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
Internet connection over mobile broadband
By default, when the router powers up with a nano SIM card installed, and if you did not
configure mobile broadband as a backup connection only, the router automatically
searches for and connects to your LTE provider’s mobile broadband network. This
process might take several minutes. For more information, see Connect your router to
a mobile broadband network on page 10. The nano SIM card that is installed determines
the mobile broadband network to which the router connects.
Note: Even though the router might connect to the mobile broadband network of the
same LTE provider each time that you start the router, the type of mobile broadband
service (LTE, 4G, or 3G) to which the router connects might differ.
If the router does not automatically connect to the mobile broadband network, the Ring
LED lights solid magenta, and you might need to contact your LTE provider to get the
Access Point Name (APN) to which the router must connect (see Change the LTE
provider’s access point name on page 23).
If you do not want the router to connect automatically to the mobile broadband network,
change the default autoconnect option (see Change the Internet connection mode to
wired Internet only or mobile broadband only on page 22).
Orbi features that do not apply to a mobile
broadband connection
When the router Is using a wired Internet connection, all Orbi features work. Because
of mobile broadband limitations, when the router is using a mobile broadband Internet
connection, the following Orbi features do not work:
•
Dynamic DNS
•
Port forwarding
•
VLAN bridge
•
AP mode (that is, the router functions an access point only with its default router
mode disabled)
The first three features on the list work only if the router’s IP address is a public IP address.
However, with a mobile broadband connection, your LTE provider assigns the router a
private IP address. The AP mode feature does not work with a mobile broadband
connection because the router cannot receive an IP address if its router features are
disabled.
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4G LTE WiFi Orbi Router Model LBR20