com.
A login screen displays.
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 screen displays.
4. Select ADVANCED > Setup > LAN Setup.
The LAN Setup screen displays.
5. Select the radio button next to the reserved address. 
6. Click the Delete button.
The...

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7. Within two minutes, go to the client device and use its WPS software to connect to the WiFi 
network.
The WPS process automatically sets up your wireless computer with the network 
password when it connects. The router WPS screen displays a confirmation message. 
Specify Basic WiFi Settings
The router comes with preset security. This means that the WiFi network name (SSID), 
network key (password), and security option (encryption protocol) are preset in...

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4. 
Select  Wireless.
5. To control the SSID broadcast, select or clear the  Enable SSID Broadcast check box.
When this check box is selected, the router broadcasts its network name \
(SSID) so that it 
displays when you scan for local WiFi networks on your computer or wirel\
ess device.
6.  T
o change the SSID, type a new name in the  Name (SSID) field.
The name can be up to 32 characters long and is case-sensitive. The default SSID is 
randomly generated...

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If you used WiFi to connect to the network and you changed the SSID, you are 
disconnected from the network.
11. Make sure that you can connect with WiFi to the network with its new settings. 
If you cannot connect, check the following:
•If your computer or wireless device is connected to another WiFi network in your area, 
update the wireless network selection in your computer or wireless device to match 
the current settings for your network. Some wireless...

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Change the WiFi Security Option
Your router comes with preset WPA2 or WPA security. The password that you enter to 
connect to your network is unique to your router and is on the router label. NETGEAR 
recommends that you use the preset security but you can change the password. NETGEAR 
recommends that you do not disable security.
To change the WPA settings:
1. Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the 
network.
2. In...

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Use the Router as a Wireless Access Point
You can set up the router to run as an access point (AP) on the same lo\
cal network as 
another router.
To set up the router as an AP:
1.  Use an Ethernet cable to connect the Internet port of this router to a L\
AN port in the 
other router

. 
Cable this port to a LAN port
on another router
2. Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connecte\
d to the network.
3.  In the address field of...

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5. 
Select  ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless AP .
6. Select the  Enable AP Mode check box.
7.  Scroll down and select a radio button for the IP address setting:
• Get dynamically from existing router . 
 The other router on the network assigns an 
IP address to this router while this router is in AP mode.
• Enable fixed IP settings on this device (not recommended) . Use this setting if you 
want to manually assign a specific IP address to this router...

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2.
In the address field of the web browser, enter  www.routerlogin.net or 
www.routerlogin.com.
A login screen displays.
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 screen displays.
4. Select  Guest Network.
5.Select any of the following wireless settings:
• Enable Guest Network. When this check box is selected, the guest network is...

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Control the Wireless Radio
The router 
has an internal wireless radio that broadcasts signals in the 2.4 GHz ra\
nge. By 
default, this radio is on so that you can connect wirelessly to the rout\
er. When the wireless 
radio is off, you can still use an Ethernet cable for a LAN connection to the route\
r.
You can turn the wireless radio on and off with the  W
 iFi On/Off button on the router, or you 
can log in to the  router and enable or disable the...