Netgear MBRN3000 MBRN3000 User Manual - Page 3

Table of Contents - manual

Page 3 highlights

Table of Contents Chapter 1 Connecting to the Internet Hardware Features 6 Router Front Panel 6 Router Back Panel 8 Router Label 8 Using the Router Stand 9 Logging In to Your Router 9 Accessing the Setup Wizard After Installation 11 Manually Configuring Your Internet Settings 11 Chapter 2 Wireless Network Configuration Planning Your Wireless Network 13 Wireless Placement and Range Guidelines 14 Wireless Security Options 14 Manually Configuring Your Wireless Settings 15 Wireless Guest Networks 17 Configuring WEP 18 Configuring WPA, WPA2, or WPA + WPA2 19 Using Push 'N' Connect (WPS) to Configure Your Wireless Network . . . . 19 WPS Button 20 WPS PIN Entry 21 Adding Wireless Computers that Do Not Support WPS 22 Chapter 3 Protecting Your Network Protecting Access to Your Mobile Broadband Wireless-N Router 23 Changing the Built-In Password 23 Changing the Administrator Login Time-out 24 Blocking Sites and Keywords 24 Blocking Services 26 Scheduling 27 Setting Your Time Zone 27 Scheduling Firewall Services 28 Live Parental Controls 28 Chapter 4 Managing Your Network Backing Up, Restoring, or Erasing Your Settings 30 Backing Up the Configuration to a File 30 Table of Contents | 3

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72

Table of Contents
|
3
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Connecting to the Internet
Hardware Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Router Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Router Back Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Router Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Using the Router Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Logging In to Your Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Accessing the Setup Wizard After Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Manually Configuring Your Internet Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 2
Wireless Network Configuration
Planning Your Wireless Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Wireless Placement and Range Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Wireless Security Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Manually Configuring Your Wireless Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Wireless Guest Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Configuring WEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Configuring WPA, WPA2, or WPA + WPA2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using Push 'N' Connect (WPS) to Configure Your Wireless Network . . . . 19
WPS Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
WPS PIN Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Adding Wireless Computers that Do Not Support WPS . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Chapter 3
Protecting Your Network
Protecting Access to Your Mobile Broadband Wireless-N Router. . . . . . . 23
Changing the Built-In Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Changing the Administrator Login Time-out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Blocking Sites and Keywords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Blocking Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Scheduling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Setting Your Time Zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Scheduling Firewall Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Live Parental Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Chapter 4
Managing Your Network
Backing Up, Restoring, or Erasing Your Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Backing Up the Configuration to a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30