User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- 1. Overview
- 2. Connect to the Network and Access the Router
- 3. Specify Your Internet Settings
- 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 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
- Set up an IPv6 6rd tunnel Internet connection
- Change the MTU size
- 4. Control Access to the Internet
- Manage NETGEAR Armor
- Allow or block access to your network
- Manage network access control lists
- 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
- 5. Specify Network Settings
- About the WiFi networks
- Manage the settings for the main WiFi network
- Manage WiFi settings for the 6 GHz-only WiFi network
- Manage IoT WiFi settings
- Set up a guest WiFi network
- Change your region
- View or change WAN settings
- Manage the WAN preference
- Manage Dynamic DNS
- Set up a default DMZ server
- Change the router’s device name
- Change the LAN TCP/IP settings
- Use the router as a DHCP server
- Disable the DHCP server feature in the router
- Manage reserved LAN IP addresses
- Manage custom static routes
- Enable or disable 20/40 MHz coexistence for the 2.4 GHz radio
- Enable or disable Wi-Fi Multimedia Quality of Service
- Change the CTS/RTS threshold and preamble mode for a radio
- Change the Transmission Power Control
- Use the router as a WiFi access point only
- Set up router mode
- Generate a new backhaul password
- Improve network connections with Universal Plug and Play
- Set up a bridge for a port group or VLAN tag group
- 6. Manage Your Network
- Update the router and satellite firmware
- Change the admin password
- Enable admin password reset
- Reset the admin password
- Always use HTTPS to access the router
- View router status and usage information
- Display Internet port statistics
- Check the Internet connection status
- View and manage logs of router activity
- View devices connected to the network or edit device information
- View satellites connected to the network or edit satellite information
- View the satellite status
- Check your Internet bandwidth
- Monitor Internet traffic
- Change the NTP server
- Set the time zone
- Manage the router configuration file
- 7. Customize Internet Traffic Rules for Ports
- 8. Use OpenVPN to Access Your Network
- 9. Troubleshooting
- A. Factory Settings and Technical Specifications
About VPN connections
A virtual private network (VPN) lets you use the Internet to securely access your network
when you aren’t home.
This type of VPN access is called a client-to-gateway tunnel. The computer is the client,
and the router is the gateway. To use the VPN feature, you must do the following:
•
Log in to the router to enable and configure OpenVPN (see Enable OpenVPN service
in the router on page 127).
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Install OpenVPN client software and configuration files on your device from which
you want to use VPN (see Install OpenVPN software on a VPN client on page 128).
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Run the OpenVPN client software on your device when you want to use a VPN
connection.
Enabling OpenVPN on your router allows VPN connections between the router and a
client, for example your laptop when you are away from home. The router provides the
VPN service and the laptop is the VPN client. Traffic between the router and the laptop
is encrypted.
Note: The router itself does not function as a VPN client to an external VPN service
provider, so it does not encrypt traffic passing between your home network and the
Internet.
VPN can use either Dynamic DNS (DDNS) or a static IP address to connect with your
router:
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To use a DDNS service, register for a DDNS account with a host name. You use the
host name to access your network. The router supports these DDNS accounts:
NETGEAR, No-IP, and Dyn. For more information, see Manage Dynamic DNS on
page 71.
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If your Internet service provider (ISP) assigned a static WAN IP address that never
changes, the VPN can use that IP address to connect to your home network.
LAN IP addressing in VPN networks
For the VPN connection to work, your computer or device (the VPN client) must be
connected to a network that uses a different LAN IP address scheme than your router.
The default LAN IP address scheme for the router is 192.168.1.x. (The most common IP
schemes are 192.168.x.x, 172.x.x.x, and 10.x.x.x.) If you experience a conflict, change
the IP scheme either for your home network or for the network where your VPN client
device is connected.
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