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NETGEAR MBR1200 User Manual

NETGEAR MBR1200
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Connecting to the Internet
Hardware Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Router Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Router Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Router Back Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Router Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Logging In to Your Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Accessing the Configuration Assistant after Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Manually Configuring Your Internet Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Broadband Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Mobile Broadband Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Ethernet Broadband Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Chapter 2 Wireless Network Configuration
Planning Your Wireless Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Wireless Placement and Range Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Wireless Security Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Manually Configuring Your Wireless Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Configuring WEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Configuring WPA, WPA2, or WPA + WPA2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using Push 'N' Connect (WPS) to Configure Your Wireless Network . . . . 31
WPS Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
WPS PIN Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Adding Wireless Computers That Do Not Support WPS . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Chapter 3 Content Filtering
Viewing, Selecting, and Saving Logged Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Examples of Log Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Blocking Sites and Keywords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Blocking Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Scheduling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Setting Your Time Zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Scheduling Firewall Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Enabling Security Event Email Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Chapter 4 Managing Your Network
Router Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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NETGEAR MBR1200 Specifications

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BrandNETGEAR
ModelMBR1200
CategoryWireless Router
LanguageEnglish

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