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N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 User Manual 350 East Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134 USA September 2011 202-10875-01 v1.0
N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 User Manual 350 East Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134 USA September 2011 202-10875-01 v1.0
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...IP Properties for DHCP 14 Gather ISP Information 14 Wireless Devices and Security Settings 14 Types of Logins and Access 14 NETGEAR Genie Setup 15 Use NETGEAR Genie after Installation 16 Upgrade Router Firmware 16 Router Dashboard (Basic Home Screen 17 Add Wireless Devices or Computers to ...Your Network 18 Manual Method 18 Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) Method 18 Chapter 3 Genie Basic Settings Internet Setup 20 Internet Setup Screen...
...IP Properties for DHCP 14 Gather ISP Information 14 Wireless Devices and Security Settings 14 Types of Logins and Access 14 NETGEAR Genie Setup 15 Use NETGEAR Genie after Installation 16 Upgrade Router Firmware 16 Router Dashboard (Basic Home Screen 17 Add Wireless Devices or Computers to ...Your Network 18 Manual Method 18 Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) Method 18 Chapter 3 Genie Basic Settings Internet Setup 20 Internet Setup Screen...
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Chapter 3, Genie Basic Settings, explains how to know your router The N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 provides you through the hardware setup. 1. If you have not already set up your Internet connection. For more information about ReadySHARE ... Internet over a high-speed digital subscriber line (DSL). It is compatible with fast access to your product, see Chapter 5, USB Storage, and www.netgear.com/readyshare. This chapter contains the following sections: • Unpack Your Router • Position Your Router • Hardware Features For information about the ...
Chapter 3, Genie Basic Settings, explains how to know your router The N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 provides you through the hardware setup. 1. If you have not already set up your Internet connection. For more information about ReadySHARE ... Internet over a high-speed digital subscriber line (DSL). It is compatible with fast access to your product, see Chapter 5, USB Storage, and www.netgear.com/readyshare. This chapter contains the following sections: • Unpack Your Router • Position Your Router • Hardware Features For information about the ...
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... service provider. • Wireless network key or password. N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 Router Setup Preparation You can use the Genie menus and screens to set up your computer ...settings so that your Internet service. However, before you start an Internet application, your router manually. If you need to launch the ISP's login program on the bottom of logins that... start the setup process, you cannot locate this login information, contact your router with NETGEAR Genie 14 Gather ISP Information If you have provided you need the following information to ...
... service provider. • Wireless network key or password. N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 Router Setup Preparation You can use the Genie menus and screens to set up your computer ...settings so that your Internet service. However, before you start an Internet application, your router manually. If you need to launch the ISP's login program on the bottom of logins that... start the setup process, you cannot locate this login information, contact your router with NETGEAR Genie 14 Gather ISP Information If you have provided you need the following information to ...
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.... 2. The device is a standard for easily adding computers and other devices to set up a guest network. Manual Method To connect manually: 1. Repeat steps 1-3 to add other WPS wireless devices. Getting Started with the device. If you want to ...connect to your router. 3. N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 Add Wireless Devices or Computers to Your Network Choose either the manual or the WPS method to add wireless devices and other equipment to your network... the client gets the security settings from the router so that came with NETGEAR Genie 18
.... 2. The device is a standard for easily adding computers and other devices to set up a guest network. Manual Method To connect manually: 1. Repeat steps 1-3 to add other WPS wireless devices. Getting Started with the device. If you want to ...connect to your router. 3. N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 Add Wireless Devices or Computers to Your Network Choose either the manual or the WPS method to add wireless devices and other equipment to your network... the client gets the security settings from the router so that came with NETGEAR Genie 18
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...Select a security option from the list. The security options are described in addition to the main nonguest SSID. 5. N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 Guest Networks Adding a guest network allows visitors at your home to use the Internet, but cannot access each wireless network: 2.4 GHz b/g/n and ...box is selected, any of the Guest Network screen. 3. Stations with no SSID can be up a guest network: 1. You then manually configure the wireless devices in your wireless security key. Click Apply to access My Local Network. You can use the Internet without giving them...
...Select a security option from the list. The security options are described in addition to the main nonguest SSID. 5. N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 Guest Networks Adding a guest network allows visitors at your home to use the Internet, but cannot access each wireless network: 2.4 GHz b/g/n and ...box is selected, any of the Guest Network screen. 3. Stations with no SSID can be up a guest network: 1. You then manually configure the wireless devices in your wireless security key. Click Apply to access My Local Network. You can use the Internet without giving them...
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N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 You can copy its IP configuration and force a DHCP release and renew. otherwise, the router's ..., leave this service is not enabled and no other DHCP server is available on your computers' IP addresses manually or they will not be part of the computer or server. Reserved IP addresses should be assigned by setting...section of the range for a computer on your computers, clear the Use Router as the DHCP server, or to manually configure the network settings of all of IP addresses to save part of the screen, click the Add button. 2....
N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 You can copy its IP configuration and force a DHCP release and renew. otherwise, the router's ..., leave this service is not enabled and no other DHCP server is available on your computers' IP addresses manually or they will not be part of the computer or server. Reserved IP addresses should be assigned by setting...section of the range for a computer on your computers, clear the Use Router as the DHCP server, or to manually configure the network settings of all of IP addresses to save part of the screen, click the Add button. 2....
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...should receive relative to save your changes. Click Apply to other applications and traffic when accessing the Internet. N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 3. From the Priority Category list, select MAC Address to display the following : • Click Delete to remove the QoS policy. ...to edit the QoS policy. The options are Low, Normal, High, and Highest. 6. Select Advanced > QoS Setup to complete these fields manually. 5. Click Apply. Select the radio button next to the QoS policy to be prioritized appears in the preceding sections to be edited or...
...should receive relative to save your changes. Click Apply to other applications and traffic when accessing the Internet. N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 3. From the Priority Category list, select MAC Address to display the following : • Click Delete to remove the QoS policy. ...to edit the QoS policy. The options are Low, Normal, High, and Highest. 6. Select Advanced > QoS Setup to complete these fields manually. 5. Click Apply. Select the radio button next to the QoS policy to be prioritized appears in the preceding sections to be edited or...
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... and LAN ports. • Rx B/s. A Domain Name Server translates human-language URLs such as www.netgear.com into IP addresses. For each port, the screen displays: • Status. The number of collisions...To stop the polling entirely, click Stop. Administration 63 Port. The time elapsed since reset or manual clear. • RxPkts. The interval at which the statistics are updated in the Poll Interval field... from the ISP. N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 Connection. The current reception (inbound) bandwidth used by the Internet (WAN) port of the port. ...
... and LAN ports. • Rx B/s. A Domain Name Server translates human-language URLs such as www.netgear.com into IP addresses. For each port, the screen displays: • Status. The number of collisions...To stop the polling entirely, click Stop. Administration 63 Port. The time elapsed since reset or manual clear. • RxPkts. The interval at which the statistics are updated in the Poll Interval field... from the ISP. N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 Connection. The current reception (inbound) bandwidth used by the Internet (WAN) port of the port. ...
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If your router can configure your computer manually with DNS addresses, as explained in the Internet Setup screen. • Your ISP allows only one or two DNS servers for your computer's host name. ...; To troubleshoot a PPPoE connection: 1. If your ISP provided a program to log you in to clone your computer's MAC address. N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 If your router is still unable to obtain an IP address from the ISP, the problem might be running login software that is no longer...
If your router can configure your computer manually with DNS addresses, as explained in the Internet Setup screen. • Your ISP allows only one or two DNS servers for your computer's host name. ...; To troubleshoot a PPPoE connection: 1. If your ISP provided a program to log you in to clone your computer's MAC address. N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 If your router is still unable to obtain an IP address from the ISP, the problem might be running login software that is no longer...
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... the router configured as explained in the documentation for your use. Troubleshooting 101 Troubleshooting Internet Browsing If your router can configure your computer manually with your ISP. You might not have occurred, but your computer is transmitted to the network. A DNS server is a host ... during the router's configuration, restart your computer. If you cannot connect after installing your router. N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 If any of one or two DNS servers for your computer. • Your computer might need to run that is listed by clicking ...
... the router configured as explained in the documentation for your use. Troubleshooting 101 Troubleshooting Internet Browsing If your router can configure your computer manually with your ISP. You might not have occurred, but your computer is transmitted to the network. A DNS server is a host ... during the router's configuration, restart your computer. If you cannot connect after installing your router. N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500 If any of one or two DNS servers for your computer. • Your computer might need to run that is listed by clicking ...
User Guide
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The status of the printer should appear as Available on each of the computers. 7 Once the connection is established, the status changes to Available. The status then changes to Manually connected by xxx.. Step 7: Click the Disconnect button at any time to release the connection. Once the Connect button has been clicked once on all computers in the network, the utility on all of them automatically handles the printing queue and handling.
The status of the printer should appear as Available on each of the computers. 7 Once the connection is established, the status changes to Available. The status then changes to Manually connected by xxx.. Step 7: Click the Disconnect button at any time to release the connection. Once the Connect button has been clicked once on all computers in the network, the utility on all of them automatically handles the printing queue and handling.
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NOTE: • When the status is Available, you can use the USB printer. • When the status is 30 seconds). • You can use the printer. Other network devices must wait until the xxx computer has released the connection, or until the connection times out (the default time-out value is Manually connected by xxx, only the xxx computer can set the value for the default time-out time from the Tools > Configuration screen. 8
NOTE: • When the status is Available, you can use the USB printer. • When the status is 30 seconds). • You can use the printer. Other network devices must wait until the xxx computer has released the connection, or until the connection times out (the default time-out value is Manually connected by xxx, only the xxx computer can set the value for the default time-out time from the Tools > Configuration screen. 8
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... about ReadySHARE Printer, see the printer in the utility, you exit the utility, printing does not work . If you do not see the User Manual by clicking the Documentation link in the Available state, and click the Network Scanner button. Step 8: If your printer supports scanning, make sure that ...the printer is in the router management interface or on the WNDR4500 product page on the Support website (http://support.netgear.com). If you can use the printer for the computer to be able to print to the USB printer attached to...
... about ReadySHARE Printer, see the printer in the utility, you exit the utility, printing does not work . If you do not see the User Manual by clicking the Documentation link in the Available state, and click the Network Scanner button. Step 8: If your printer supports scanning, make sure that ...the printer is in the router management interface or on the WNDR4500 product page on the Support website (http://support.netgear.com). If you can use the printer for the computer to be able to print to the USB printer attached to...
User Guide
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... storage device or printer to the USB port on the router, then you debug the network as learn more information, visit http://www.netgear.com/genie. 13 You can download Windows or Mac versions of the Genie, as well as well. The Support FAQs are available to...protect devices in to your network from inappropriate contents. • ReadySHARE. From the NETGEAR Genie web page, you launch the NETGEAR Genie. • Internet. For more about the Genie by reading the online Desktop NETGEAR Genie User Manual. Log in your network. • Parental Controls. The Genie dashboard screen (...
... storage device or printer to the USB port on the router, then you debug the network as learn more information, visit http://www.netgear.com/genie. 13 You can download Windows or Mac versions of the Genie, as well as well. The Support FAQs are available to...protect devices in to your network from inappropriate contents. • ReadySHARE. From the NETGEAR Genie web page, you launch the NETGEAR Genie. • Internet. For more about the Genie by reading the online Desktop NETGEAR Genie User Manual. Log in your network. • Parental Controls. The Genie dashboard screen (...