Operation Manual

Specify Your Internet Settings

Nighthawk DST AC1900 DST Router and DST Adpater Model R7300DST

until the problem goes away. The following table describes common MTU sizes and

applications.

Table 4. Common MTU sizes

MTU Application

1500 The largest Ethernet packet size. This setting is typical for connections that do not use

PPPoE or VPN, and is the default value for NETGEAR DST routers, adapters, and

switches.

1492 Used in PPPoE environments.

1472 Maximum size to use for pinging. (Larger packets are fragmented.)

1468 Used in some DHCP environments.

1460 Usable by AOL if you do not send or receive large email attachments, for example.

1436 Used in PPTP environments or with VPN.

1400 Maximum size for AOL DSL.

576 Typical value to connect to dial-up ISPs.

Enable the Bridge or Add a VLAN Tag Group

Some devices, such as an IPTV, cannot work behind a router’s network address translation

(NAT) or firewall. Based on what your Internet service provider (ISP) requires, for the device

to connect to the ISP’s network directly, you must enable the bridge between the device and

the router’s Internet port or add new VLAN tag groups to the bridge.

Enable the Bridge

If your device, such as an IPTV, is connected to the DST router’s Ethernet port or WiFi

network, you can enable the bridge so that the packets sent between the device and the DST

router’s Internet port are not processed through the DST router’s network address translation

(NAT).

 To enable the bridge:

1. Launch a web browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connected to the network.

2. Enter http://www

.routerlogin.net.

A login window displays.

3. Enter the DST router user name and password.

The user name is admin.

The default password is password. The user name and

password are case-sensitive.