User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- 1. Overview
- 2. Connect to Your Network and Access the Router
- 3. Manage the Mobile Broadband Connection
- Internet connection over mobile broadband
- Orbi features that do not apply to a mobile broadband connection
- Use the Setup Wizard to detect the mobile broadband Internet connection
- Set up automatic failover
- Change the Internet connection mode to wired Internet only or mobile broadband only
- Change the LTE provider’s access point name
- Change the mobile broadband network mode
- Configure the mobile broadband PDP, authentication method, and credentials
- Enter the PIN or PUK
- Change the roaming setting
- 4. Specify the Wired Internet Settings
- Use the Setup Wizard
- Manually set up the Internet connection
- Manage an IPv6 Internet connection
- Requirements for entering IPv6 addresses
- Specify IPv6 Internet connections
- Use auto detection for an IPv6 Internet connection
- Use auto configuration for an IPv6 Internet connection
- Set up an IPv6 6to4 tunnel Internet connection
- Set up an IPv6 6rd tunnel Internet connection
- Set up an IPv6 pass-through Internet connection
- Set up an IPv6 fixed Internet connection
- Set up an IPv6 DHCP Internet connection
- Set up an IPv6 PPPoE Internet connection
- Change the MTU size
- 5. Control Access to the Internet
- Enable Circle smart parental controls
- Activate and manage NETGEAR Armor using the Orbi app
- Allow or block access to your network
- Use keywords to block Internet sites
- Delete keywords that are used to block Internet sites
- Avoid blocking on a trusted computer
- Block services from the Internet
- Schedule when to block Internet sites and services
- Set up security event email notifications
- 6. Optimize Performance
- 7. Specify Network Settings
- Change the function of the WAN/LAN1 port
- View or change WAN settings
- Change the LAN TCP/IP settings
- Manage Dynamic DNS
- Set up a default DMZ server
- Change the router’s device name
- Use the router as a DHCP server
- Disable the DHCP server feature in the router
- Manage reserved LAN IP addresses
- Manage custom static routes
- Specify basic WiFi settings
- Change the WiFi password or security level
- Set up a guest WiFi network
- View or change advanced WiFi settings
- Use the router as a WiFi access point only
- Set up router mode
- Set up a bridge for a port group or VLAN tag group
- 8. Manage Your Network
- Update the firmware on the router
- Change the admin password
- Enable admin password reset
- Reset the admin password
- View router status and usage information
- Check the mobile broadband Internet connection status
- Check the wired Internet connection status
- Display Internet port statistics
- View and manage logs of router activity
- View devices connected to the network
- Edit device information on the Attached Devices page
- Monitor Internet traffic
- Set your time zone, adjust for daylight saving time, or change the NTP server
- Manage the router configuration file
- Manage remote access
- 9. Use VPN to Access Your Network
- 10. Customize Internet Traffic Rules for Ports
- 11. Set Up and Manage an Optional Orbi Satellite
- Orbi AC satellite LED behavior
- Place your satellite
- Sync an add-on satellite
- Log in to your router and add a satellite to your network
- Manually update satellite firmware
- Generate a new backhaul password
- View satellite status
- View satellites connected to the network or edit satellite information
- Enable or disable daisy-chain topology
- Set up an Ethernet backhaul connection
- Manage the Orbi Outdoor Satellite LED lighting
- 12. Troubleshooting
- 13. Supplemental Information
Connect to the Orbi network
You can connect to the Orbi network through a WiFi or wired connection.
In the unlikely situation that you set up your computer to use a static IP address, change
the settings so that it uses Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).
WiFi network
If you’re installing your Orbi router for the first time, you can connect to the router’s WiFi
network by scanning the QR code on your router with the camera app on your mobile
device. To scan the QR code with your camera app, your mobile device must have iOS
version 11 or later or Android version 10 or later.
You can also manually find and select the Orbi router’s WiFi network from your
WiFi-enabled computer or mobile device.
To find, select, and join the WiFi Orbi WiFi network:
1. Make sure that the router is receiving power (its Power LED is lit).
2.
On your WiFi-enabled computer or mobile device, find and select the WiFi network.
The WiFi network name is on the router label.
Note: If you bought a satellite, the default WiFi network name for the satellite is
different from the default WiFi network name for the router.
3. Join the WiFi network and enter the WiFi password.
The password is on the router label.
Your WiFi-enabled computer or mobile device connects to the WiFi network.
Wired connection
You can connect your computer to the router using an Ethernet cable and join the
router’s local area network (LAN). The computer must have an Ethernet port.
To connect your computer to the router with an Ethernet cable:
1. Make sure that the router is receiving power (its Power LED is lit).
2. Connect an Ethernet cable to an Ethernet port on your computer.
3.
Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to one of the router’s Ethernet ports.
Your computer connects to the local area network (LAN). A message might display
on your computer screen to notify you that an Ethernet cable is connected.
User Manual14Connect to Your Network and
Access the Router
4G LTE WiFi Orbi Router Model LBR20