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AirCard® Smart Cradle Model DC112A User Manual January 2015 202-11417-01 350 East Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134 USA
AirCard® Smart Cradle Model DC112A User Manual January 2015 202-11417-01 350 East Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134 USA
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NETGEAR, Inc. Trademarks © NETGEAR, Inc. NETGEAR, the NETGEAR Logo, ReadySHARE, and AirCard, are trademarks of NETGEAR, Inc. See the regulatory compliance document before connecting the power supply. AirCard Smart Cradle Support Contact NETGEAR at 1 800 17 22 44 for technical support. Information is subject to change without notice. 2 Compliance For regulatory compliance information, visit http://www.netgear.com/about/regulatory.
NETGEAR, Inc. Trademarks © NETGEAR, Inc. NETGEAR, the NETGEAR Logo, ReadySHARE, and AirCard, are trademarks of NETGEAR, Inc. See the regulatory compliance document before connecting the power supply. AirCard Smart Cradle Support Contact NETGEAR at 1 800 17 22 44 for technical support. Information is subject to change without notice. 2 Compliance For regulatory compliance information, visit http://www.netgear.com/about/regulatory.
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... the Smart Cradle 11 Undock the Mobile Hotspot from the Smart Cradle 13 Position the Smart Cradle 13 Install Your Smart Cradle 14 Chapter 2 Connect to the AirCard Smart Cradle Connect to the AirCard Smart Cradle 17 Wired Connection 17 WiFi Connection 17 Types of Logins 18 Change the Language 18 Log In to the AirCard Smart Cradle 18 Access the AirCard Smart Cradle with NETGEAR genie...
... the Smart Cradle 11 Undock the Mobile Hotspot from the Smart Cradle 13 Position the Smart Cradle 13 Install Your Smart Cradle 14 Chapter 2 Connect to the AirCard Smart Cradle Connect to the AirCard Smart Cradle 17 Wired Connection 17 WiFi Connection 17 Types of Logins 18 Change the Language 18 Log In to the AirCard Smart Cradle 18 Access the AirCard Smart Cradle with NETGEAR genie...
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... Upstream QoS 62 Add QoS Rules 63 Set Up QoS for Applications and Online Gaming 63 Set Up QoS for a LAN Port on the AirCard Smart Cradle 65 Set Up QoS for a MAC Address 66 Edit an Upstream QoS Policy 67 Delete an Upstream QoS Policy 67 Improve Network Connections with Universal... 68 Wi-Fi Multimedia Quality of Service 69 Chapter 6 Network Settings View WAN Settings 71 Set Up the AirCard Smart Cradle as a Default DMZ Server 72 Configure DMZ on an AirCard Mobile Hotspot 73 Change the Cradle's Device Name 74 Change the LAN TCP/IP Settings 74 Specify the IP Addresses That the...
... Upstream QoS 62 Add QoS Rules 63 Set Up QoS for Applications and Online Gaming 63 Set Up QoS for a LAN Port on the AirCard Smart Cradle 65 Set Up QoS for a MAC Address 66 Edit an Upstream QoS Policy 67 Delete an Upstream QoS Policy 67 Improve Network Connections with Universal... 68 Wi-Fi Multimedia Quality of Service 69 Chapter 6 Network Settings View WAN Settings 71 Set Up the AirCard Smart Cradle as a Default DMZ Server 72 Configure DMZ on an AirCard Mobile Hotspot 73 Change the Cradle's Device Name 74 Change the LAN TCP/IP Settings 74 Specify the IP Addresses That the...
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...Schedule 87 Specify WPS Settings 88 Use the Smart Cradle as a Wireless Access Point 89 Set Up the AirCard Smart Cradle in Bridge Mode 91 Set Up a Facebook WiFi Guest Network 93 Chapter 7 Manage the AirCard Smart Cradle Update the AirCard Smart Cradle Firmware 97 Change the admin Password 98 Recover...106 Edit a Static Route 107 Delete a Static Route 108 View Devices Currently Connected to the AirCard Smart Cradle 108 Remote Management 109 Monitor Internet Traffic 111 Set Up the AirCard Smart Cradle to Respond to Pings on the Internet Port . 112 Chapter 8 Share a USB Device Attached to...
...Schedule 87 Specify WPS Settings 88 Use the Smart Cradle as a Wireless Access Point 89 Set Up the AirCard Smart Cradle in Bridge Mode 91 Set Up a Facebook WiFi Guest Network 93 Chapter 7 Manage the AirCard Smart Cradle Update the AirCard Smart Cradle Firmware 97 Change the admin Password 98 Recover...106 Edit a Static Route 107 Delete a Static Route 108 View Devices Currently Connected to the AirCard Smart Cradle 108 Remote Management 109 Monitor Internet Traffic 111 Set Up the AirCard Smart Cradle to Respond to Pings on the Internet Port . 112 Chapter 8 Share a USB Device Attached to...
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... of a Printer 139 Use the Scan Feature of a Multifunction USB Printer 140 Change NETGEAR USB Control Center Settings 141 Chapter 11 Troubleshooting Troubleshoot with the LEDs 145 Standard LED Behavior When the AirCard Smart Cradle is Powered On . . 145 Power LED Is Off or Blinking 145 Power LED ... Network Connectivity 150 WiFi Connectivity 150 Troubleshoot Your Network Using the Ping Utility 150 Test the LAN Path to Your Smart Cradle 151 Test the Path from Your Computer to a Remote Device 151 Appendix A Supplemental Information Factory Settings 154 Technical Specifications 156 6
... of a Printer 139 Use the Scan Feature of a Multifunction USB Printer 140 Change NETGEAR USB Control Center Settings 141 Chapter 11 Troubleshooting Troubleshoot with the LEDs 145 Standard LED Behavior When the AirCard Smart Cradle is Powered On . . 145 Power LED Is Off or Blinking 145 Power LED ... Network Connectivity 150 WiFi Connectivity 150 Troubleshoot Your Network Using the Ping Utility 150 Test the LAN Path to Your Smart Cradle 151 Test the Path from Your Computer to a Remote Device 151 Appendix A Supplemental Information Factory Settings 154 Technical Specifications 156 6
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... both wired and wireless devices. AirCard Smart Cradle in a home This chapter covers the following topics: • Unpack Your AirCard Smart Cradle • Front Panel • Rear Panel • Attach the External WiFi Antennas • Dock the Mobile Hotspot in the Smart Cradle • Undock the Mobile Hotspot from the Smart Cradle • Position the Smart Cradle • Install Your Smart Cradle 7
... both wired and wireless devices. AirCard Smart Cradle in a home This chapter covers the following topics: • Unpack Your AirCard Smart Cradle • Front Panel • Rear Panel • Attach the External WiFi Antennas • Dock the Mobile Hotspot in the Smart Cradle • Undock the Mobile Hotspot from the Smart Cradle • Position the Smart Cradle • Install Your Smart Cradle 7
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Smart Cradle USB port and LEDs You can slide the adjustable holder forward to secure your mobile hotspot when it is docked. Hardware Setup 8 AirCard Smart Cradle Unpack Your AirCard Smart Cradle Your package contains the following items. External WiFi antennas (2) AirCard Smart Cradle Figure 2. Adjustable holder for the mobile hotspot, and the status LEDs and are located on the front of the cradle. Package contents Power adapter (appearance varies by region) Front Panel A USB port, an adjustable holder for the mobile hotspot USB 3.0 port LEDs Figure 3.
Smart Cradle USB port and LEDs You can slide the adjustable holder forward to secure your mobile hotspot when it is docked. Hardware Setup 8 AirCard Smart Cradle Unpack Your AirCard Smart Cradle Your package contains the following items. External WiFi antennas (2) AirCard Smart Cradle Figure 2. Adjustable holder for the mobile hotspot, and the status LEDs and are located on the front of the cradle. Package contents Power adapter (appearance varies by region) Front Panel A USB port, an adjustable holder for the mobile hotspot USB 3.0 port LEDs Figure 3.
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... green. The 2.4 GHz WiFi radio is booting. • Blinking amber. AirCard Smart Cradle Table 1. The cradle is operating. • Blinking. The cradle powered on device is upgrading, or someone clicked the Safely Remove Hardware button, and it is operating. • Blinking. The cradle is off . • Solid green. The WiFi radio is in WPS mode...
... green. The 2.4 GHz WiFi radio is booting. • Blinking amber. AirCard Smart Cradle Table 1. The cradle is operating. • Blinking. The cradle powered on device is upgrading, or someone clicked the Safely Remove Hardware button, and it is operating. • Blinking. The cradle is off . • Solid green. The WiFi radio is in WPS mode...
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... 1-4 port button On/Off connector button TS-9 Power antenna input connector Figure 4. Cradle rear panel Pressing the WPS button lets you add a computer or WiFi device to the AirCard Smart Cradle on the threaded antenna posts, ensuring that they point straight up. Attach the External...Attach the antennas on page 17. For more information about WPS, see Factory Settings on the Smart Cradle. 2. Adjust the antenna positions so that the connection is secure. 3. AirCard Smart Cradle Rear Panel The rear panel connections and buttons are shown in the following figure. Pressing the ...
... 1-4 port button On/Off connector button TS-9 Power antenna input connector Figure 4. Cradle rear panel Pressing the WPS button lets you add a computer or WiFi device to the AirCard Smart Cradle on the threaded antenna posts, ensuring that they point straight up. Attach the External...Attach the antennas on page 17. For more information about WPS, see Factory Settings on the Smart Cradle. 2. Adjust the antenna positions so that the connection is secure. 3. AirCard Smart Cradle Rear Panel The rear panel connections and buttons are shown in the following figure. Pressing the ...
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Slide the Smart Cradle's plastic holder back to the open position. 2. Slide the antenna covers on the bottom of the mobile hotspot to allow enough room for the first time aligns the connectors, so the unit might be stiff going in the Smart Cradle. Hardware Setup 11 Dock the mobile hotspot in and out. Docking the mobile hotspot for the mobile hotspot. 3. AirCard Smart Cradle Dock the Mobile Hotspot in the Smart Cradle To dock the mobile hotspot in the Smart Cradle: 1.
Slide the Smart Cradle's plastic holder back to the open position. 2. Slide the antenna covers on the bottom of the mobile hotspot to allow enough room for the first time aligns the connectors, so the unit might be stiff going in the Smart Cradle. Hardware Setup 11 Dock the mobile hotspot in and out. Docking the mobile hotspot for the mobile hotspot. 3. AirCard Smart Cradle Dock the Mobile Hotspot in the Smart Cradle To dock the mobile hotspot in the Smart Cradle: 1.
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...LCD and home page indicate that you can connect to 1.5 mm between the plastic holder and the mobile hotspot is docked in the Smart Cradle. AirCard Smart Cradle 4. Note: A gap of up your mobile hotspot detects that it is normal. When your mobile hotspot to disable WiFi. Hardware...push the holder forward to secure the mobile hotspot. The mobile hotspot disables its WiFi signal when docked, manually set up to the Smart Cradle's stronger WiFi signal. Note: Some hotspots require a firmware update before they automatically disable WiFi when docked. See the mobile hotspot user...
...LCD and home page indicate that you can connect to 1.5 mm between the plastic holder and the mobile hotspot is docked in the Smart Cradle. AirCard Smart Cradle 4. Note: A gap of up your mobile hotspot detects that it is normal. When your mobile hotspot to disable WiFi. Hardware...push the holder forward to secure the mobile hotspot. The mobile hotspot disables its WiFi signal when docked, manually set up to the Smart Cradle's stronger WiFi signal. Note: Some hotspots require a firmware update before they automatically disable WiFi when docked. See the mobile hotspot user...
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... limit the range. Wireless access points are routers, repeaters, WiFi range extenders, and any other devices that you remove the mobile hotspot from the Smart Cradle, the Smart Cradle loses its own WiFi again after being undocked so that emit a wireless signal for the first time aligns the connectors, so the unit might affect...
... limit the range. Wireless access points are routers, repeaters, WiFi range extenders, and any other devices that you remove the mobile hotspot from the Smart Cradle, the Smart Cradle loses its own WiFi again after being undocked so that emit a wireless signal for the first time aligns the connectors, so the unit might affect...
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.... The mobile hotspot Internet service account must be active. AirCard Smart Cradle - Concrete Install Your Smart Cradle To install your mobile hotspot's Internet connection, the Internet LED lights green and the Smart Cradle uses the mobile hotspot's Internet connection. Dock the mobile hotspot ... high-data rate transmissions or if the cradle is docked in the Smart Cradle. When your preferred location. 2. Check the cradle's Internet LED. Solid metal doors - Connect the Smart Cradle's power adapter and plug it is in the Smart Cradle on page 11 4. Hardware Setup 14 If...
.... The mobile hotspot Internet service account must be active. AirCard Smart Cradle - Concrete Install Your Smart Cradle To install your mobile hotspot's Internet connection, the Internet LED lights green and the Smart Cradle uses the mobile hotspot's Internet connection. Dock the mobile hotspot ... high-data rate transmissions or if the cradle is docked in the Smart Cradle. When your preferred location. 2. Check the cradle's Internet LED. Solid metal doors - Connect the Smart Cradle's power adapter and plug it is in the Smart Cradle on page 11 4. Hardware Setup 14 If...
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... for more information. 5. Connect to the WiFi network name on the Smart Cradle label Hardware Setup 15 On your computer or WiFi device, find and connect to the Smart Cradle's WiFi network. AirCard Smart Cradle The mobile hotspot disables its WiFi signal when docked, manually set up your... mobile hotspot to the cradle's stronger WiFi signal. Note: Some hotspots require a firmware update before...
... for more information. 5. Connect to the WiFi network name on the Smart Cradle label Hardware Setup 15 On your computer or WiFi device, find and connect to the Smart Cradle's WiFi network. AirCard Smart Cradle The mobile hotspot disables its WiFi signal when docked, manually set up your... mobile hotspot to the cradle's stronger WiFi signal. Note: Some hotspots require a firmware update before...
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2. Connect to the AirCard Smart Cradle This chapter covers the following topics: • Connect to the AirCard Smart Cradle • Types of Logins • Change the Language • Log In to the AirCard Smart Cradle • Access the AirCard Smart Cradle with NETGEAR genie Apps 2 16
2. Connect to the AirCard Smart Cradle This chapter covers the following topics: • Connect to the AirCard Smart Cradle • Types of Logins • Change the Language • Log In to the AirCard Smart Cradle • Access the AirCard Smart Cradle with NETGEAR genie Apps 2 16
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... computer connects to one of the numbered Ethernet ports. Make sure that power is supplied to the cradle (its Power LED is on your computer. 3. AirCard Smart Cradle Connect to the AirCard Smart Cradle You can find and select the WiFi network. Connect an Ethernet cable to an Ethernet port on the... (DHCP). Within two minutes, on your computer to the cradle with Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) or you can connect to the cradle (its instructions for your computer to use WPS to connect to the AirCard Smart Cradle 17 WiFi Connection You can connect to notify you set up...
... computer connects to one of the numbered Ethernet ports. Make sure that power is supplied to the cradle (its Power LED is on your computer. 3. AirCard Smart Cradle Connect to the AirCard Smart Cradle You can find and select the WiFi network. Connect an Ethernet cable to an Ethernet port on the... (DHCP). Within two minutes, on your computer to the cradle with Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) or you can connect to the cradle (its instructions for your computer to use WPS to connect to the AirCard Smart Cradle 17 WiFi Connection You can connect to notify you set up...
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Your service provider gave you at the time of logins serve different purposes. The user name is connected to the Smart Cradle. 2. Connect a computer to the Smart Cradle: • For a WiFi connection, on your computer or WiFi device, find this login information, contact your service provider. ...It is on the Smart Cradle label. The user name and password are case-sensitive. When prompted, click the OK button to confirm this login information in to use. Types of the browser, enter http://netgear.cradle or http://192.168.100.1. Enter the cradle user name and password...
Your service provider gave you at the time of logins serve different purposes. The user name is connected to the Smart Cradle. 2. Connect a computer to the Smart Cradle: • For a WiFi connection, on your computer or WiFi device, find this login information, contact your service provider. ...It is on the Smart Cradle label. The user name and password are case-sensitive. When prompted, click the OK button to confirm this login information in to use. Types of the browser, enter http://netgear.cradle or http://192.168.100.1. Enter the cradle user name and password...
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... instructions to the AirCard Smart Cradle 19 Connect to install the app on the rear panel of the browser, enter http://netgear.cradle or http://192.168.100.1 A login prompt displays. 4. Visit the NETGEAR genie web page at www.NETGEAR.com/genie. 2. Enter the cradle user name and password...The genie app can help you with NETGEAR genie Apps The genie app is the easy dashboard for managing, monitoring, and repairing your smartphone, tablet, or computer. 3. The user name and password are case-sensitive. Access the AirCard Smart Cradle with the following: • Automatically...
... instructions to the AirCard Smart Cradle 19 Connect to install the app on the rear panel of the browser, enter http://netgear.cradle or http://192.168.100.1 A login prompt displays. 4. Visit the NETGEAR genie web page at www.NETGEAR.com/genie. 2. Enter the cradle user name and password...The genie app can help you with NETGEAR genie Apps The genie app is the easy dashboard for managing, monitoring, and repairing your smartphone, tablet, or computer. 3. The user name and password are case-sensitive. Access the AirCard Smart Cradle with the following: • Automatically...
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... that is password. In the address field of the browser, enter http://netgear.cradle or http://192.168.100.1. A login prompt displays. 3. Select Hotspot Manager. The mobile hotspot's web-based home page opens in the Smart Cradle. To manage a mobile hotspot: 1. Smart Cradle using an Ethernet WAN Internet connection Internet Setup 21 The default password...
... that is password. In the address field of the browser, enter http://netgear.cradle or http://192.168.100.1. A login prompt displays. 3. Select Hotspot Manager. The mobile hotspot's web-based home page opens in the Smart Cradle. To manage a mobile hotspot: 1. Smart Cradle using an Ethernet WAN Internet connection Internet Setup 21 The default password...
