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Contents
Chapter 1 Hardware Overview
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Hardware Features of the AC1900 WiFi Cable Data Gateway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Front Panel of the AC1900 WiFi Cable Data Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Back Panel of the AC1900 WiFi Cable Data Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Product Label of the AC1900 WiFi Cable Data Gateway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Hardware Features of the N900 WiFi Cable Data Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Front Panel of the N900 WiFi Cable Data Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Back Panel of the N900 WiFi Cable Data Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Product Label of the N900 WiFi Cable Data Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Hardware Features of the N450 WiFi Cable Data Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Front Panel of the N450 WiFi Cable Data Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Back Panel of the N450 WiFi Cable Data Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Product Label of the N450 WiFi Cable Data Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Position Your WiFi Cable Data Gateway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Chapter 2 Connect and Get Started
WiFi Cable Data Gateway Setup Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Use Standard TCP/IP Properties for DHCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
WiFi Devices and Security Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Types of Logins and Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Access NETGEAR genie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Change the Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Join the WiFi Network of the WiFi Cable Data Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Manual Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Wi-Fi Protected Setup Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Chapter 3 Configure Parental Controls and Basic WiFi Settings
Set Up Parental Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
View or Change the Basic Settings for the Main WiFi Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Enable and Configure the Guest WiFi Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Chapter 4 Manage Internet, WAN, and LAN Settings and Use the
WPS Wizard
Manage the Internet Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Manage the WAN Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
View or Change the WAN Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Configure a Default DMZ Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45