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NETGEAR N150
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N150 Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router DGN1000
Chapter 3 Wireless Settings
Preset Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Security Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Turn Off Wireless Connectivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Disable SSID Broadcast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Restrict Access by MAC Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Wireless Security Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Add Clients (Devices) to Your Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Manual Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Wireless Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Consider Every Device on Your Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
View or Change Wireless Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Change WPA Security Option and Passphrase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Set WPA-802.1x Server and Passphrase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Set WEP Encryption and Passphrase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Chapter 4 Security Settings
Keyword Blocking of HTTP Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Delete a Keyword or Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Specify a Trusted Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Firewall Rules to Control Network Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Remote Computer Access Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Open Inbound Ports (Port Forwarding) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Inbound Rules to Permit External Host Communications. . . . . . . . . . . . 48
How Inbound Rules Differ from Outbound Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Configure Firewall Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Inbound Rules (Port Forwarding) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Outbound Rules (Service Blocking) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Configure Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Set the Time Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Schedule Firewall Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Enable Security Event Email Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Chapter 5 Network Maintenance
Upgrade the Router Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Turn Off Automatic Firmware Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Automatic Firmware Checking On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Manually Check for Firmware Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Manage the Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Back Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Restore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
View Router Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
View Attached Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Run Diagnostic Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

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NETGEAR N150 Specifications

General IconGeneral
WiFi Technology802.11n
WiFi SpeedUp to 150 Mbps
Frequency Band2.4 GHz
ModelN150
Ethernet Ports4 x 10/100 Mbps
SecurityWPA/WPA2-PSK
AntennaInternal
Weight0.66 lbs

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