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RangeMax Wireless-N 150 Router WPN824N Setup Manual 3. Once you have selected the file, click Upload to send the software to the router. The upload process takes several minutes. When the software upload process is complete, the router restarts. Do not try to go online, turn off the router, shut down the computer, or do anything else to the router until the router finishes restarting! When the Test light stops blinking, wait a few seconds more before using the router. 4. After the router has restarted, select Router Status under the Maintenance heading. Check the firmware version to verify that your router now has the new software installed. If you are unable to successfully upgrade using this method, refer to the online Reference Manual available through the Documentation link on the router main menu (or through a link on the Resource CD) for other ways to upgrade the router. If you selected the No radio button during installation, and want to check for new firmware later, use the following procedure. Determine the firmware version currently running on your router before you check for updates on the NETGEAR website. Then go to the NETGEAR website and select the model number for this router. If a later version of the firmware is available, upload the firmware to your computer, and upgrade your router. To manually check for new router firmware: 1. Open a browser window, and type http://www.routerlogin.net in the address field of your browser. Press Enter. 2. When prompted, enter the default user name and password (admin for the router user name and password for the router password), both in lowercase letters. If you changed the user name and password from the defaults, then enter your new user name and password. 3. Select Router Status under Maintenance on the router menu. When the Router Status screen displays, note the version number of your router firmware. 4. Go to http://www.NETGEAR.com/support, and select Downloads from the menu bar. 5. From the Product Selection drop-down list, select your router model number. The Product Support page for your router displays. 6. Under Downloads, check the most recent firmware version offered against the firmware version shown on the Router Status screen. 7. If the version on the NETGEAR website is more recent, click on its version number, then click Right-click and Save to Download and save the file to a location on your hard disk. Getting to Know Your Wireless Router 15 v1.0, November 2009

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RangeMax Wireless-N 150 Router WPN824N Setup Manual
Getting to Know Your Wireless Router
15
v1.0, November 2009
3.
Once you have selected the file, click
Upload
to send the software to the router
.
The upload
process takes several minutes. When the software upload process is complete, the router
restarts.
4.
After the router has restarted, select
Router Status
under the Maintenance heading. Check the
firmware version to verify that your router now has the new software installed.
If you are unable to successfully upgrade using this method, refer to the online
Reference
Manual
available through the
Documentation
link on the router main menu (or through a link
on the
Resource CD
) for other ways to upgrade the router.
If you selected the
No
radio button during installation, and want to check for new firmware later,
use the following procedure. Determine the firmware version currently running on your router
before you check for updates on the NETGEAR website. Then go to the NETGEAR website and
select the model number for this router. If a later version of the firmware is available, upload the
firmware to your computer, and upgrade your router.
To manually check for new router firmware:
1.
Open a browser window, and type
in the address field of your
browser. Press
Enter
.
2.
When prompted, enter the default user name and password (
admin
for the router user name
and
password
for the router password), both in lowercase letters. If you changed the user
name and password from the defaults, then enter your new user name and password.
3.
Select
Router Status
under Maintenance
on the router menu. When the Router Status screen
displays, note the version number of your router firmware.
4.
Go to
,
and select
Downloads
from the menu bar.
5.
From the Product Selection drop-down list, select your router model number. The Product
Support page for your router displays.
6.
Under Downloads
,
check the most recent firmware version offered against the firmware
version shown on the Router Status screen.
7.
If the version on the NETGEAR website is more recent, click on its version number, then click
Right-click and Save to Download
and save the file to a location on your hard disk.
Do not try to go online, turn off the router, shut down the computer, or do
anything else to the router until the router finishes restarting! When the Test
light stops blinking, wait a few seconds more before using the router.