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1. MTU Application 1500 The largest Ethernet packet size and the default value This is the typical setting for non PPPoE non VPN connections and is the default value for NETGEAR 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 don t have 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 To change the MTU size 1 Inthe Advanced section of the main menu click WAN Setup 2 Under MTU Size enter a new size between 64 and 1500 Fine Tuning Your Network 6 15 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual 3 Click Apply to save the new configuration Optimizing Your Network Bandwidth As your network grows it may consist of several segments of different networking technologies each providing different throughput In planning your network you should first consider which devices will have the heaviest traffic flow between them Examples are e A media center in one room streaming high definition video from a server in another room e A storage device that is used for backing up your computers Next consider the throughput of your network devices Where possible make the heaviest traffic connections us
2. 2 4 Configuring Basic Connectivity v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual If the wireless router is connected to the Internet you can click the Knowledge Base or the Documentation link under the Web Support menu to view support information or the documentation for the wireless router If you do not click Logout the wireless router will wait 5 minutes after there is no activity before it automatically logs you out Configuring Your Internet Connection Using the Smart Setup Wizard You can manually configure your Internet connection using the Basic Settings menu or you can allow the Smart Setup Wizard to determine your Internet Service Provider ISP configuration The Smart Setup Wizard searches your Internet connection for servers and protocols to determine your ISP configuration This feature is not the same as the Smart Wizard configuration assistant that only appears when the router is in its factory default state To use the Smart Setup Wizard to assist with configuration or to verify the Internet connection settings follow this procedure 1 From the top of the main menu of the browser interface click Setup Wizard 2 Click Next to proceed Input your ISP settings as needed 3 At the end of the Setup Wizard click Test to verify your Internet connection If you have trouble connecting to the Internet see Chapter 8 Troubleshooting Viewing and Configuring
3. Attached Devices IP Address Device Name MAC Address 4 192 168 0 2 emachine 00 48 54 8d d7 d3 Refresh Figure 7 4 For each device the table shows the IP address NetBIOS Host Name or Device Name if available and the Ethernet MAC address To force the router to look for attached devices click Refresh Note If the router is rebooted the table data is lost until the router rediscovers the aaa devices Managing the Configuration File The configuration settings of the WNR834B are stored within the router in a configuration file You can back up save this file to your computer restore it or reset it to the factory default settings 7 6 Using Network Monitoring Tools v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual From the main menu of the browser interface under the Maintenance heading select Backup Settings Settings Backup Save a copy of current settings Back Up Restore saved settings from file Browse Restore Revert to factory default settings Erase Figure 7 5 The following sections describe the three available options Backing Up and Restoring the Configuration The Restore and Backup options in the Settings Backup menu let you save and retrieve a file containing your router s configuration settings To save your settings click Back Up Your browser will extract the configuration file from the router and pr
4. To edit or delete a reserved address entry 1 Click the button next to the reserved address you want to edit or delete 2 Click Edit or Delete 5 4 Customizing Your Network Settings v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Using a Dynamic DNS Service If your Internet Service Provider ISP gives you a permanently assigned IP address you can register a domain name and have that name linked with your IP address by public Domain Name Servers DNS However if your Internet account uses a dynamically assigned IP address you do not know in advance what your IP address will be and the address can change frequently In this case you can use a commercial dynamic DNS service which will allow you to register your domain to their IP address and will forward traffic directed at your domain to your frequently changing IP address ___ Note If your ISP assigns a private WAN IP address such as 192 168 x x or gt 10 x x x the dynamic DNS service will not work because private addresses are not routed on the Internet Your router contains a client that can connect to the dynamic DNS service provided by DynDNS org You must first visit their website at www dyndns org and obtain an account and host name which you will configure in the router Then whenever your ISP assigned IP address changes your router will automatically contact the dynamic DNS service provider log in
5. Using Network Monitoring Tools v1 2 January 2007 7 3 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Table 7 1 Wireless Router Status Fields continued Field Description Wireless AP Indicates whether the radio feature of the router is enabled If not enabled the Wireless LED on the front panel will be off Broadcast Name Indicates whether the router is broadcasting its SSID Click Connection Status to display the connection status Connection Status IP Address 10 1 32 157 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 10 1 32 13 DNS Server 10 1 1 7 Close Window Figure 7 2 Table 7 2 describes the connection status settings Table 7 2 Connection Status Items Item Description IP Address The WAN Internet IP Address assigned to the router Subnet Mask The WAN Internet Subnet Mask assigned to the router Default Gateway The WAN Internet default gateway the router communicates with DNS Server The IP address of the Domain Name Service server that provides translation of network names to IP addresses 7 4 Using Network Monitoring Tools v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Click Show Statistics to display router usage statistics System Up Time 05 34 15 Port Status TxPktsRxPkts Collisions Tx B sRx B s Up Time WAN STATIC 2242 22821 0 0 0 00 00 00 LAN 100M Full 4869 424
6. 2 10 Configuring Basic Connectivity v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual e From the main menu of the browser interface under Setup click Wireless Settings Wireless Settings Wireless Network Name SSID NETGEAR Region Channel auto i Security Options None O WEP O WPA PSK TKIP O WPA2 PSK AES O WPA PSK TKIP WPA2 PSK AES Figure 2 6 The available settings in this menu are e Name SSID The SSID is also known as the wireless network name Enter a value of up to 32 alphanumeric characters When more than one wireless network is active different wireless network names provide a way to separate the traffic For a wireless device to participate in a particular wireless network it must be configured with the SSID for that network The WNR834B default SSID is NETGEAR e Region This field identifies the region where the WNR834B can be used It may not be legal to operate the wireless features of the wireless router in a region other than one of those identified in this field A Note The region selection feature may not be available in all countries Configuring Basic Connectivity 2 11 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual e Channel This field determines which operating frequency is used It should not be necessary to change the wireless channel unless you notice interfer
7. is the most flexible since it allows clients using either WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK Wireless Settings Wireless Network Name regram SSID NETGEAR Region Channel auto Mode Up to 240 Mbps l Security Options O None O WEP O WPA PSK TKIP O WPA2 PSK AES WPA PSK TKIP WPA2 PSK AES Security Encryption WPA PSK WPA2 PSK Passphrase 8 63 characters Figure 3 5 3 In the Passphrase box enter a word or group of 8 63 printable characters The passphrase is case sensitive 4 Click Apply to save your settings Safeguarding Your Network 3 11 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Restricting Wireless Access by MAC Address By enabling a wireless card access control list you can restrict access to only trusted computers so that unknown computers cannot wirelessly connect to the WNR834B The Wireless Card Access List displays a list of wireless computers that you will allow to connect to the router based on their MAC addresses These wireless computers must also have the correct SSID and wireless security settings to access the wireless router The MAC address is a network device s unique twelve character physical address containing the hexadecimal characters 0 9 or A F only and separated by colons for example 00 09 AB CD EF 01 It can usually be found on the bottom of the wireless card or network interface device If you do not hav
8. Domain Name Server DNS Address Get Automatically From ISP O Use These DNS Servers Primary DNS Secondary DNS Figure 2 4 e Internet Service Provider This drop down list contains a few ISPs that need special protocols for connection The list includes PPIP Point to Point Tunneling Protocol used primarily in Austrian DSL services 2 8 Configuring Basic Connectivity v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Telstra Bigpond an Australian residential cablemodem service ____ Note The Telstra Bigpond setting is only for older cablemodem service accounts gt still requiring a Bigpond Login utility Telstra has discontinued this type of account Those with Telstra DSL accounts and newer cablemodem accounts should select No for Does Your Internet Connection Require a Login Other which selects PPPoE Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet the protocol used by most DSL services worldwide Basic Settings Does Your Internet Connection Require A Login Yes AN No Internet Service Provider Other ball PPTP Login guest Telstra Bigpond Other Password Service Name If Required Idle Timeout In Minutes 5 Figure 2 5 Note Not all ISPs are listed here The ones on this list have special requirements e Login and Password This is the user name and password provided by your ISP This name and pa
9. Manually enter the key values or enter a word or group of printable characters in the Passphrase box Manually entered keys are not case sensitive but passphrase characters are case sensitive Note Not all wireless adapter configuration utilities support passphrase key generation e Auto The wireless router automatically detects whether Open System or Shared Key is used WPA PSK WPA2 PSK WPA Pre shared Key does perform authentication WPA PSK uses TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol data encryption and WPA2 PSK uses AES Advanced Encryption Standard data encryption Both methods dynamically change the encryption keys making them nearly impossible to circumvent Enter a word or group of printable characters in the Password Phrase box These characters are case sensitive Note Not all wireless adapter configuration utilities support WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK Furthermore client software is required on the client Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Service Pack 1 with WPA patch do include the client software that supports WPA However the wireless adapter hardware and driver must also support WPA Balancing performance factors throughput latency battery consumption and equipment compatibility against the value of information on your network select an appropriate security level As a minimum NETGEAR recommends using WEP with Shared Key authentication Safeguarding Your Network 3 5 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEA
10. NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual NETGEAR NETGEAR Inc 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara CA 95054 USA 202 10171 02 January 2007 2007 by NETGEAR Inc All rights reserved Product Registration Support and Documeniation Register your product at http Awww NETGEAR com register Registration is required before you can use our telephone support service Product updates and Web support are always available by going to http kbserver netgear com Setup documentation is available on the CD on the support website and on the documentation website When the wireless router is connected to the Internet click the KnowledgeBase or the Documentation link under the Web Support menu to view support information Trademarks NETGEAR and the NETGEAR logo are registered trademarks and RangeMax and Smart Wizard are trademarks of NETGEAR Inc Microsoft Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Other brand and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders Statement of Conditions In the interest of improving internal design operational function and or reliability NETGEAR reserves the right to make changes to the products described in this document without notice NETGEAR does not assume any liability that may occur due to the use or application of the product s or circuit layout s described herein Certificate of the Manufact
11. Chapter 3 Safeguarding Your Network The RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B provides highly effective security features which are covered in detail in this chapter This chapter includes e Choosing Appropriate Wireless Security e Configuring WEP Wireless Security e Configuring WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK Wireless Security e Restricting Wireless Access by MAC Address e Changing the Administrator Password e Backing Up Your Configuration e Understanding Your Firewall Choosing Appropriate Wireless Security Unlike wired network data anyone with a compatible adapter can receive your wireless data transmissions well beyond your walls Operating an unsecured wireless network creates an opportunity for outsiders to eavesdrop on your network traffic or to enter your network to access your computers and files For this reason use the security features of your wireless equipment Deploy the security features appropriate to your needs Note Indoors computers can connect over 802 11b g wireless networks at ranges of up gt to 300 feet Such distances can allow for others outside of your immediate area to access your network 3 1 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Wireless Data Security Options Range up to 300 foot radius 1 Open system easy but no security F O ae WNR8 amp 34 aeunte 0 2 MAC access list no data security 3 WEP security but
12. Ol M starcraft TCP 6112 TCP UDP 6112 ANY Add Senos Figure 6 3 3 Deselect the checkbox for Disable Port Triggering Note If the Disable Port Triggering checkbox is selected after configuring port gt triggering port triggering is disabled However any port triggering configuration information you added to the router is retained even though it will not be used 4 For Port Triggering Timeout enter a value up to 9999 minutes This value controls the inactivity timer for the designated inbound port s The inbound port s close when the inactivity timer expires This is required because the router cannot be sure when the application has terminated 6 10 Fine Tuning Your Network v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual 5 Click Add Service Port Triggering Services Required Inbound Connection Connection Type TCP UDP Figure 6 4 Service Service Name Service User Any v ES E O Service Type TCP S Triggering Port 1 65535 Starting Port 165535 Ending Port 1 65535 6 Inthe Service Name box type a descriptive service name Under Service User select Any default to allow this service to be used by any computer on the Internet Otherwise select Single address and enter the IP address of one computer to restrict the service to a particular computer 8 Select the Service Type either TCP or UDP or both TC
13. Ibs 0 5 kg 0 to 40 C 32 to 104 F Technical Specifications v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Operating humidity 90 maximum relative humidity noncondensing Electromagnetic Emissions Designed to conform to the FCC Part 15 Class B EN 55022 24 CISPR 22 24 Class B following standards EN 60950 CE LVD Class B MIC Interface Specifications LAN 10BASE T or 100BASE Tx RJ 45 WAN 10BASE T or 100BASE Tx RJ 45 Technical Specifications A 3 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual A 4 v1 2 January 2007 Technical Specifications Appendix B Related Documents This appendix provides links to reference documents you can use to gain a more complete understanding of the technologies used in your NETGEAR product Document Link Internet Networking and http documentation netgear com reference enu tcpip index htm TCP IP Addressing Wireless Communications http documentation netgear com reference enu wireless index htm Preparing a Computer for http documentation netgear com reference enu wsdhcp index htm Network Access Virtual Private Networking VPN http documentation netgear com reference enu vpn index htm Glossary http documentation netgear com reference enu glossary index htm In addition you can find initial setup instructions for your wireless router in the NETGEAR Wireless Route
14. Internet access and you do not need to configure additional static routes You must configure static routes only for unusual cases such as multiple routers or multiple IP subnets located on your network 5 8 Customizing Your Network Settings v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual From the main menu of the browser interface under Advanced click Static Routes to view the Static Routes menu Static Routes Active Name Destination Gateway Figure 5 4 To add or edit a static route 1 Click Add to open the Add Static Routes menu Static Routes Route Name O Private Active Destination IP Address IP Subnet Mask Gateway IP Address Metric Figure 5 5 2 Inthe Route Name box type a name for this static route This is for identification purposes only 3 Select the Private checkbox if you want to limit access to the LAN only If Private the static route will not be reported in RIP 4 Select the Active checkbox to make this route effective Type the Destination IP Address of the final destination 6 Type the IP Subnet Mask for this destination If the destination is a single host type 255 255 255 255 Customizing Your Network Settings 5 9 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual 7 Type the Gateway IP Address which must be a router on the same LAN segment as the WNR834B 8 Type
15. Is your wireless signal obstructed by objects between the router and your computer See Optimizing Wireless Performance on page 6 13 If your wireless network appears and has good signal strength configure your wireless card and router for the simplest possible connection as described in the next section Setting Up and Testing Basic Wireless Connectivity Note If you use a wireless computer to change wireless settings you may be gt disconnected when you click Apply Reconfigure your wireless adapter to match the new settings or access the wireless router from a wired computer to make any further changes 8 10 Troubleshooting v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Follow the instructions below to set up and test basic wireless connectivity Once you have established basic wireless connectivity you can enable security settings appropriate to your needs 1 In the main menu of the WNR834B router under the heading Setup click Wireless Settings Wireless Settings Wireless Network Bulbs NETGEAR Region Channel auto v Mode Up to 240 Mbps Security Options None O WEP O WPA PSK TKIP O WPA2 PSK AES O WPA PSK TKIP WPA2 PSK AES Figure 8 1 2 For the wireless network name SSID use the default name or choose a suitable descriptive name In the SSID box you can enter a value of up to 32 alphanumeric characters T
16. Primary DNS Server 2 7 2 10 R range 6 13 remote management 7 0 reserved IP adresses 5 4 restore configuration 7 10 restore factory settings 7 8 Restrict Wireless Access by MAC Address 3 12 RIP Router Information Protocol 5 3 Router Status 7 2 S Secondary DNS Server 2 7 2 10 service numbers 4 4 SMTP 4 8 SPI firewall 5 7 spoof MAC address 8 6 SSID 2 11 3 4 8 11 8 12 Static Routes 7 10 T TCP IP network troubleshooting 8 7 time of day 8 9 time zone 4 8 time stamping 4 8 troubleshooting 8 Trusted Host 4 3 W WAN 5 6 Wireless Security 3 1 WPA PSK 3 5 WPA PSK Password Phrase 3 5 Index 2 v1 2 January 2007
17. a number between 1 and 15 as the metric value This represents the number of routers between your network and the destination Usually a setting of 2 or 3 works but if this is a direct connection set it to 1 9 Click Apply to have the static route entered into the table As an example of when a static route is needed consider the following case e Your primary Internet access is through a cable modem to an ISP e You have an ISDN router on your home network for connecting to the company where you are employed This router s address on your LAN is 192 168 1 100 e Your company s network address is 134 177 0 0 When you first configured your router two implicit static routes were created A default route was created with your ISP as the gateway and a second static route was created to your local network for all 192 168 1 x addresses With this configuration if you attempt to access a device on the 134 177 0 0 network your router will forward your request to the ISP The ISP forwards your request to the company where you are employed and the request will likely be denied by the company s firewall In this case you must define a static route telling your router that 134 177 0 0 should be accessed through the ISDN router at 192 168 1 100 The static route would look like Figure 5 5 on page 5 9 In this example e The Destination IP Address and IP Subnet Mask fields specify that this static route applies to all 134 177 x x address
18. address of the network interface card in your computer when your account is first opened They will then only accept traffic from the MAC address of that computer This feature allows your router to masquerade as that computer by cloning or spoofing its MAC address To change the MAC address choose one of the following methods Select Use Computer MAC Address The router will then capture and use the MAC address of the computer that you are now using You must be using the one computer that is allowed by the ISP Select Use this MAC address and type it in here Configuring Basic Connectivity 2 7 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Login Required by ISP If you normally must use a login program such as WinPOET in order to access the Internet your Internet connection requires a login After you select Login Required your Basic Settings menu will appear as shown in the figure below Note After you finish setting up your router you will no longer need to launch the gt ISP s login program on your computer to access the Internet When you start an Internet application your router will automatically log you in If a login is required by your ISP the following parameters appear in the Basic Settings menu ISP Does Require Login Internet Service Provider Login Password Service Name If Required Idle Timeout In Minutes
19. and Play on page 6 12 3 16 Safeguarding Your Network v1 2 January 2007 Chapter 4 Restricting Access From Your Network This chapter describes how to use the content filtering and reporting features of the RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B to protect your network You can find these features by clicking on the Content Filtering heading in the main menu of the browser interface This chapter includes e Content Filtering Overview e Blocking Access to Internet Sites e Blocking Access to Internet Services e Scheduling Blocking e Viewing Logs of Web Access or Attempted Web Access e Configuring Email Alert and Web Access Log Notifications e Setting the Time Content Filtering Overview The RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B provides you with Web content filtering options plus browser activity reporting and instant alerts via email Parents and network administrators can establish restricted access policies based on time of day Web addresses and Web address keywords You can also block Internet access by applications and services such as chat or games To configure these features of your router click on the subheadings under the Content Filtering heading in the main menu of the browser interface This chapter describes the subheadings Blocking Access to Internet Sites The WNR834B router allows you to restrict access based on Web addresses and Web address keywords Up to 255 entries are supported in the Keyword
20. automatic device configuration The default setting for UPnP is disabled If disabled the router will not allow any device to automatically control the resources such as port forwarding mapping of the router 6 12 Fine Tuning Your Network v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual e Advertisement Period The Advertisement Period is how often the router will broadcast its UPnP information This value can range from 1 to 1440 minutes The default period is 30 minutes Shorter durations ensure that control points have current device status at the expense of additional network traffic Longer durations may compromise the freshness of the device status but can significantly reduce network traffic e Advertisement Time To Live The time to live for the advertisement is measured in hops steps for each UPnP packet sent The time to live hop count is the number of steps a broadcast packet is allowed to propagate for each UPnP advertisement before it disappears The number of hops can range from 1 to 255 The default value for the advertisement time to live is 4 hops which should be fine for most home networks If you notice that some devices are not being updated or reached correctly then it may be necessary to increase this value e UPnP Portmap Table The UPnP Portmap Table displays the IP address of each UPnP device that is currently accessing the router and which ports Internal and External that
21. configure upgrade and check the status of your WNR834B router From the main menu of the browser interface under the Advanced heading select Remote Management Remote Management CI Turn Remote Management On Remote Management Address 10 1 32 90 8080 Allow Remote Access By Only This Computer IP Address Range From Tol Everyone Port Number Figure 7 8 Note Be sure to change the router s default configuration password to a very secure password The ideal password should contain no dictionary words from any language and should be a mixture of letters both upper and lower case numbers and symbols Your password can be up to 30 characters To configure your router for remote management 1 Select the checkbox to Turn Remote Management On 7 10 Using Network Monitoring Tools v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual 2 Under the heading of Allow Remote Access By specify what external IP addresses will be allowed to access the router s remote management Note For enhanced security restrict access to as few external IP addresses ae as practical To allow access from any IP address on the Internet select Everyone To allow access from a range of IP addresses on the Internet select IP address range Enter a beginning and ending IP address to define the allowed range c To allow access from a single
22. correct key WEP Encryption Key Size Choose one 64 bit or 128 bit Again the encryption key size must be the same for the wireless adapters and the wireless router Data Encryption WEP Keys There are two methods for creating WEP data encryption keys Whichever method you use record the key values in the spaces below e Passphrase Method These characters are case sensitive Enter a word or group of printable characters and click Generate Keys Not all wireless devices support the passphrase method e Manual Method These values are not case sensitive For 64 bit WEP enter 10 hexadecimal digits any combination of 0 9 or a f For 128 bit WEP enter 26 hexadecimal digits Key 1 Key 2 Key 3 Key 4 Safeguarding Your Network 3 7 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual e If WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK Authentication is used Passphrase These characters are case sensitive Enter a word or group of printable characters When you use WPA PSK the other devices in the network will not connect unless they are also set to WPA PSK and are configured with the correct Passphrase Similarly when you use WPA2 PSK the other devices in the network will not connect unless they are aslo set to WPA2 PSK and are configured with the correct Passphrase Use the procedures described in the following sections to configure the WNR834B Store this information in a safe place Con
23. from a particular service port number and replies from the remote computer to your router are directed to that port number If the remote server sends a reply back to a different port number your router will not recognize it and will discard it However some application servers such as FTP and IRC servers send replies back to multiple port numbers Using the Port Triggering function of your router you can tell the router to open additional incoming ports when a particular outgoing port originates a session An example is Internet Relay Chat IRC Your computer connects to an IRC server at destination port 6667 The IRC server not only responds to your originating source port but also sends an identify message to your computer on port 113 Using Port Triggering you can tell the router When you initiate a session with destination port 6667 you must also allow incoming traffic on port 113 to reach the originating computer Using steps similar to the preceding example the following sequence shows the effects of the Port Triggering rule you have defined Fine Tuning Your Network 6 3 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual You open an IRC client program beginning a chat session on your computer Your IRC client composes a request message to an IRC server using a destination port number of 6667 the standard port number for an IRC server process Your computer then sends this request
24. in which your computers will operate In an elevated location such as a high shelf where the wirelessly connected computers have line of sight access even if through walls e Avoid obstacles to wireless signals Keep wireless devices at least two feet from large metal fixtures such as file cabinets refrigerators pipes metal ceilings reinforced concrete and metal partitions Keep away from large amounts of water such as fish tanks and water coolers e Reduce interference Avoid windows unless communicating between buildings Place wireless devices away from various electromagnetic noise sources especially those in the 2400 2500 MHz frequency band Common noise creating sources are Computers and fax machines no closer than one foot Copying machines elevators and cell phones no closer than 6 feet Microwave ovens no closer than 10 feet e Choose your settings Use a scanning utility to determine what other wireless networks are operating nearby and choose an unused channel Turn off SSID Broadcast and change the default SSID Other nearby devices may automatically try to connect to your network several times a second which can cause significant performance reduction Changing the MTU The Maximum Transmission Unit MTU is the largest data packet a network device transmits When one network device communicates across the Internet with another the data packets travel through many devic
25. message to your router Your router creates an entry in its internal session table describing this communication session between your computer and the IRC server Your router stores the original information performs Network Address Translation NAT on the source address and port and sends this request message through the Internet to the IRC server Noting your Port Triggering rule and having observed the destination port number of 6667 your router creates an additional session entry to send any incoming port 113 traffic to your computer The IRC server sends a return message to your router using the NAT assigned source port as in the previous example let s say port 33333 as the destination port The IRC server also sends an identify message to your router with destination port 113 Upon receiving the incoming message to destination port 33333 your router checks its session table to determine whether there is an active session for port number 33333 Finding an active session the router restores the original address information replaced by NAT and sends this reply message to your computer Upon receiving the incoming message to destination port 113 your router checks its session table and learns that there is an active session for port 113 associated with your computer The router replaces the message s destination IP address with your computer s IP address and forwards the message to your computer When you finish your ch
26. some performance impact 4 WPA PSK strong security 5 WPA2 PSK very strong security Figure 3 1 There are several ways you can enhance the security of your wireless network In order of increasing effectiveness Turn Off the Broadcast of the Wireless Network Name SSID If you disable the broadcast of the SSID only devices that know the correct SSID can connect This nullifies the wireless network discovery feature of some products such as Windows XP but your data is still fully exposed to an intruder using available wireless eavesdropping tools Restrict Access Based on MAC Address You can restrict access to only trusted computers so that unknown computers cannot wirelessly connect to the WNR834B MAC address filtering adds an obstacle against unwanted access to your network by the general public but the data broadcast over the wireless link is fully exposed This data includes your trusted MAC addresses which can be read and impersonated by a hacker WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy WEP data encryption provides moderate data security WEP Shared Key authentication and WEP data encryption can be defeated by a determined eavesdropper using publicly available tools WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK Wi Fi Protected Access with Pre Shared Key WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK data encryption provides extremely strong data security very effectively blocking eavesdropping Because WPA and WPA2 are relatively new standards older wireless adapters and dev
27. the application by asking user groups or newsgroups or by searching Enter the Starting Port and Ending Port numbers If the application uses a single port number enter that number in both boxes Ifyou know that the application uses either TCP or UDP select the appropriate protocol If you are not sure select Both Blocking Services by IP Address Range Under the heading Filter Services For you can block the specified service for a single computer a range of computers having consecutive IP addresses or all computers on your network 4 4 Restricting Access From Your Network v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Scheduling Blocking The WNR834B router allows you to specify when blocking is enforced To schedule blocking e From the main menu of the browser interface under Content Filtering click Schedule Schedule Days To Block M Every day Sunday IF Monday I Tuesday IF Wednesday I Thursday I Friday I Saturday Time Of Day To Block use 24 hour clock M All Day Start Blocking l Hour Min End Blocking 0 Hour f0 Min Cancel Figure 4 4 Configure the schedule for blocking keywords and services e Days to Block Select days to block by checking the appropriate boxes Select Every Day to select the checkboxes for all days Click Apply e Time of Day to Block Select a start and end time in 24 hour format Select All Day for 24 ho
28. the firewall allows any outbound traffic and prohibits any inbound traffic except for responses to your outbound traffic However you can modify the firewall s rules to achieve the following behavior Blocking sites Block access from your network to certain Web locations based on Web addresses and Web address keywords This feature is described in Blocking Access to Internet Sites on page 4 1 Blocking services Block the use of certain Internet services by specific computers on your network This feature is described in Blocking Access to Internet Services on page 4 3 Scheduled blocking Block sites and services according to a daily schedule This feature is described in Scheduling Blocking on page 4 5 Allow inbound access to your server To allow inbound access to resources on your local network for example a Web server or remote desktop program you can open the needed services by configuring port forwarding as described in Allowing Inbound Connections To Your Network on page 6 1 Allow certain games and applications to function properly Some games and applications need to allow additional inbound traffic in order to function Port triggering can dynamically allow additional service connections as described in Allowing Inbound Connections To Your Network on page 6 1 Another feature to solve application conflicts with the firewall is Universal Plug and Play UPnP described in Using Universal Plug
29. the router and wireless computer must match exactly e If you have enabled the wireless router to restrict wireless access by MAC address you must add the wireless computer s MAC address to the router s wireless card access list Make sure the network settings of the computer are correct e Wired and wirelessly connected computers must have network IP addresses on the same network as the router The simplest way to do this is to configure each computer to obtain an IP address automatically using DHCP Please see Preparing a Computer for Network Access in Appendix B or the documentation that came with your computer e Some cable modem service providers require you to use the MAC address of the computer initially registered on the account Your wireless router can capture and use that MAC address as described in Configuring Your Internet Connection Using the Smart Setup Wizard on page 2 5 Check the test light to verify correct router operation If the Test light does not turn off within 2 minutes after turning the router on reset the router according to the instructions in Problems with Date and Time on page 8 9 Troubleshooting Basic Functions After you turn on power to the router the following sequence of events should occur 1 When power is first applied verify that the Power light is on 2 After approximately 10 seconds verify that 8 2 Troubleshooting v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax
30. to intermediate computer and Internet skills Conventions Formats and Scope The conventions formats and scope of this manual are described in the following paragraphs e Typographical Conventions This manual uses the following typographical conventions Italics Emphasis books CDs URL names Bold User input Fixed Screen text file and server names extensions commands IP addresses e Formats This manual uses the following formats to highlight special messages Note This format is used to highlight information of importance or special interest eS Tip This format is used to highlight a procedure that will save time or resources A Warning Ignoring this type of note may result in a malfunction or damage to the equipment a breach of security or a loss of data About This Manual 1 1 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual A Danger This is a safety warning Failure to take heed of this notice may result in personal injury or death e Scope This manual is written for the WNR834B router according to these specifications Product Version RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B Manual Publication Date January 2007 For more information about network Internet firewall and VPN technologies see the links to the NETGEAR website in Appendix B Related Documents Note Product updates ar
31. wireless card in your computer a Smart Wizard utility program is installed that can provide helpful information about your wireless network You can find this program in your Windows program menu or as an icon in your system tray Other wireless card manufacturers may include a similar program If you have no specific wireless card setup program installed you can use the basic setup utility in Windows by following these steps 1 Open the Windows Control Panel and select Network Connections 2 Under the LAN section double click Wireless Network Connection Use the setup program to scan for available wireless networks Look for a Network Name SSID of NETGEAR or your custom SSID if you have changed it If your wireless network does not appear check these conditions e Is your router s wireless radio enabled See Configuring Security in the Advanced Wireless Settings Menu on page 3 6 e Is your router s SSID Broadcast enabled See Configuring Security in the Advanced Wireless Settings Menu on page 3 6 e Is your router set to a wireless standard that is not supported by your wireless card Check the Mode setting in Configuring Wireless Settings on page 2 10 If your wireless network appears but the signal strength is weak check these conditions e Is your router too far from your computer or too close Place your computer near the router but at least six feet away and see whether the signal strength improves e
32. 7 0 988 21 05 33 33 WLAN 54M 240M 1044 0 0 3 0 04 58 45 Poll Interval le secs Set Interval Figure 7 3 Table 7 3 describes the router statistics Table 7 3 Router Statistics Items Item Description System Up Time The elapsed time since the router was last restarted Port The statistics for the WAN Internet and LAN local ports For each port the screen displays Status The link status of the port TxPkts The number of packets transmitted on this port since reset or manual clear RxPkts The number of packets received on this port since reset or manual clear Collisions The number of collisions on this port since reset or manual clear Tx B s The current transmission outbound bandwidth used on the WAN and LAN ports Rx B s The current reception inbound bandwidth used on the WAN and LAN ports Up Time The time elapsed since this port acquired the link Poll Interval The intervals at which the statistics are updated in this window Set Interval To change the polling frequency enter a time and click Set Interval Using Network Monitoring Tools 7 5 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Viewing a List of Attached Devices The Attached Devices table contains a table of all IP devices that the router has discovered on the local network From the main menu of the browser interface under the Maintenance heading select Attached Devices to view the table
33. 92 168 1 33 HTTP port 80 is the standard protocol for Web servers 3 Optional Register a host name with a Dynamic DNS Service and configure your router to use the name as described in Using a Dynamic DNS Service on page 5 5 To access your Web server from the Internet a remote user must know the IP address that has been assigned by your ISP However if you use a Dynamic DNS Service the remote user can reach your server by a user friendly Internet name such as mynetgear dyndns org Configuring Port Triggering Port Triggering is a dynamic extension of Port Forwarding that is useful when e More than one local computer needs port forwarding for the same application but not simultaneously or e An application needs to open incoming ports that are different from the outgoing port When Port Triggering is enabled the router monitors outbound traffic looking for a specified outbound trigger port When the router detects outbound traffic on that port it remembers the IP address of the local computer that sent the data The router then temporarily opens the specified incoming port or ports and forwards incoming traffic on the triggered ports to the triggering computer While Port Forwarding creates a static mapping of a port number or range to a single local computer Port Triggering can dynamically open ports to any computer that needs them and can close the ports when they are no longer needed ____ Note If you us
34. Basic ISP Settings Parameters related to your Internet service are configured in the Basic Settings menu To access the Basic Settings menu 1 From the main menu of the router s Web configuration interface under the Setup heading click Basic Settings The content you see in the Basic Settings menu depends on whether your ISP requires that you log in with a user name and password for Internet access Configuring Basic Connectivity 2 5 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual No Login Required by ISP If no login is required by your ISP the following parameters appear in the Basic Settings menu ISP Does Not Require Login Basic Settings Does Your Internet Connection Require A Login Account Name If Required Domain Name If Required Internet IP Address Get Dynamically From ISP O Use Static IP Address IP Address o lo IP Subnet Mask 255 255 255 Gateway IP Address o lo 0 Domain Name Server DNS Address Get Automatically From ISP Ouse These DNS Servers Primary DNS Secondary DNS Router MAC Address Use Default MAC Address O Use Computer MAC Address O Use This MAC Address Apply Cancel Test Figure 2 3 e Account Name may also be called Host Name The account name will be provided to the ISP during a DHCP request from your router In most cases this parameter is not required but some ISPs require it for access
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36. IP address on the Internet select Only This Computer Enter the IP address that will be allowed access 3 Specify the Port Number for accessing the management interface Normal Web browser access uses the standard HTTP service port 80 For greater security enter a custom port number for the remote management Web interface Choose a number between 1024 and 65535 but do not use the number of any common service port The default is 8080 which is a common alternate for HTTP 4 Click Apply to have your changes take effect ___ Note When accessing your router from the Internet type your router s WAN IP address _ gt into your browser s address in Internet Explorer or location box followed by a colon and the custom port number For example if your external address is 134 177 0 123 and you use port number 8080 then enter http 134 177 0 123 8080 in your browser Using Network Monitoring Tools 7 11 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual 7 12 Using Network Monitoring Tools v1 2 January 2007 Chapter 8 Troubleshooting This chapter provides information about troubleshooting your RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B After each problem description instructions are provided to help you diagnose and solve the problem As a first step please review the Quick Tips Q Tip NETGEAR provides helpful articles documentation and the latest software i update
37. LAN IP address e Secondary DNS Server if you entered a Secondary DNS address in the Basic Settings menu To use another device on your network as the DHCP server or to manually configure the network settings of all of your computers deselect Use Router as DHCP Server Otherwise leave it selected If you deselect this service and no other DHCP server is available on your network you will need to set your computers IP addresses manually or they will not be able to access the router Using Address Reservation When you specify a reserved IP address for a computer on the LAN that computer will always receive the same IP address each time it accesses the router s DHCP server Reserved IP addresses should be assigned to computers or servers that require permanent IP settings To reserve an IP address 1 Click Add 2 Inthe IP Address box type the IP address to assign to the computer or server choose an IP address from the router s LAN subnet such as 192 168 1 x 3 Type the MAC Address of the computer or server Q Tip If the computer is already present on your network you can copy its MAC 7 address from the Attached Devices menu and paste it here 4 Click Apply to enter the reserved address into the table Note The reserved address is not assigned until the next time the computer contacts the router s DHCP server Reboot the computer or access its IP configuration and force a DHCP release and renew
38. NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual The power light is solidly on b The Internet light is lit c A numbered LAN port light is lit for any local port that is connected to a computer This indicates that a link has been established to the connected device If any of the above conditions does not occur see the appropriate following section The power light is not on or is blinking If the Power and other lights are off when your router is turned on e Make sure that the power cord is properly connected to your router and that the power adapter is properly connected to a functioning power outlet e Check that you are using the 12V DC 1A power adapter that NETGEAR supplied for this product e Ifthe Power light alternately blinks green and amber every second the router software is corrupted This can happen if a firmware upgrade is interrupted or if the router detects a problem with the firmware For recovery instructions contact technical support at www netgear com support If the error persists you have a hardware problem and should contact technical support at www netgear com support The lights never turn off When the router is turned on the lights turns on for about 10 seconds and then turn off If all the lights stay on there is a fault within the router If all lights are still on one minute after power up e Cycle the power to see if the router recovers e Clear the router s configuration to factory default
39. P IP Addressing in Appendix B The Domain Name Server addresses being used by the router A Domain Name Server translates human language URLs such as www netgear com into IP addresses LAN Port MAC Address IP Address DHCP IP Subnet Mask These parameters apply to the Local LAN port of the router The Media Access Control address This is the unique physical address being used by the LAN port of the router The IP address being used by the Local LAN port of the router The default is 192 168 1 1 Identifies whether the router s built in DHCP server is active for the LAN attached devices The IP Subnet Mask being used by the Local LAN port of the router The default is 255 255 255 0 Wireless Port Name SSID Region Channel Mode These parameters apply to the Wireless port of the router The wireless network name SSID being used by the wireless port of the router The default is NETGEAR The geographic region where the router is being used It may be illegal to use the wireless features of the router in some parts of the world Identifies the channel of the wireless port being used See Wireless Communications in Appendix B for the frequencies used on each channel In Up to 240 Mbps mode there are two channels a primary channel P and a secondary channel S Indicates the wireless communication mode 802 11g and 802 11b 802 11g only up to 126 Mbps or up to 240 Mbps
40. P UDP If you are not sure select TCP UDP 9 In the Triggering Port box enter the outbound traffic port number that will cause the inbound ports to be opened 10 Enter the inbound connection port information such as Connection Type Starting Port and Ending Port boxes 11 Click Apply The service appears in the Port Triggering Portmap Table Fine Tuning Your Network v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Using Universal Plug and Play Universal Plug and Play UPnP helps devices such as Internet appliances and computers to access the network and connect to other devices as needed UPnP devices can automatically discover the services from other registered UPnP devices on the network Note If you use applications such as multi player gaming peer to peer connections real time communications such as instant messaging or remote assistance a feature in Windows XP you should enable UPnP From the main menu of the browser interface under Advanced click UPnP The UPnP menu appears UPnP Turn UPnP On Advertisement Period in minutes 30 Advertisement Time To Live in hops 0 UPnP Portmap Table Active Protocol Int Port Ext Port IP Address Yes TOF 9198 11913 192 168 0 2 Yes UDP 5339 7102 192 168 0 2 Figure 6 5 The available settings and displays in this menu are e Turn UPnP On UPnP can be enabled or disabled for
41. PPPoE or some other type of login e If your ISP requires a login you may have incorrectly set the login name and password e Your ISP may check for your computer s host name Assign the computer Host Name of your ISP account as the Account Name in the Basic Settings menu e Your ISP only allows one Ethernet MAC address to connect to Internet and might check for your computer s MAC address In this case Inform your ISP that you have bought a new network device and ask them to use the router s MAC address OR Configure your router to spoof your computer s MAC address This procedure is explained in Configuring Your Internet Connection Using the Smart Setup Wizard on page 2 5 If your router can obtain an IP address but your computer is unable to load any Web pages from the Internet 8 6 Troubleshooting v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Your computer may not recognize any DNS server addresses A DNS server is a host on the Internet that translates Internet names such as www addresses to numeric IP addresses Typically your ISP will provide the addresses of one or two DNS servers for your use If you entered a DNS address during the router s configuration reboot your computer and verify the DNS address as described in Preparing a Computer for Network Access in Appendix B You can also configure your computer manually with DNS addresses as explained in yo
42. R RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Configuring Security in the Advanced Wireless Settings Menu To configure security in the Advanced Wireless Settings menu 1 From the main menu of the browser interface under Advanced click Wireless Settings The Advanced Wireless Settings menu appears Advanced Wireless Settings Wireless Router Settings 7 Enable Wireless Router Radio V Enable SSID Broadcast Automatically switch channels to avoid interference Fragmentation Threshold 256 2346 2346 CTSIRTS Threshold 256 2346 2345 Preamble Mode Long Preamble Wireless Card Access List Setup Access List Figure 3 3 The security related wireless settings are described below For details on the configuration of the general wireless settings see Configuring Wireless Settings on page 2 10 e Enable Wireless Router Radio If you disable the wireless router radio wireless devices cannot connect to the WNR834B If you will not be using your wireless network for a period of time you can deselect this checkbox and disable all wireless connectivity e Enable SSID Broadcast Deselect this checkbox to disable broadcast of the SSID so that only devices that know the correct SSID can connect Disabling SSID broadcast nullifies the wireless network discovery feature of some products such as Windows XP e Wireless Card Access List When a Wireless Card Access List is configured and
43. The changes may have occurred but the Web browser may be caching the old configuration Troubleshooting 8 5 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Troubleshooting the Internet Connection If you can access your router but you are unable to access the Internet you should first determine whether the router is able to obtain an IP address from your Internet Service Provider ISP Unless your ISP provides a static IP address your router must request an IP address from the ISP You can determine whether the request was successful using the Web Configuration Manager To check the WAN IP address 1 Launch your browser and select an external site such as www netgear com 2 Access the main menu of the router s configuration at http www routerlogin net 3 Under the Maintenance heading select Router Status 4 Check that an IP address is shown for the WAN Port If 0 0 0 0 is shown your router has not obtained an IP address from your ISP If your router is unable to obtain an IP address from the ISP you may need to force your cable or DSL modem to recognize your new router by restarting your network as described in Be sure to restart your network in this sequence on page 8 1 If your router is still unable to obtain an IP address from the ISP the problem may be one of the following e Your ISP may require a login program Ask your ISP whether they require PPP over Ethernet
44. The source port number is 5678 the browser session The destination address is the IP address of www example com which your computer finds by asking a DNS server The destination port number is 80 the standard port number for a Web server process Your computer then sends this request message to your router Your router creates an entry in its internal session table describing this communication session between your computer and the Web server at www example com Before sending the Web page request message to www example com your router stores the original information and then modifies the source information in the request message performing Network Address Translation NAT The source address is replaced with your router s public IP address This is necessary because your computer uses a private IP address that is not globally unique and cannot be used on the Internet The source port number is changed to a number chosen by the router such as 33333 This is necessary because two computers could independently be using the same session number Your router then sends this request message through the Internet to the Web server at www example com Fine Tuning Your Network v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual d The Web server at www example com composes a return message with the requested Web page data The return message contains the following address and port informat
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46. adcast If you disable broadcast of the SSID only devices that know the correct SSID can connect Disabling SSID broadcast nullifies the wireless network discovery feature of some products such as Windows XP e Automatically switch channels to avoid interference Select this checkbox to have the WNR834B router periodically survey the wireless environment to ensure that it is using the clearest channel If a clearer channel is available it might automatically switch channels Note After the router switches channels there could be a slight delay while your gt wireless computers reconnect to the router To avoid this possibility leave this checkbox unselected Configuring Basic Connectivity 2 13 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual e Wireless Card Access List When a Wireless Card Access List is configured and enabled the WNR834B checks the MAC address of any wireless device attempting a connection and only allows connections to computers identified on the trusted computers list For instructions on configuring the Wireless Card Access List see Restricting Wireless Access by MAC Address on page 3 12 ___ Note The Fragmentation Threshold CTS RTS Threshold and Preamble Mode options gt are reserved for wireless testing and advanced configuration only Do not change these settings 2 14 Configuring Basic Connectivity v1 2 January 2007
47. ame and the MAC address of the authorized computer You can usually find the MAC address on the bottom of the wireless device menu into the MAC Address box of this menu To do this configure each wireless computer to obtain a wireless link to the router The computer should then appear in the Attached Devices menu O Tip You can copy and paste the MAC addresses from the router s Attached Devices 5 Click Add to add this wireless device to the Wireless Card Access List The screen changes back to the list screen 6 Repeat step 3 through step 5 for each additional device you want to add to the list Safeguarding Your Network 3 13 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual 7 Select the checkbox to Turn Access Control On ____ Note When configuring the router from a wireless computer whose MAC address is not in the Trusted PC list if you select Turn Access Control On you will lose your wireless connection when you click Apply You must then access the wireless router from a wired computer or from a wireless computer which is on the access control list to make any further changes 8 Click Apply to save your Wireless Card Access List settings Now only devices on this list are allowed to wirelessly connect to the WNR834B Warning MAC address filtering adds an obstacle against unwanted access to your A network by the general public However because
48. at session your router eventually senses a period of inactivity in the communications The router then removes the session information from its session table and incoming traffic is no longer accepted on port numbers 33333 or 113 To configure Port Triggering you need to know which inbound ports the application needs Also you need to know the outbound port number that will trigger the opening of the inbound ports This information can usually be determined by contacting the publisher of the application or from user groups or newsgroups gt Note Only one computer at a time can use the triggered application Fine Tuning Your Network v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual How Port Forwarding Changes the Communication Process In both of the preceding examples your computer initiates an application session with a server computer on the Internet However you may need to allow a client computer on the Internet to initiate a connection to a server computer on your network Normally your router will ignore any inbound traffic that is not a response to your own outbound traffic You can configure exceptions to this default rule by using the Port Forwarding feature A typical application of Port Forwarding can be shown by reversing the client server relationship from our previous Web server example In this case a remote computer s browser needs to access a Web server runnin
49. ation file You can back up save this file and retrieve it later NETGEAR recommends that you save your confguration file after you complete the configuration In the event of router failure or corruption or a lost administrator password you can easily recreate your configuration by restoring the configuration file For instructions on saving and restoring your configuration file see Managing the Configuration File on page 7 6 default password Then change it again after you have saved the configuration file If you save the file with a new password and you later forget the new password you will have to reset the router back to the factory defaults and log in using the default password of password This means you will have to re enter all the router configuration settings G Tip Before saving your configuration file change the administrator password to the Safeguarding Your Network 3 15 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Understanding Your Firewall Your RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B contains a true firewall to protect your network from attacks and intrusions A firewall is a device that protects one network from another while allowing communication between the two Using a process called stateful packet inspection the firewall analyzes all inbound and outbound traffic to determine whether or not it will be allowed to pass through By default
50. d click Wireless Settings Advanced Wireless Settings Wireless Router Settings v Enable Wireless Router Radio V Enable SSID Broadcast Automatically switch channels to avoid interference Fragmentation Threshold 256 2346 2346 CTSIRTS Threshold 256 2346 12346 Preamble Mode Long Preamble Wireless Card Access List Setup Access List Figure 8 2 9 Make sure the checkboxes are selected for Enable Wireless Router Radio and Enable SSID Broadcast 10 Click Setup Access List 11 Make sure that the checkbox is not selected for Turn Access Control On 12 Configure and test your wireless computer for wireless connectivity 8 12 Troubleshooting v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Program the wireless adapter of your computer to have the same SSID and channel that you configured in the router and disable encryption Check that your computer has a wireless link and is able to obtain an IP address by DHCP from the router Once your computer has basic wireless connectivity to the router you can configure the advanced wireless security functions of the computer and router Restoring the Default Configuration and Password This section explains how to restore the factory default configuration settings changing the router s administration password back to password You can erase the current configuration and restore factory defaults in two
51. der Advanced click WAN Setup Customizing Your Network Settings 5 7 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual 2 Under Default DMZ Server type the last digit of the IP address for that computer To remove the default DMZ server enter zero 3 Select the checkbox for Default DMZ Server and click Apply Responding to a Ping on the Internet WAN Port If you want the router to respond to a ping from the Internet select the checkbox for Respond to Ping on Internet WAN Port This should only be used as a diagnostic tool since it allows your router to be discovered by Internet scanners Do not select this checkbox unless you have a specific reason to do so such as when troubleshooting your connection Setting the MTU Size The normal MTU value for most Ethernet networks is 1500 bytes 1492 bytes for PPPoE connections or 1436 for PPTP connections For some ISPs you may need to reduce the MTU but this is rarely required and should not be done unless you are sure it is necessary for your ISP connection For more information see Changing the MTU on page 6 14 To change the MTU size 1 Under MTU Size enter a new size between 64 and 1500 2 Click Apply to save the new configuration Configuring Static Routes Static routes provide additional routing information to your router Under normal circumstances the router has adequate routing information after it has been configured for
52. device has opened The UPnP Portmap Table also displays what type of port is open and whether that port is still active for each IP address Optimizing Wireless Performance The speed and operating distance or range of your wireless connection can vary significantly based on the physical placement of the wireless router You should choose a location for your router that will maximize the network speed ___ Note Failure to follow these guidelines can result in significant performance degradation gt or inability to wirelessly connect to the router For complete range and performance specifications please see Wireless Communications in Appendix B The following list describes how to optimize wireless router performance e Identify critical wireless links If your network has several wireless devices decide which wireless devices need the highest data rate and locate the router near them Many wireless products have automatic data rate fallback which allows increased distances without losing connectivity This also means that devices that are further away may be slower Therefore the most critical links in your network are those where the traffic is high and the distances are great Optimize those first Fine Tuning Your Network 6 13 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual e Choose placement carefully For best results place your router Near the center of the area
53. e access to the physical label you can display the MAC address using the network configuration utilities of the computer In WindowsXP for example typing the ipconfig all command in an MSDOS Command Prompt window will display the MAC address as Physical Address You may also find the MAC addresses in the router s Attached Devices menu To restrict access based on MAC addresses follow these steps 1 Inthe Advanced section of the main menu click Wireless Settings 2 From the Wireless Settings menu click Setup Access List to display the Wireless Card Access List Wireless Card Access List Setup Access List Wireless Card Access List J Turn Access Control On Device Name Mac Address Figure 3 6 3 12 Safeguarding Your Network v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual 3 Click Add to add a wireless device to the wireless access control list The Wireless Card Access Setup dialog opens and displays a list of currently active wireless cards and their Ethernet MAC addresses Wireless Card Access Setup Available Wireless Cards Device Name MAC Address g9300UNIT2 00 0f b5 0d ab 19 Wireless Card Entry Device Name 3300UNIT2 MAC Address 00 0fb5 0d ab 19 Figure 3 7 4 Ifthe desired computer appears in the Available Wireless Cards list you can click the radio button of that computer to capture its MAC address otherwise you can manually enter a n
54. e applications such as multi player gaming peer to peer connections real gt time communications such as instant messaging or remote assistance a feature in Windows XP you should also enable Universal Plug and Play UPnP according to the instructions in Using Universal Plug and Play on page 6 12 To configure Port Triggering you need to know which inbound ports the application needs Also you need to know the outbound port number that will trigger the opening of the inbound ports This information can usually be determined by contacting the publisher of the application or from user groups or newsgroups Fine Tuning Your Network 6 9 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual To set up Port Triggering 1 In the main menu under Advanced Select Port Forwarding Port Triggering 2 Select the Port Triggering radio button The Port Triggering screen appears Port Forwarding Port Triggering Please select the service type Port Forwarding Port Triggering C Disable Port Triggering Port Triggering Timeout in minutes 20 Port Triggering Portmap Table Enable Service Name Service Type Inbound Connection Service User O 1 M dialpad_1 TCP 51200 TCP UDP 51 200 ANY O 2 M dialpad_2 TCP 51201 TCP UDP 51 201 ANY 3 M paltalk_1 TCP 2090 TCP UDP 2090 ANY O 4 M paltalk_2 TCP 2091 TCP UDP 2091 ANY O 5 M quicktime TCP 554 TCP UDP 6970 6990 ANY
55. e available on the NETGEAR Inc website at http kbserver netgear com products WNRS 34B asp How to Use This Manual The HTML version of this manual includes the following e Buttons gt and lt for browsing forwards or backwards through the manual one page at a time e A button that displays the table of contents and an button Double click on a link in the table of contents or index to navigate directly to where the topic is described in the manual e A Fi button to access the full NETGEAR Inc online knowledge base for the product model e Links to PDF versions of the full manual and individual chapters How to Print this Manual To print this manual you can choose one of the following options according to your needs e Printing a Page from HTML Each page in the HTML version of the manual is dedicated to a major topic Select File gt Print from the browser menu to print the page contents 1 2 About This Manual v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual e Printing from PDF Your computer must have the free Adobe Acrobat reader installed in order to view and print PDF files The Acrobat reader is available on the Adobe Web site at http www adobe com Printing a PDF Chapter Use the PDF of This Chapter link at the top left of any page e Click the PDF of This Chapter link at the top left of any page in the chapter yo
56. e box select the protocol If you are unsure select TCP UDP 5 In the Starting Port box type the beginning port number e Ifthe application uses only a single port type the same port number in the Ending Port box e Ifthe application uses a range of ports type the ending port number of the range in the Ending Port box 6 In the Server IP Address box type the IP address of your local computer that will provide this service 7 Click Apply The service will appear in the list in the Port Forwarding Port Triggering menu Editing or Deleting a Port Forwarding Entry To edit or delete a Port Forwarding entry 1 In the table select the button next to the service name 2 Click Edit Service or Delete Service Application Example Making a Local Web Server Public If you host a Web server on your local network you can use Port Forwarding to allow Web requests from anyone on the Internet to reach your Web server To make a local Web server public 6 8 Fine Tuning Your Network v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual 1 Assign your Web server either a fixed IP address or a dynamic IP address using DHCP Address Reservation as explained in Using Address Reservation on page 5 4 In this example your router will always give your Web server an IP address of 192 168 1 33 2 Configure the Port Forwarding menu to forward the HTTP service to the local address of your Web server at 1
57. e file to the router ____ Note The Web browser used to upload new firmware into the WNR834B router must gt support HTTP uploads NETGEAR recommends using Internet Explorer 5 1 Firefox 1 0 5 or later versions From the main menu of the browser interface under the Maintenance heading select Router Upgrade to display the upgrade menu Router Upgrade Check for New Version from the Internet V Check for New Version Upon Log in Locate and Select the Upgrade File from your Hard Disk Figure 7 7 To upload new firmware 1 Click Check to download and unzip if the download file is a ZIP file the new software file from NETGEAR 2 Click Browse and browse to the location of the new software file 3 Click Upload Warning When uploading software to the WNR834B router do not interrupt the Web A browser by closing the window clicking a link or loading a new page If the browser is interrupted it could corrupt the software Using Network Monitoring Tools 7 9 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual When the upload is complete your router will automatically restart The upgrade process typically takes about one minute Read the new software release notes to determine whether you must reconfigure the router after upgrading Enabling Remote Management Access Using the Remote Management feature you can allow a user on the Internet to
58. e of network traffic building materials and construction and network overhead can lower actual data throughput rate Assessing Your Speed Requirements Because your Internet connection is likely to operate at a much lower speed than your local network faster local networking technologies may not improve your Internet experience However many emerging home applications require high data rates For example Streaming HD video requires 10 to 30 Mbps per stream Because latency and packet loss can disrupt your video plan to provide at least twice the capacity you need Streaming MP3 audio requires less than 1 Mbps per stream and does not strain most modern networks Like video however streaming audio is also sensitive to latency and packet loss so a congested network or a noisy link can cause problems 6 18 Fine Tuning Your Network v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual e Backing up computers over the network has become popular due to the availability of inexpensive mass storage Table 6 2 shows the time to transfer one gigabyte 1 GB of data using various networking technologies Table 6 2 Theoretical Transfer Time for 1 Gigabyte Network Connection Theoretical Raw Transfer Time Gigabit Wired Ethernet 8 seconds RangeMax NEXT Wireless N 26 seconds Powerline HD 40 seconds 100 Mbps Wired Ethernet 80 seconds 802 11g wireless 150 seconds 802 11b w
59. ee Configuring Your Internet Connection Using the Smart Setup Wizard on page 2 5 Problems with Date and Time The Email menu in the Content Filtering section displays the current date and time of day The WNR834B router uses the Network Time Protocol NTP to obtain the current time from one of several Network Time Servers on the Internet Each entry in the log is stamped with the date and time of day Problems with the date and time function can include e Date shown is January 1 2000 Cause The router has not yet successfully reached a Network Time Server Check that your Internet access settings are configured correctly If you have just completed configuring the router wait at least five minutes and check the date and time again e Time is off by one hour Cause The router does not adjust for Daylight Savings Time In the Email menu check the box marked Adjust for Daylight Savings Time Solving Wireless Connection Problems The first steps in solving wireless connection problems are 1 Using your wireless card s setup utility program make sure your wireless card can find your wireless router 2 Configure and test with the simplest wireless connection possible and then add security The topics in this section describe these steps Troubleshooting 8 9 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Using Your Wireless Card Setup Program When you install a NETGEAR
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61. en click Apply To block by schedule be sure to specify a time period in the Schedule menu For scheduling see Scheduling Blocking on page 4 5 Restricting Access From Your Network 4 3 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual To specify a service for blocking click Add The Block Services Setup menu appears Block Services Setup Service Type IAM Protocol Starting Port la 65534 Ending Port la 65534 Service Type User Defined Filter Services For i O Only This IP Address 192 168 O IP Address Range 192 168 toj192 168 AIl IP Addresses Figure 4 3 From the Service Type list select the application or service to be allowed or blocked The list already displays several common services but you are not limited to these choices To add any additional services or applications that do not already appear select User Defined Configuring a User Defined Service To define a service first you must determine which port number or range of numbers is used by the application The service port numbers for many common protocols are defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force IETF and published in RFC1700 Assigned Numbers Service numbers for other applications are typically chosen from the range 1024 to 65535 by the authors of the application Port number information can often be determined by contacting the publisher of
62. enabled the WNR834B checks the MAC address of any wireless device attempting a connection and only allows connections to computers identified on the trusted computers list For instructions on configuring the Wireless Card Access List see Restricting Wireless Access by MAC Address on page 3 12 3 6 Safeguarding Your Network v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Information to Gather Before Changing Basic Wireless Settings Before customizing your wireless settings print this form and record the following information If you are working with an existing wireless network the person who set up or is responsible for the network will be able to provide this information Otherwise you must choose the settings for your wireless network Either way record the settings for your wireless network in the spaces below e Wireless Network Name SSID The SSID identifies the wireless network You can use up to 32 alphanumeric characters The SSID is case sensitive The SSID in the wireless adapter card must match the SSID of the wireless router In some configuration utilities such as in Windows XP the term wireless network name is used instead of SSID e If WEP Authentication is used circle one Open System Shared Key or Auto gt Note If you select Shared Key the other devices in the network will not connect unless they are also set to Shared Key and are configured with the
63. ence problems with another nearby wireless network For more information on the wireless channel frequencies see Wireless Communications in Appendix B e Mode This field determines which data communications protocol is used You can choose from gonly Dedicates the WNR834B to communicating with the higher bandwidth 802 11g wireless devices exclusively gandb Provides backward compatibility with the slower 802 11b wireless devices while still enabling 802 11g communications Up To 126 Mbps Provides two transmission streams with different data on the same channel at the same time Up To 240 Mbps Uses channel expansion to achieve the 240 Mbps data rate The WNR834B router will use the channel you selected as the primary channel and expand to the secondary channel primary channel 4 or 4 to achieve a 40MHz frame by frame bandwidth The WNR834B router will detect channel usage and will disable frame by frame expansion if the expansion would result in interference with the data transmission of other access points or clients _____ Note The maximum wireless signal rate is derived from the IEEE Standard 802 11 Specifications Actual data throughput will vary Network conditions and environmental factors including volume of network traffic building materials and construction and network overhead lower actual data throughput rate e Security Options The selection of wireless security options can sign
64. er If the path is functioning correctly replies like those shown in the previous section are displayed If you do not receive replies Check that your computer has the IP address of your router listed as the default gateway If the IP configuration of your computer is assigned by DHCP this information will not be visible in your computer s Network Control Panel Verify that the IP address of the router is listed as the default gateway as described in Preparing a Computer for Network Access in Appendix B Check to see that the network address of your computer the portion of the IP address specified by the subnet mask is different from the network address of the remote device Check that your cable or DSL modem is connected and functioning 8 8 Troubleshooting v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual If your ISP assigned a host name to your computer enter that host name as the Account Name in the Basic Settings menu Your ISP could be rejecting the Ethernet MAC addresses of all but one of your computers Many broadband ISPs restrict access by only allowing traffic from the MAC address of your broadband modem but some ISPs additionally restrict access to the MAC address of a single computer connected to that modem If this is the case you must configure your router to clone or spoof the MAC address from the authorized computer For more information s
65. erver allowing it to assign IP DNS server and default gateway addresses to all computers connected to the router s LAN The assigned default gateway address is the LAN address of the router The router assigns IP addresses to the attached computers from a pool of addresses specified in this menu Each pool address is tested before it is assigned to avoid duplicate addresses on the LAN For most applications the default DHCP and TCP IP settings of the router are satisfactory See Internet Networking and TCP IP Addressing in Appendix B for an explanation of DHCP and information about how to assign IP addresses for your network Specify the pool of IP addresses to be assigned by setting the Starting IP Address and Ending IP Address These addresses should be part of the same IP address subnet as the router s LAN IP address Using the default addressing scheme you should define a range between 192 168 1 2 and 192 168 1 254 although you may wish to save part of the range for devices with fixed addresses The router delivers the following parameters to any LAN device that requests DHCP e An IP Address from the range you have defined Customizing Your Network Settings 5 3 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual e Subnet Mask e Gateway IP Address the router s LAN IP address e Primary DNS Server if you entered a Primary DNS address in the Basic Settings menu otherwise the router s
66. es e The Gateway IP Address fields specifies that all traffic for these addresses should be forwarded to the ISDN router at 192 168 1 100 e A metric value of 1 will work since the ISDN router is on the LAN e Private is selected only as a precautionary security measure in case RIP is activated 5 10 Customizing Your Network Settings v1 2 January 2007 Chapter 6 Fine Tuning Your Network This chapter describes how to modify the configuration of the RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B to allow specific applications to access the Internet or to be accessed from the Internet and how to make adjustments to enhance your network s performance This chapter includes e Allowing Inbound Connections To Your Network e Configuring Port Forwarding to Local Servers e Configuring Port Triggering e Using Universal Plug and Play e Optimizing Wireless Performance e Changing the MTU e Optimizing Your Network Bandwidth e Overview of Home and Small Office Networking Technologies Allowing Inbound Connections To Your Network By default the WNR834B router blocks any inbound traffic from the Internet to your computers except for replies to your outbound traffic However you may need to create exceptions to this rule for the following purposes e To allow remote computers on the Internet to access a server on your local network e To allow certain applications and games to work properly when their replies are not recognized by your r
67. es along the way If any device in the data path has a lower MTU setting than the other devices the data packets must be split or fragmented to accommodate the one with the smallest MTU The best MTU setting for NETGEAR equipment is often just the default value and changing the value may fix one problem but cause another Leave MTU unchanged unless 6 14 Fine Tuning Your Network v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual e You have problems connecting to your ISP or other Internet service and either the technical support of the ISP or of NETGEAR recommends changing MTU These may require an MTU change A secure Web site that won t open or only displays part of a Web page Yahoo email MSN America Online s DSL service e You use VPN and have severe performance problems e You used a program to optimize MTU for performance reasons and now you have connectivity or performance problems Note An incorrect MTU setting can cause Internet communication problems such as the inability to access certain Web sites frames within Web sites secure login pages FTP or POP servers If you suspect an MTU problem a common solution is to change the MTU to 1400 If you are willing to experiment you can gradually reduce the MTU from the maximum value of 1500 until the problem goes away Table 6 1 describes common MTU sizes and applications Table 6 1 Common MTU Sizes
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69. evantnimi dolo ili direktive 1999 5 ES Slovensky NETGEAR Inc t mto vyhlasuje _e Radiolan sp a z kladn po_iadavky a v etky Slovak pr slu n ustanovenia Smernice 1999 5 ES Suomi NETGEAR Inc vakuuttaa t ten ett Radiolan tyyppinen laite on direktiivin 1999 5 EY Finnish oleellisten vaatimusten ja sit koskevien direktiivin muiden ehtojen mukainen Svenska H rmed intygar NETGEAR Inc att denna Radiolan st r verensst mmelse med de Swedish v sentliga egenskapskrav och vriga relevanta best mmelser som framg r av direktiv 1999 5 EG slenska H r me l sir NETGEAR Inc yfir pvi a Radiolan er samr mi vi grunnkr fur og a rar Icelandic kr fur sem ger ar eru tilskipun 1999 5 EC Norsk NETGEAR Inc erkl rer herved at utstyret Radiolan er i samsvar med de Norwegian grunnleggende krav og vrige relevante krav i direktiv 1999 5 EF FCC Requirements for Operation in the United States FCC Information to User This product does not contain any user serviceable components and is to be used with approved antennas only Any product changes or modifications will invalidate all applicable regulatory certifications and approvals v1 2 January 2007 FCC Guidelines for Human Exposure This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance of 20 cm between the radiator and your bod
70. example NETGEAR is not the same as nETgear The four key boxes are automatically populated with key values e Manual Enter ten hexadecimal digits any combination of 0 9 a f or A F These entries are not case sensitive For example AA is the same as aa Select which of the four keys to activate Safeguarding Your Network 3 9 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual See Wireless Communications in Appendix B for a full explanation of each of these options as defined by the IEEE 802 11 wireless communication standard 5 Click Apply to save your settings Configuring WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK Wireless Security _____ Note Not all wireless adapters support WPA Furthermore client software is also gt required Windows XP with Service Pack 2 does include WPA support Nevertheless the wireless adapter hardware and driver must also support WPA For instructions on configuring wireless computers or PDAs Personal Digital Assistants for WPA PSK security consult the documentation for the product you are using To configure WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK follow these steps 1 In the Setup section of the main menu click Wireless Settings 3 10 Safeguarding Your Network v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual 2 Select one of the WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK options for the Security Type The third option WPA PSK TKIP WP2 PSK AES
71. figuring WEP Wireless Security To configure WEP data encryption follow these steps Note If you use a wireless computer to configure WEP settings you will be disconnected when you click Apply You must then either configure your wireless adapter to match the wireless router WEP settings or access the wireless router from a wired computer to make any further changes 1 From the main menu of the browser interface under Setup click Wireless Settings 2 From the Security Options menu select WEP The WEP options display 3 8 Safeguarding Your Network v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual 3 Select the Authentication Type and Encryption strength Wireless Settings Wireless Network Name SSID NETGEAR Region Channel auto Mode Up to 240 Mbps Security Options O None WEP O WPA PSK TKIP O WPA2 PSK AES O WPA PSK TKIP WPA2 PSK AES Security Encryption WEP Authentication Type Automatic v Encryption Strength 64bit v Security Encryption WEP Key Passphrase n Key1 pa l Key 2 O Key 3 O Key 4 O Figure 3 4 4 You can manually or automatically program the four data encryption keys These values must be identical on all computers and Access Points in your network e Automatic In the Passphrase box enter a word or group of printable characters and click Generate The passphrase is case sensitive For
72. g on a computer in your local network Using Port Forwarding you can tell the router When you receive incoming traffic on port 80 the standard port number for a Web server process forward it to the local computer at 192 168 1 123 The following sequence shows the effects of the Port Forwarding rule you have defined a The user of a remote computer opens Internet Explorer and requests a Web page from www example com which resolves to the public IP address of your router The remote computer composes a Web page request message with the following destination information The destination address is the IP address of www example com which is the address of your router The destination port number is 80 the standard port number for a Web server process The remote computer then sends this request message through the Internet to your router b Your router receives the request message and looks in its rules table for any rules covering the disposition of incoming port 80 traffic Your Port Forwarding rule specifies that incoming port 80 traffic should be forwarded to local IP address 192 168 1 123 Therefore your router modifies the destination information in the request message The destination address is replaced with 192 168 1 123 Your router then sends this request message to your local network c Your Web server at 192 168 1 123 receives the request and composes a return message with the requested Web page da
73. geMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B Online Setup Manuals Language Setup Manual URL English http documentation netgear com wnr834b enu 208 10070 01 German http documentation netgear com wnr834b deu 208 10132 01 French http documentation netgear com wnr834b fra 208 10130 01 Italian http documentation netgear com wnr834b ita 208 10071 01 Spanish http documentation netgear com wnr834b esp 208 10131 01 Dutch http documentation netgear com wnr834b nld 208 10072 01 Swedish http documentation netgear com wnr834b sve 208 10073 O01 Accessing the Wireless Router For Configuration When the wireless router is connected to your network you can access it for configuration using your browser Follow these instructions to access the Web Configuration Manager 1 Connect to the wireless router by typing http www routerlogin net or the router s LAN IP address default is 192 168 1 1 in the address field of your browser and then pressing Enter A login window opens User name 3 admin v Password secccece C Remember my password Figure 2 1 2 2 Configuring Basic Connectivity v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual gt Tip You can connect to the wireless router by typing either of these URLs in the 9 address field of your browser and then pressing Enter e http www routerlogin net e http www routerlogi
74. he default SSID is NETGEAR ____ Note The SSID is case sensitive NETGEAR is not the same as nETgear Also the SSID of any wireless access adapters must match the SSID you configure in the RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B If they do not match you will not get a wireless connection to the WNR834B Set the Region Select the region in which the wireless interface will operate Set the Channel The default channel is Auto Troubleshooting 8 11 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual This field determines which operating frequency is used It should not be necessary to change the wireless channel unless you notice interference problems with another nearby wireless router or access point Select a channel that is not being used by any other wireless networks within several hundred feet of your router For more information on the wireless channel frequencies see Wireless Communications in Appendix B 5 Set the Mode to g and b 6 For Security Options select None 7 Click Apply to save your changes ___ Note If you are configuring the router from a wireless computer and you change the router s SSID channel or security settings you will lose your wireless connection when you click Apply You must then change the wireless settings of your computer to match the router s new settings 8 Inthe main menu of the WNR834B router under the heading Advance
75. he separation between the equipment and the receiver e Connect the equipment into an electrical outlet on a circuit different from that which the radio receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B Tested to Comply with FCC Standards FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE PY306XXXXXX Modifications made to the product unless expressly approved by NETGEAR Inc could void the user s right to operate the equipment Maximum Wireless Signal Rate Derived from IEEE Standard 802 11 Specifications Actual data throughput will vary Network conditions and environmental factors including volume of network traffic building materials and construction and network overhead lower actual data throughput rate v1 2 January 2007 Product and Publication Details Model Number Publication Date Product Family Product Name Home or Business Product Language Publication Part Number WNR834B January 2007 Wireless Router RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B Home English 202 10171 02 vi v1 2 January 2007 Contents NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Chapter 1 About This Manual PROVISION PIB UO sass catvycvantesoesvataa cur tpasigndeevanddddinevsubiaduss sani ghadaaaaiisadaasaunsegdiessnenidueevamniaaives 1 3 Chapter 2 Configuring Basic Connectivity Using ie Seip Manual Jails senile maaan ia ee 2 1 Accessing the Wi
76. ices may not support them Check whether newer drivers are available from the manufacturer Turn Off the Wireless LAN If you disable the wireless LAN wireless devices cannot communicate with the router at all You might choose to turn off the wireless LAN when you are away or when other users of your network all use wired connections 3 2 Safeguarding Your Network v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual The time it takes to establish a wireless connection can vary depending on both your security settings and router placement WEP connections can take slightly longer to establish Also WEP WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK encryption can consume more battery power on a notebook computer and can cause significant performance degradation with a slow computer For more details on wireless security methods please see Wireless Communications in Appendix B Recommended Security Settings Stronger security methods can entail a cost in terms of throughput latency battery consumption and equipment compatibility In choosing an appropriate security level you can also consider the effort versus the reward for a hacker to break into your network As a minimum however NETGEAR recommends using WEP with Shared Key authentication Do not run an unsecured wireless network unless it is your intention to provide free Internet access for the public In addition be sure to change the administration password of yo
77. ificantly affect your network performance The time it takes to establish a wireless connection can vary depending on both your security settings and router placement WEP connections can take slightly longer to establish Also WEP WPA PSK and WPA2 PSK encryption can consume more battery power on a notebook computer and can cause significant performance degradation with a slow computer Instructions for configuring the security options can be found in Choosing Appropriate Wireless Security on page 3 1 A full explanation of wireless security standards is available in Wireless Communications in Appendix B 2 12 Configuring Basic Connectivity v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Viewing the Advanced Wireless Settings To view the advanced wireless settings From the main menu of the browser interface under Advanced click Wireless Settings Advanced Wireless Settings Wireless Router Settings v Enable Wireless Router Radio V Enable SSID Broadcast Automatically switch channels to avoid interference Fragmentation Threshold 256 2346 2346 CTS RTS Threshold 256 2346 12346 Preamble Mode Long Preamble Wireless Card Access List Setup Access List Figure 2 7 The available settings in this menu are e Enable Wireless Router Radio If you disable the wireless router radio wireless devices cannot connect to the WNR834B e Enable SSID Bro
78. iguration Configuring the WAN Setup Options The WAN Setup options let you configure a DMZ De Militarized Zone server change the Maximum Transmit Unit MTU size and enable the wireless router to respond to a ping on the WAN port From the main menu of the browser interface under Advanced click WAN Setup to view the WAN Setup menu lt WAN Setup Connect Automatically as Required Disable SPI Firewall Default DMZ Server i x 9 C Respond to Ping on Internet Port MTU Size in bytes 1500 Figure 5 3 5 6 Customizing Your Network Settings v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Connecting Automatically as Required Normally this option should be selected so that an Internet connection will be made automatically after each timeout whenever Internet bound traffic is detected This feature provides connection on demand and is potentially cost saving in regions where Internet services charge by the minute as in some areas of Europe If this feature is disabled you must connect manually using the Connection Status button on the Router Status screen The manual connection will stay up continuously without timeouts Disabling the SPI Firewall The Stateful Packet Inspection SPI Firewall protects your network and computers against attacks and intrusions A stateful packet firewall carefully inspects incoming traffic packets looking for known ex
79. ill up In this case the router overwrites the log and discards its contents So that the log entries are properly time stamped and sent at the correct time be sure to set the time as described in the next section Setting the Time The WNR834B router uses the Network Time Protocol NTP to obtain the current time and date from one of several Network Time Servers on the Internet In order to localize the time for your log entries you must specify your Time Zone e Time Zone Select your local time zone This setting is used for the blocking schedule and for time stamping log entries 4 8 Restricting Access From Your Network v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual e Automatically adjust for Daylight Savings Time Select this checkbox if your region supports daylight savings time The router will automatically adjust the time at the start and end of the Daylight Savings Time period Restricting Access From Your Network 4 9 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual 4 10 Restricting Access From Your Network v1 2 January 2007 Chapter 5 Customizing Your Network Settings This chapter describes how to configure advanced networking features of the RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B including LAN WAN and routing settings It describes e Using the LAN IP Setup Options e Using a Dynamic DNS Service e Configuring the WAN Setup Opt
80. ing higher speed technologies with no lower speed bottlenecks in the path GS605 5 port Gigabit Ethernet Switch SC101T Storage Central my with Gigabit Desktop PC with GA311 Gigabit PCI Adapter Powerline HD Adapter Notebook PC with GA511 Gigabit PC Card Ss a 7 e uf Broadband modem 1000 Mbps Notebook PC 300 Mbps WNR834 with WN511B _ 200 Mbps RangeMax NEXT RangeMax NEXT 10 00 Mbps Wireless N router Wireless N adapter 1 3 Mbps typical Figure 6 6 6 16 Fine Tuning Your Network v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Figure 6 6 shows an example network using multiple networking technologies In this network the two PCs with gigabit 1000 Mbps Ethernet adapters have a gigabit connection through the GS605 switch to the storage server This connection should allow for extremely fast backups or quick access to large files on the server The PC connected through a pair of Powerline HD adapters is limited to the 200 Mbps speed of the Powerline HD connection Although any of the links in this example would be sufficient for high traffic applications such as streaming HD video the use of older devices such as 10 Mbps Ethernet or 802 11b wireless would create a significant bottleneck Overview of Home and Small Office Networking Technologies Common connection types and their speed and security considerations are B
81. iolan je ve shode se zakladnimi po adavky a dal mi pr slu n mi ustanoven mi smernice 1999 5 ES Dansk Undertegnede NETGEAR Inc erkl rer herved at f lgende udstyr Radiolan overholder Danish de v sentlige krav og vrige relevante krav i direktiv 1999 5 EF Deutsch Hiermit erkl rt NETGEAR Inc dass sich das Ger t Radiolan in bereinstimmung mit German den grundlegenden Anforderungen und den brigen einschl gigen Bestimmungen der Richtlinie 1999 5 EG befindet Eesti K esolevaga kinnitab NETGEAR Inc seadme Radiolan vastavust direktiivi 1999 5 EU Estonian p hin uetele ja nimetatud direktiivist tulenevatele teistele asjakohastele s tetele English Hereby NETGEAR Inc declares that this Radiolan is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999 5 EC Espa ol Por medio de la presente NETGEAR Inc declara que el Radiolan cumple con los Spanish requisitos esenciales y cualesquiera otras disposiciones aplicables o exigibles de la Directiva 1999 5 CE EAAnvikhy ME THN MAPOY2ZA NETGEAR Inc AHAQNE OTI Radiolan 2YMMOP ONETAI Greek MPO TI OYZIOAEIZ ANAITHZEIZ KAI T12 AOINES ZXETIKEZ AIATA EIZ TH OAHIMAZ 1999 5 EK Fran ais Par la pr sente NETGEAR Inc d clare que l appareil Radiolan est conforme aux French exigences essentielles et aux autres dispositions pertinentes de la directive 1999 5 CE Italiano Italian Con la presente NETGEAR Inc dichiara che quest
82. ion The source address is the IP address of www example com The source port number is 80 the standard port number for a Web server process The destination address is the public IP address of your router The destination port number is 33333 The Web server then sends this reply message to your router e Upon receiving the incoming message your router checks its session table to determine whether there is an active session for port number 33333 Finding an active session the router then modifies the message restoring the original address information replaced by NAT The message now contains the following address and port information The source address is the IP address of www example com The source port number is 80 the standard port number for a Web server process The destination address is your computer s IP address The destination port number is 5678 the browser session that made the initial request Your router then sends this reply message to your computer which displays the Web page from www example com f When you finish your browser session your router eventually senses a period of inactivity in the communications Your router then removes the session information from its session table and incoming traffic is no longer accepted on port number 33333 How Port Triggering Changes the Communication Process In the preceding example requests are sent to a remote computer by your router
83. ions e Configuring Static Routes Using the LAN IP Setup Options The LAN IP Setup menu allows configuration of LAN IP services such as Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP and Routing Information Protocol RIP To configure LAN IP Settings 5 1 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual e From the main menu of the browser interface under Advanced click LAN IP Setup to view the LAN IP Setup menu LAN IP Setup LAN TCPAP Setup IP Address fice fics p fh IP Subnet Mask 255 ss fess fo RIP Direction None F RIP Version Disabled gt M Use Router as DHCP Server Starting IP Address 192 168 1 2 Ending IP Address 192 1168 j1 1254 Address Reservation IP Address Device Name Mac Address Edit Delete Apply Cancel Figure 5 1 Configuring LAN TCP IP Setup Parameters The router is shipped preconfigured to use private IP addresses on the LAN side and to act as a DHCP server The router s default LAN IP configuration is e LAN IP address 192 168 1 1 e Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 These addresses are part of the designated private address range for use in private networks and should be suitable for most applications If your network has a requirement to use a different IP addressing scheme you can make those changes in this menu The LAN IP parameters are e IP Address The LAN IP address of the router e JP Subne
84. ireless 700 seconds 10 Mbps Wired Ethernet 800 seconds Cable Modem 3 Mbps 2700 seconds Analog Modem 56 kbps 144 000 seconds 40 hours Fine Tuning Your Network 6 19 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual 6 20 Fine Tuning Your Network v1 2 January 2007 Chapter 7 Using Network Monitoring Tools This chapter describes how to use the maintenance features of your RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B These features can be found by clicking on the Maintenance heading in the main menu of the browser interface This chapter includes Viewing Wireless Router Status Information Viewing a List of Attached Devices Managing the Configuration File Erasing the Configuration Upgrading the Router Software Enabling Remote Management Access Viewing Wireless Router Status Information To view router status and usage information 7 1 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual e From the main menu of the browser interface under Maintenance select Router Status Router Status Account Name WPNT834 Firmware Version V1 0_24 NA Internet Port MAC Address 00 0fb5 cc 02 a3 IP Address 10 1 32 45 DHCP DHCP Client IP Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 10 1 1 6 Domain Name Server 10117 LAN Port MAC Address 00 0f b5 cc 02 a2 IP Address 192 168 1 1 DHCP on IP Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Wireless Por
85. ireless Router WNR834B User Manual You may specify one Trusted User which is a computer that is exempt from blocking and logging Since the Trusted User is identified by IP address you should configure that computer with a fixed IP address To specify a Trusted User enter that computer s IP address in the Trusted User box and click Apply Blocking Access to Internet Services The WNR834B router allows you to block the use of certain Internet services by computers on your network This is called service blocking or port filtering Services are functions performed by server computers at the request of client computers For example Web servers serve Web pages time servers serve time and date information and game hosts serve data about other players moves When a computer on your network sends a request for service to a server computer on the Internet the requested service is identified by a service or port number This number appears as the destination port number in the transmitted IP packets For example a packet that is sent with destination port number 80 is an HTTP Web server request To block access to Internet Services e From the main menu of the browser interface under Content Filtering click Block Services Block Services Services Blocking Never O Per Schedule O Always Service Table Service Type Port IP Figure 4 2 To enable service blocking select either Per Schedule or Always th
86. label Internet Connection WAN MAC Address MTU Size Local Network Router LAN IP address printed on product label also known as Gateway IP address Router Subnet DHCP Server DHCP range Time Zone Time Zone Adjusted for Daylight Saving Time http www routerlogin net or http www routerlogin com admin password Use default hardware address 1500 www routerlogin net or192 168 1 1 2595429525940 Enabled 192 168 1 2 to 192 168 1 254 Pacific Time Disabled v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Wireless Wireless Router Radio Wireless Access List MAC Filtering SSID 802 11b g RF Channel Mode Wireless Security Firewall Enabled All wireless stations allowed NETGEAR Auto Up to 240 Mbps None Inbound communications coming in from the Internet Disabled bars all unsolicited requests Outbound communications going out to the Internet Enabled all General Specifications Network Protocol and Standards Compatibility Data and Routing Protocols Power Adapter North America UK Australia Europe Japan All regions output Physical Dimensions Weight Environmental Operating temperature TCP IP RIP 1 RIP 2 DHCP PPPoE PPTP Bigpond Dynamic DNS and UPnP 120V 60 Hz input 240V 50 Hz input 230V 50 Hz input 100V 50 60 Hz input 12 V DC 1 0A output 9 x 6 8 x 3 228 5 x 175 x 76 mm 1 1
87. list Keyword application examples Ifthe keyword XXX is specified the URL www badstuff com xxx html is blocked 4 1 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Ifthe keyword com is specified only Web sites with other domain suffixes such as edu org or gov can be viewed To block access to Internet sites e From the main menu of the browser interface under Content Filtering click Block Sites Block Sites Keyword Blocking Never O Per Schedule O Always Type keyword or domain name here Add Keyword Block sites containing these keywords or domain names discodanny Delete Keyword Clear List C Allow Trusted IP Address To Visit Blocked Sites Trusted IP Address 0 J0 0 jo Figure 4 1 To enable keyword blocking select either Per Schedule or Always then click Apply To block by schedule be sure to specify a time period in the Schedule menu For scheduling see Scheduling Blocking on page 4 5 To add a keyword or domain type it in the Keyword box click Add Keyword then click Apply To delete a keyword or domain select it from the list click Delete Keyword then click Apply To block all Internet browsing access during a scheduled period enter a dot as the keyword and set the schedule in the Schedule menu 4 2 Restricting Access From Your Network v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT W
88. m a wireless computer try connecting from a wired computer e Check the Ethernet connection between the wired computer and the router as described in Troubleshooting Basic Functions on page 8 2 e Make sure your computer s IP address is on the same subnet as the router For instructions see Preparing a Computer for Network Access in Appendix B to configure your computer ___ Note If your computer s IP address is shown as 169 254 x x Windows and Mac OS will generate and assign an IP address if the computer cannot reach a DHCP server These auto generated addresses are in subnet 169 254 x x If your IP address is in this range check the connection from the computer to the router and reboot your computer e Make sure your browser has Java JavaScript or ActiveX enabled If you are using Internet Explorer click Refresh to be sure the Java applet is loaded e Try quitting the browser and launching it again or try a different browser e Make sure you are using the correct login information The factory default login name is admin and the password is password Make sure that CAPS LOCK is off when entering this information If the router does not save changes you have made in the Web Configuration Interface check the following e When entering configuration settings be sure to click Apply before moving to another menu or tab or your changes could be lost e Click Refresh or Reload in the Web browser
89. n com If these URLs do not work you must type the IP address of the router such as e Attp 192 168 1 1 2 Enter admin for the router user name and your password or the default password To change the password see Changing the Administrator Password on page 3 14 Note The router user name and password are not the same as any user name or password you may use to log in to your Internet connection Configuring Basic Connectivity 2 3 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Once you have entered a user name and password your Web browser displays the wireless router s home page NETGEAR SMARTWIZARD router manager RangeMax RangeMax 240 Wireless Router model WPNT834 A Setup Wizard Router Upgrade Basic Settings Check for New Version from the Internet Wireless Settings I Check for New Version Upon Log in Logs Block Sites Block Services Locate and Select the Upgrade File from your Hard Disk Schedule Browse _ E mail Router Status Attached Devices Backup Settings Set Password Router Upgrade Wireless Settings Port Forwarding Port Triggering WAN Setup LAN IP Setup Dynamic DNS Static Routes Remote Management UPnP Figure 2 2 Note If the Check for New Version Upon Log in checkbox is selected the home page will be the Router Upgrade page Otherwise it will be the Basic Settings page
90. name or IP address of the Web site or newsgroup visited or attempted to access Action Whether the access was blocked or allowed 4 6 Restricting Access From Your Network v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Table 4 2 describes the log action buttons Table 4 2 Log action buttons Field Description Refresh Click this button to refresh the log screen Clear Log Click this button to clear the log entries Send Log Click this button to email the log immediately Configuring Email Alert and Web Access Log Notifications In order to receive logs and alerts by email you must provide your email account information To configure email alert and web access log notifications e From the main menu of the browser interface under Content Filtering click Email E mail Turn E mail Notification On Send Alerts and Logs Via E mail Your Outgoing Mail Server Send To This E mail Address Send Alert Immediately When Someone Attempts To Visit A Blocked Site Send Logs According to this Schedule Day Time a m p m Time Zone GMT 08 00 Pacific Time US Canada amp Automatically Adjust for Daylight Savings Time Current Time Friday 07 Oct 2005 13 02 44 Figure 4 6 Turn email notification on Select this checkbox to receive email logs and alerts from the router Restricting Access From You
91. o Radiolan conforme ai requisiti essenziali ed alle altre disposizioni pertinenti stabilite dalla direttiva 1999 5 CE v1 2 January 2007 Latviski Ar o NETGEAR Inc deklar ka Radiolan atbilst Direkt vas 1999 5 EK b tiskaj m Latvian prasibam un citiem ar to saistitajiem noteikumiem Lietuvi iuo NETGEAR Inc deklaruoja kad is Radiolan atitinka esminius reikalavimus ir kitas Lithuanian 1999 5 EB Direktyvos nuostatas Nederlands Hierbij verklaart NETGEAR Inc dat het toestel Radiolan in overeenstemming is met de Dutch essenti le eisen en de andere relevante bepalingen van richtlijn 1999 5 EG Malti Maltese Hawnhekk NETGEAR Inc jiddikjara li dan Radiolan jikkonforma mal htigijiet essenzjali u ma provvedimenti ohrajn relevanti li hemm fid Dirrettiva 1999 5 EC Magyar Hungarian Alul rott NETGEAR Inc nyilatkozom hogy a Radiolan megfelel a vonatkoz alapvet k vetelm nyeknek s az 1999 5 EC ir nyelv egy b eldirasainak Polski Polish Niniejszym NETGEAR Inc o wiadcza e Radiolan jest zgodny z zasadniczymi wymogami oraz pozosta ymi stosownymi postanowieniami Dyrektywy 1999 5 EC Portugu s NETGEAR Inc declara que este Radiolan est conforme com os requisitos essenciais Portuguese e outras disposi es da Directiva 1999 5 CE Slovensko NETGEAR Inc izjavlja da je ta Radiolan v skladu z bistvenimi zahtevami in ostalimi Slovenian rel
92. ompt you for a location on your computer to store the file You can give the file a meaningful name at this time such as COMCAST CFG Tip Before saving your configuration file change the administrator password to the default password Then change it again after you have saved the configuration file In the event that you forget the password you will need to reset the configuration to factory defaults i S FAS To restore your settings from a saved configuration file enter the full path to the file on your computer or click Browse to browse to the file When you have located it click Restore to send the file to the router The router will then reboot automatically A Warning Do not interrupt the reboot process Using Network Monitoring Tools 7 7 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Erasing the Configuration Under some circumstances for example if you move the router to a different network or if you have forgotten the password you may want to erase the configuration and restore the factory default settings After an erase the router s username is admin the password is password the LAN IP address is 192 168 1 1 or www routerlogin net and the router s DHCP server is enabled To erase the configuration click the Erase button To restore the factory default configuration settings without knowing the login password or IP address you mu
93. outer Your router provides two features for creating these exceptions Port Forwarding and Port Triggering This section explains how a normal outbound connection works followed by two examples explaining how Port Forwarding and Port Triggering operate and how they differ 6 1 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual How Your Computer Communicates With A Remote Computer Through Your Router When a computer on your network needs to access a computer on the Internet your computer sends your router a message containing source and destination address and process information Before forwarding your message to the remote computer your router must modify the source information and must create and track the communication session so that replies can be routed back to your computer Here is an example of normal outbound traffic and the resulting inbound responses a You open Internet Explorer beginning a browser session on your computer Invisible to you your operating system assigns a service number port number to every communication process running on your computer In this example let s say Windows assigns port number 5678 to this browser session You ask your browser to get a Web page from the Web server at www example com Your computer composes a Web page request message with the following address and port information The source address is your computer s IP address
94. ower throughput overall typically less than 10 Mbps for 802 11b and less than 40 Mbps for 802 11g In addition many older wireless products do not support the latest security protocols WPA and WPA2 Fine Tuning Your Network 6 17 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Powerline For connecting rooms or floors that are blocked by obstructions or are distant vertically consider networking over your building s AC wiring NETGEAR s Powerline HD family of products delivers up to 200 Mbps to any outlet while the older generation XE family of products delivers 14 Mbps or 85 Mbps Data transmissions are encrypted for security and you can configure an individual network password to prevent neighbors from connecting The Powerline HD family of products can coexist on the same network with older generation XE family products or HomePlug 1 0 products but they are not interoperable with these older products Wired Ethernet As gigabit speed Ethernet ports 10 100 1000 Mbps become common on newer computers wired Ethernet remains a good choice for speed economy and security Gigabit Ethernet can extend up to 100 meters with twisted pair wiring of CAT 5e or better A wired connection is not susceptible to interference and eavesdropping would require a physical connection to your network Note Actual data throughput will vary Network conditions and environmental factors gt including volum
95. ploits such as malformed oversized or out of sequence packets The firewall should only be disabled in special circumstances such as when troubleshooting application issues Setting Up a Default DMZ Server The default DMZ server feature is helpful when using some online games and videoconferencing applications that are incompatible with Network Address Translation NAT The router is programmed to recognize some of these applications and to work properly with them but there are other applications that may not function well In some cases one local computer can run the application properly if that computer s IP address is entered as the default DMZ server Warning DMZ servers pose a security risk A computer designated as the default DMZ A server loses much of the protection of the firewall and is exposed to exploits from the Internet If compromised the DMZ server computer can be used to attack other computers on your network Incoming traffic from the Internet is normally discarded by the router unless the traffic is a response to one of your local computers or a service that you have configured in the Port Forwarding Port Triggering menu Instead of discarding this traffic you can have it forwarded to one computer on your network This computer is called the Default DMZ Server The WAN Setup menu lets you configure a Default DMZ Server To assign a computer or server to be a Default DMZ server 1 Inthe main menu un
96. r Network 4 7 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Your outgoing mail server Enter the name of your ISP s outgoing SMTP mail server such as mail myISP com You may be able to find this information in the configuration menu of your email program If you leave this box blank log and alert messages will not be sent via email Send to this email address Enter the email address to which logs and alerts are sent This email address will also be used as the From address If you leave this box blank log and alert messages will not be sent via email You can specify that logs are automatically sent by email with these options e Send alert immediately Select this checkbox for immediate notification of attempted access to a blocked site or service e Send logs according to this schedule Specifies how often to send the logs Hourly Daily Weekly or When Full Day for sending log Specifies which day of the week to send the log Relevant when the log is sent weekly or daily Time for sending log Specifies the time of day to send the log Relevant when the log is sent daily or weekly If you select the Weekly Daily or Hourly options and the log fills up before the specified period the log is automatically emailed to the specified email address After the log is sent the log is cleared from the router s memory If the router cannot email the log file the log buffer may f
97. r Setup Manual Related Documents B 1 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual B 2 Related Documents v1 2 January 2007 A Account Name 2 6 7 2 backup configuration 7 7 Basic Wireless Connectivity 8 10 Basic Wireless Settings 3 11 Bigpond 2 9 C configuration backup 7 7 erasing 7 8 restore 7 10 content filtering 4 7 crossover cable 8 4 customer support ii D date and time 8 9 Daylight Savings Time 8 9 daylight savings time 4 9 Default DMZ Server 5 7 DMZ 5 7 6 6 DMZ Server 5 7 DNS 6 2 DNS dynamic 5 5 Domain Name 2 7 Dynamic DNS 5 5 DynDNS org 5 5 Index E erase configuration 7 8 ESSID 8 11 F factory settings restoring 7 8 fragment 6 14 fully qualified domain name FQDN 2 14 3 6 G gigabit Ethernet 6 18 H host name 2 6 IP addresses auto generated 8 5 L LAN IP Setup Menu 5 2 LEDs troubleshooting 8 3 log sending 4 7 log entries 4 6 Logout 2 5 MAC address 3 12 8 9 spoofing 2 7 8 6 Index 1 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual metric 5 10 MTU 5 8 MTU size 6 14 N NAT 5 7 6 2 Network Time Protocol 4 8 8 9 NTP 4 8 8 9 P Passphrase 3 5 3 8 3 9 3 11 password restoring 8 13 ping 5 8 port filtering 4 3 Port Forwarding 6 6 Port Forwarding Menu 6 7 6 8 6 10 6 11 port numbers 4 3 Port Triggering 6 9 PPPoE 2 9 PPTP 2 8
98. reach servers on your local network For example you may make a local Web server FTP server or game server visible and available to the Internet Use the Port Forwarding menu to configure the router to forward specific incoming protocols to computers on your local network In addition to servers for specific applications you can also specify a Default DMZ Server to which all other incoming protocols are forwarded The DMZ Server is configured in the WAN Setup menu as discussed in Setting Up a Default DMZ Server on page 5 7 Before starting you need to determine which type of service application or game you will provide and the local IP address of the computer that will provide the service Be sure the computer s IP address never changes gt Tip To ensure that your server computer always has the same IP address use the reserved IP address feature of your WNR834B router See Using Address Reservation on page 5 4 for instructions on how to use reserved IP addresses To configure port forwarding to a local server 6 6 Fine Tuning Your Network v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual 1 From the main menu of the browser interface under Advanced click on Port Forwarding Port Triggering to view the port forwarding menu Port Forwarding Port Triggering Please select the service type Port Forwarding O Port Triggering Service Name Server IP Add
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100. reless Router Setup Manual these parameters are configured automatically for you This chapter provides further details about these connectivity settings as well as instructions on how to log in to the rouer for further configuration Note NETGEAR recommends using the Smart Wizard on the Resource CD for initial BE configuration as described in the NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual This chapter includes e Using the Setup Manual e Accessing the Wireless Router For Configuration e Configuring Your Internet Connection Using the Smart Setup Wizard e Configuring Wireless Settings Using the Setup Manual For first time installation of your wireless router refer to the NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual The Setup Manual explains how to launch the NETGEAR Smart Wizard on the Resource CD to step you through the procedure to connect your router modem and computers The Smart Wizard will assist you in configuring your wireless settings and enabling wireless security for your network After initial configuration using the Setup Manual you can use the information in this User Manual to configure additional features of your wireless router 2 1 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual For installation instructions in a language other than English refer to the language options on the Resource CD or refer to one of the online versions listed in the following table Table 2 1 Ran
101. ress AIM v 192 168 1 Add za Service Name Start Port End Port Server IP Address Edit Service Delete Service Add Custom Service Figure 6 1 2 From the Service Name box select the service or game that you will host on your network If the service does not appear in the list see the following section Adding a Custom Service 3 In the corresponding Server IP Address box enter the last digit of the IP address of your local computer that will provide this service 4 Click Add The service will appear in the list on the menu Adding a Custom Service To define a service game or application that does not appear in the Service Name list you must first determine which port number or range of numbers is used by the application This information can usually be determined by contacting the publisher of the application or from user groups or newsgroups When you have the port number information follow these steps 1 From the main menu of the browser interface under Advanced click Port Forwarding Port Triggering Fine Tuning Your Network 6 7 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual 2 Click Add Custom Service Ports Custom Services Service Name Service Type TCP UDP xi Starting Port 1 5534 Ending Part 1 65534 Server IP Address 192 168 1 WS Figure 6 2 In the Service Name box type a descriptive name 4 Inthe Service Typ
102. rference by Data Processing Equipment and Electronic Office Machines aimed at preventing radio interference in such residential areas When used near a radio or TV receiver it may become the cause of radio interference Read instructions for correct handling v1 2 January 2007 Regulatory Compliance Information This section includes user requirements for operating this product in accordance with National laws for usage of radio spectrum and operation of radio devices Failure of the end user to comply with the applicable requirements may result in unlawful operation and adverse action against the end user by the applicable National regulatory authority NOTE This product s firmware limits operation to only the channels allowed in a particular Region or Country Therefore all options described in this user s guide may not be available in your version of the product Europe EU Declaration of Conformity C Marking by the above symbol indicates compliance with the Essential Requirements of the R amp TTE Directive of the European Union 1999 5 EC This equipment meets the following conformance standards EN300 328 EN301 489 17 EN60950 A printed copy of the EU Declaration of Conformity certificate for this product is provided in the WNR834B product package Europe Declaration of Conformity in Languages of the European Community Cesky Czech NETGEAR Inc timto prohlaSuje Ze tento Rad
103. roadband Internet Your Internet connection speed is determined by your modem type such as ADSL or cable modem as well as the connection speed of the sites to which you connect and general Internet traffic ADSL and cable modem connections are asymmetrical meaning they have a lower data rate to the Internet upstream than from the Internet downstream Keep in mind that when you connect to someone else who also has an asymmetrical connection the data rate between your sites is limited by each side s upstream data rate A typical residential ADSL or cablemodem connection provides a downstream throughput of about one to three megabits per second Mbps Newer technologies such as ADSL2 and Fiber to the Home FTTH will increase the connection speed to tens of Mbps e Wireless Your RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B provides a wireless data throughput of up to 300 Mbps using technology called Multiple Input Multiple Output MIMO in which multiple antennas transmit multiple streams of data The use of multiple antennas also provides excellent range and coverage With the introduction of the newer WPA and WPA2 encryption and authentication protocols wireless security is extremely strong To get the best performance use RangeMax NEXT adapters such as the WN511B for your computers Although the RangeMax NEXT router is compatible with older 802 11b and 802 11g adapters the use of these older wireless technologies in your network can result in l
104. roadcast as described in Configuring Security in the Advanced Wireless Settings Menu on page 3 6 e Region This field identifies the region where the WNR834B can be used e Channel This field determines which operating frequency is used e Mode This field determines which 802 11 data communications protocol is used 3 4 Safeguarding Your Network v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual e Security Options These options are the wireless security features you can enable Table 3 1 identifies the basic wireless security options For a detailed explanation of these standards see Wireless Communications in Appendix B p Note The Security Options displayed in this menu may change depending on the current selection of Wireless Mode Table 3 1 Basic Wireless Security Options Field Description None No wireless security Only recommended for troubleshooting wireless connectivity WEP WEP offers the following options Open System With Open Network authentication and 64 or 128 bit WEP Data Encryption the WNR834B does perform data encryption but does not perform any authentication Anyone can join the network This setting provides very little practical wireless security e Shared Key With Shared Key authentication a wireless device must know the WEP key in order to join the network Choose the Encryption Strength 64 or 128 bit data encryption
105. s as explained in Problems with Date and Time on page 8 9 If the error persists you might have a hardware problem and should contact technical support at www netgear com support The LAN or WAN port lights are not lit If either the LAN port lights or Internet light do not light when the Ethernet connection is made check the following Troubleshooting 8 3 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual e Make sure that the Ethernet cable connections are secure at the router and at the modem or computer e Make sure that power is turned on to the connected modem or computer e Be sure you are using the correct cable When connecting the router s Internet port to a cable or DSL modem use the cable that was supplied with the cable or DSL modem This cable could be a standard straight through Ethernet cable or an Ethernet crossover cable The Wireless light is not lit If the Wireless light does not come on verify that the wireless feature is turned on according to the instructions in Configuring Security in the Advanced Wireless Settings Menu on page 3 6 8 4 Troubleshooting v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Troubleshooting the Web Configuration Interface If you are unable to access the router s Web Configuration interface from a computer on your local network check the following e If you are connecting fro
106. s at http kbserver netgear com products WNR834B asp This chapter includes e Troubleshooting Quick Tips e Troubleshooting Basic Functions e Troubleshooting the Web Configuration Interface e Troubleshooting the Internet Connection e Troubleshooting a Network Using a Ping Utility e Problems with Date and Time e Solving Wireless Connection Problems e Restoring the Default Configuration and Password Troubleshooting Quick Tips This section describes tips for troubleshooting some common problems Be sure to restart your network in this sequence 1 Turn off and unplug the modem 2 Turn off the wireless router and computers 3 Plug in the modem and turn it on Wait 2 minutes 4 Turn on the wireless router and wait 1 minute 8 1 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual 5 Turn on the computers Make sure the Ethernet cables are securely plugged in e The Internet status light on the wireless router will be lit if the Ethernet cable connecting the wireless router and the modem is plugged in securely and the modem and wireless router are turned on e For each powered on computer connected to the wireless router by an Ethernet cable the corresponding numbered router LAN port light will be lit Make sure the wireless settings in the computer and router match exactly e Fora wirelessly connected computer the Wireless Network Name SSID and WEP or WPA security settings of
107. ssword will be used to log in to the ISP server e Service Name If your connection is capable of connecting to multiple Internet services this parameter specifies which service to use Configuring Basic Connectivity 2 9 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual e Idle Timeout Your Internet connection will be logged out if there is no data transfer during the specified time interval e Domain Name Server DNS Address If you know that your ISP does not automatically transmit DNS addresses to the router during login select Use These DNS Servers and enter the IP address of your ISP s Primary DNS Server If a Secondary DNS Server address is available enter it also gt Note If you enter or change a DNS address restart the computers on your network so that these settings take effect Configuring Wireless Settings This section explains the general wireless settings of the WNR834B Configuration of the security related wireless features is explained in greater detail in Choosing Appropriate Wireless Security on page 3 1 The WNR834B provides two menus for configuring the wireless settings The basic Wireless Settings menu link is located under the Setup heading in the main menu of the browser interface The Advanced Wireless Settings menu link is located under the Advanced heading Viewing the Basic Wireless Settings To view the basic wireless settings
108. st use the Default Reset button on the rear panel of the router See Problems with Date and Time on page 8 9 Upgrading the Router Software Upgrade Assistant feature so that the router will automatically detect a new version Tip To ensure that you are always using the latest firmware enable the Firmware of the firmware on the Internet and alert you to its availability This screen appears at login unless you check Do Not Display This Message Again and click Yes Firmware Upgrade Assistant The router can Auto Detect New Version of Firmware on the Internet Do You Want to Start the Detection Now T Do not Display This Message Again Figure 7 6 Tip Before upgrading the router software use the router Backup menu to save your configuration settings A router upgrade might revert the router settings back to the factory defaults If so after completing the upgrade you can restore your settings from the backup L vile Tris 7 8 Using Network Monitoring Tools v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual The routing software of the WNR834B router is stored in FLASH memory and can be upgraded as new software is released by NETGEAR You can download upgrade files from the NETGEAR Web site If the upgrade file is compressed ZIP file you must first extract the file before sending it to the router You can use your browser to send the upgrad
109. t Name SSID NETGEAR Region United States Channel 3 P 7 5 Mode Up to 240 Mbps Wireless AP ON Broadcast Name ON Show Statistics Connection Status Figure 7 1 Table 7 1 describes the router status fields Table 7 1 Wireless Router Status Fields Field Description Account Name The Host Name assigned to the router Firmware Version The version of the current software installed in the router This will change if you upgrade your router 7 2 Using Network Monitoring Tools v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Table 7 1 Wireless Router Status Fields continued Field Description Internet Port MAC Address IP Address DHCP IP Subnet Mask Domain Name Server These parameters apply to the Internet WAN port of the router The Media Access Control address This is the unique physical address being used by the Internet WAN port of the router The IP address being used by the Internet WAN port of the router If no address is shown or is 0 0 0 0 the router cannot connect to the Internet If set to None the router is configured to use a fixed IP address on the WAN If set to DHCP Client the router is configured to obtain an IP address dynamically from the ISP The IP Subnet Mask being used by the Internet WAN port of the router For an explanation of subnet masks and subnet addressing see Internet Networking and TC
110. t Mask The LAN Subnet Mask of the router Combined with the IP address the IP Subnet Mask allows a device to know which other addresses are local to it and which must be reached through a gateway or router 5 2 Customizing Your Network Settings v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual e RIP Direction RIP allows a router to exchange routing information with other routers The RIP Direction selection controls how the router sends and receives RIP packets Both is the default When set to Both or Out Only the router broadcasts its routing table periodically When set to Both or In Only the router incorporates the RIP information that it receives When set to None the router does not send any RIP packets and ignores any RIP packets received e RIP Version This controls the format and the broadcasting method of the RIP packets sent by the router It recognizes both formats when receiving The default setting is RIP 1 RIP 1 is universally supported RIP 1 is usually adequate unless you have an unusual network setup RIP 2 carries more information RIP 2B uses subnet broadcasting Note If you change the LAN IP address of the router while connected through the browser you will be disconnected You must then open a new connection to the new IP address and log in again 4 Using the Router as a DHCP server By default the router functions as a DHCP s
111. ta Your Web server then sends this reply message to your router d Your router performs Network Address Translation NAT on the source IP address and sends this request message through the Internet to the remote computer which displays the Web page from www example com To configure Port Forwarding you need to know which inbound ports the application needs This information can usually be determined by contacting the publisher of the application or from user groups or newsgroups Fine Tuning Your Network 6 5 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual How Port Forwarding Differs From Port Triggering e Port Triggering can be used by any computer on your network although only one computer may use it at a time e Port Forwarding is configured for a single computer on your network e Port Triggering does not need to know the computer s IP address in advance The IP address will be captured automatically e Port Forwarding requires that you specify the computer s IP address during configuration and the IP address must never change e Port Triggering requires specific outbound traffic to open the inbound ports and the triggered ports will be closed after a period of no activity e Port Forwarding is always active and does not need to be triggered Configuring Port Forwarding to Local Servers Using the Port Forwarding feature you can allow certain types of incoming traffic to
112. to ISP services such as mail or news servers 2 6 Configuring Basic Connectivity v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual e Domain Name The domain name will be provided by your router to computers on your LAN when the computers request DHCP settings from your router In most cases this parameter is not required e Internet IP Address Determines how your router obtains an IP address for Internet access If your ISP assigns an IP address dynamically by DHCP select Get Automatically If your ISP has assigned you a permanent fixed static IP address for your computer select Use Static IP Address Enter the IP address that your ISP assigned Also enter the Subnet mask and the Gateway IP address The Gateway is the ISP s router to which your router will connect e Domain Name Server DNS Address If you know that your ISP does not automatically transmit DNS addresses to the router during login select Use These DNS Servers and enter the IP address of your ISP s Primary DNS Server If a Secondary DNS Server address is available enter it also m Note If you enter or change a DNS address restart the computers on your gt network so that these settings take effect e Router s MAC Address This section determines the Ethernet MAC address that the router will use on the Internet port Some ISPs especially cablemodem providers will register the Ethernet MAC
113. to your account and register your new IP address If your host name is hostname you will be able to reach your router at hostname dyndns org From the main menu of the browser interface under Advanced click on Dynamic DNS to view the Dynamic DNS menu Dynamic DNS C Use a Dynamic DNS Service Service Provider www DynDNs org Host Name User Name Password Use Wildcards Figure 5 2 Customizing Your Network Settings 5 5 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual To configure Dynamic DNS 1 wa gt amp N ms Register for an account with one of the dynamic DNS service providers whose names appear in the Select Service Provider box For example for DynDNS org go to www dyndns org Select the checkbox for Use a Dynamic DNS Service Select the name of your dynamic DNS Service Provider Type the Host Name or domain name that your dynamic DNS service provider gave you Type the User Name for your dynamic DNS account This is the name you use to log in to your account not your host name Type the Password or key for your dynamic DNS account If your dynamic DNS provider allows the use of wildcards in resolving your URL you can select the Use Wildcards checkbox to activate this feature For example the wildcard feature will cause yourhost dyndns org to be aliased to the same IP address as yourhost dyndns org Click Apply to save your conf
114. u want to print The PDF version of the chapter you were viewing opens in a browser window e Click the print icon in the upper left of your browser window Printing a PDF version of the Complete Manual Use the Complete PDF Manual link at the top left of any page e Click the Complete PDF Manual link at the top left of any page in the manual The PDF version of the complete manual opens in a browser window e Click the print icon in the upper left of your browser window G Tip If your printer supports printing two pages on a single sheet of paper you can save paper and printer ink by selecting this feature Revision History NETGEAR Inc is constantly searching for ways to improve its products and documentation The following table indicates any changes that may have been made since the WNR834B router was introduced Table 1 1 Publication Revision History Version Date Description v1 0 April 2006 Original publication v1 2 January 2007 Restructure About This Manual 1 3 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual 1 4 About This Manual v1 2 January 2007 Chapter 2 Configuring Basic Connectivity This chapter describes the parameters for your Internet connection and your wireless local area network LAN connection When you perform the initial configuration of your wireless router using the Resource CD as described in the NETGEAR Wi
115. ur blocking Click Apply Be sure to select your Time Zone in the Email menu as described in Setting the Time on page 4 8 Restricting Access From Your Network 4 5 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Viewing Logs of Web Access or Attempted Web Access The log is a detailed record of the Web sites you have accessed or attempted to access Up to 128 entries are stored in the log Log entries only appear when keyword blocking is enabled and no log entries are made for the Trusted User e From the main menu of the browser interface under Content Filtering click Logs Logs Fri 15 Feb 2002 16 38 14 ource 192 168 0 2 BLOCK www yahoo com Fri 15 Feb 2002 16 34 07 ource 192 168 0 2 ALLOW ar atwola com Fri 15 Feb 2002 16 34 06 ource 192 168 0 2 ALLOW www cnn com Fri 15 Feb 2002 16 34 05 ource 192 168 0 2 LLOW toolbar netscape com Fri 15 Feb 2002 16 34 03 ource 192 168 0 2 ALLOW i cnn net Fri 15 Feb 2002 16 34 02 ource 192 168 0 2 ALLOW www cnn com Fri 15 Feb 2002 16 33 03 ource 192 168 0 2 ALLOW i cnn net Refresh Clear Log Send Log Figure 4 5 u 5 1 5 2 s 3 5 A 4 Ss 5 sS 6 S Table 4 1 describes the log entries Table 4 1 Log entry descriptions Field Description Date and Time The date and time the log entry was recorded Source IP The IP address of the initiating device for this log entry Target address The
116. ur operating system documentation Your computer may not have the router configured as its TCP IP gateway If your computer obtains its information from the router by DHCP reboot the computer and verify the gateway address as described in Preparing a Computer for Network Access in Appendix B You may be running login software that is no longer needed If your ISP provided a program to log you in to the Internet such as WinPoET you no longer need to run that software after installing your router You may need to go to the Internet Explorer Tools menu Internet Options Connections tab and select Never dial a connection Troubleshooting a Network Using a Ping Utility Most network devices and routers contain a ping utility that sends an echo request packet to the designated device The device then responds with an echo reply Troubleshooting a network is made very easy by using the ping utility in your computer or workstation Testing the LAN Path to Your Router You can ping the router from your computer to verify that the LAN path to your router is set up correctly To ping the router from a running Windows PC 1 From the Windows toolbar click Start and then select Run 2 In the field provided type ping followed by the IP address of the router as in this example ping www routerlogin net 3 Click OK You should see a message like this one Pinging lt IP address gt with 32 bytes of data If the path is
117. ur router Default passwords are well known and an intruder can use your administrator access to read or disable your security settings To change the administrator password see Changing the Administrator Password on page 3 14 Changing Wireless Security Settings This section describes the security related wireless settings For details on the configuration of the general wireless settings see Configuring Wireless Settings on page 2 10 To configure the wireless security settings of your router 1 Log in to the WNR834B router at its default LAN address of www routerlogin net or 192 168 1 1 with its default user name of admin and default password of password or using whatever LAN IP address and password you have set up Safeguarding Your Network 3 3 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual 2 From the main menu of the browser interface under Setup click Wireless Settings The Wireless Settings menu appears Wireless Settings Wireless Network Gal NETGEAR Region Channel auto x Mode Up to 240 Mbps Security Options None O WEP O WPA PSK TKIP O WPA2 PSK AES O WPA PSK TKIP WPA2 PSK AES Figure 3 2 The available settings in this menu are e Name SSID The SSID also known as the wireless network name is broadcast by the wireless router so that nearby wireless devices can discover your network You can disable this b
118. urer Importer It is hereby certified that the RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B has been suppressed in accordance with the conditions set out in the BMPT AmtsblVfg 243 1991 and Vfg 46 1992 The operation of some equipment for example test transmitters in accordance with the regulations may however be subject to certain restrictions Please refer to the notes in the operating instructions Federal Office for Telecommunications Approvals has been notified of the placing of this equipment on the market and has been granted the right to test the series for compliance with the regulations Bestatigung des Herstellers Importeurs Es wird hiermit best tigt da das RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B gem der im BMPT AmtsblVfg 243 1991 und Vfg 46 1992 aufgef hrten Bestimmungen entstort ist Das vorschriftsmaBige Betreiben einiger Ger te z B Testsender kann jedoch gewissen Beschr nkungen unterliegen Lesen Sie dazu bitte die Anmerkungen in der Betriebsanleitung Das Bundesamt fiir Zulassungen in der Telekommunikation wurde davon unterrichtet da dieses Ger t auf den Markt gebracht wurde und es ist berechtigt die Serie auf die Erf llung der Vorschriften hin zu berpr fen Voluntary Control Council for Interference VCCI Statement This equipment is in the second category information equipment to be used in a residential area or an adjacent area thereto and conforms to the standards set by the Voluntary Control Council for Inte
119. ways e Use the Erase function of the router see Erasing the Configuration on page 7 8 e Use the Default Reset button on the rear panel of the router Use this method for cases when the administration password or IP address is not known To restore the factory default configuration settings without knowing the administration password or IP address you must use the Default Reset button on the rear panel of the router 1 Press and hold the Default Reset button for 10 seconds 2 Release the Default Reset button and wait for the router to reboot If the wireless router fails to restart or the power light continues to blink or turns solid amber the unit may be defective If the error persists you might have a hardware problem and should contact technical support at www netgear com support Troubleshooting 8 13 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual 8 14 Troubleshooting v1 2 January 2007 Appendix A Technical Specifications This appendix provides technical specifications for the WNR834B wireless router Factory Default Settings When you first receive your WNR834B the default factory settings are in effect as shown below You can restore these defaults with the Factory Default Restore button on the rear panel Router Login Default Access Router Login URL Login Name case sensitive printed on product label Login Password case sensitive printed on product
120. working you see this message Troubleshooting 8 7 v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Reply from lt IP address gt bytes 32 time NN ms TTL xxx If the path is not working you see this message Request timed out If the path is not functioning correctly you could have one of the following problems e Wrong physical connections Fora wired connection make sure the numbered LAN port light is on for the port to which you are connected If the light is off follow the instructions in The LAN or WAN port lights are not lit on page 8 3 Check that the corresponding Link lights are on for your network interface card If your router and computer are connected to a separate Ethernet switch make sure the link lights are on for the switch ports that are connected to your computer and router e Wrong network configuration Verify that the Ethernet card driver software and TCP IP software are both installed and configured on your computer Verify that the IP address for your router and your computer are correct and that the addresses are on the same subnet Testing the Path from Your Computer to a Remote Device After verifying that the LAN path works correctly test the path from your computer to a remote device From the Windows run menu type PING n 10 lt IP address gt where lt P address gt is the IP address of a remote device such as your ISP s DNS serv
121. y This transmitter must not be co located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter FCC Declaration Of Conformity We NETGEAR Inc 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara CA 95054 declare under our sole responsibility that the model WNR834B RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B complies with Part 15 of FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions This device may not cause harmful interference and This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation FCC Radio Frequency Interference Warnings amp Instructions This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following methods e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase t
122. your trusted MAC addresses appear in your wireless transmissions an intruder can read them and impersonate them Do not rely on MAC address filtering alone to secure your network Changing the Administrator Password The default password for the router s Web Configuration Manager is password NETGEAR recommends that you change this password to a more secure password Tip Before changing the router password use the router backup utility to save your configuration settings with the default password of password If you save the settings with a new password and you later forget the new password you will have to reset the router back to the factory defaults and log in using the default password of password This means you will have to re enter all the router configuration settings anog K THs To change the Administrator password 3 14 Safeguarding Your Network v1 2 January 2007 NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual 1 From the main menu of the browser interface under the Maintenance heading select Set Password to display the Set Password menu Set Password Old Password New Password Repeat New Password Figure 3 8 2 To change the password first enter the old password then enter the new password twice Click Apply Backing Up Your Configuration The configuration settings of the WNR834B are stored within the router in a configur

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