2024年10月17日发(作者：荀静槐)
NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2
BackUpWindows-BasedComputersWith
ReadySHAREVault
YourroutercomeswithfreebackupsoftwareforallWindows-basedcomputersinyour
taUSBharddiskdrive(HDD)totherouterforcentralized,continuous,
andautomaticbackup.
ThefollowingoperatingsystemssupportReadySHAREVault:
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Windows7
Windows8
Windows8.1
Windows10
TobackupyourWindows-basedcomputer:
taUSBstoragedevicetotherouter’sUSBport.
2.
IfyourUSBdeviceusesapowersupply,connectit.
YoumustusethepowersupplywhenyouconnecttheUSBdevicetotherouter.
Whenyouconnectthestoragedevicetotherouter’sport,itmighttakeuptotwo
ult,thedeviceisavailabletoall
computersonyourlocalareanetwork(LAN).
3.
/readyshareandinstallitoneach
Windows-basedcomputer.
ReadySHAREVault.
dashboardortheBackuptabtosetupandrunyourbackup.
BackUpMacComputersWithTimeMachine
YoucanuseTimeMachinetobackupyourMaccomputersontoaUSBharddrivethat
isconnectedtotherouter’accesstheconnectedstoragedevice
fromyourMacwithawiredorWiFiconnectiontoyourrouter.
SetUpaStorageDeviceonaMac
WerecommendthatyouuseanewUSBHDDstoragedevice,orformatyouroldUSB
ank
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tersupports
GUIDorMBRpartitions.
Toformatyourdeviceandspecifypartitions:
taUSBstoragedevicetoyourMac.
2.
IfyourUSBdeviceusesapowersupply,connectit.
YoumustusethepowersupplywhenyouconnecttheUSBdevicetotheMac.
3.
OnyourMac,openSpotlight(orclickthemagnifyingglassatthetoprightofthe
page)andsearchforDiskUtility.
eDiskUtility,selectyourUSBstoragedevice,clicktheErasetab,andclick
theErasebutton.
hePartitiontab.
6.
InthePartitionLayoutmenu,setthenumberofpartitionsthatyouwanttouse.
heOptionsbutton.
ThePartitionschemesdisplay.
theGUIDPartitionTableorMasterBootRecordradiobutton.
ormatmenu,selectMacOSExtended(Journaled).
heOKbutton.
heApplybutton.
Yoursettingsaresaved.
PreparetoBackUpaLargeAmountofData
BeforeyoubackupalargeamountofdatawithTimeMachine,werecommendthat
youfollowthisprocedure.
Topreparetobackupalargeamountofdata:
1.
UpgradetheoperatingsystemoftheMaccomputer.
2.
Verifyandrepairthebackupdiskandthelocaldisk.
3.
Verifyandrepairthepermissionsonthelocaldisk.
rgySaver:
a.
FromtheApplemenu,selectSystemPreferences.
TheSystemPreferencespagedisplays.
EnergySaver.
TheEnergySaverpagedisplays.
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hePowerAdaptertab.
d.
SelecttheWakeforWi-Finetworkaccesscheckbox.
hebackarrowtosavethechangesandexitthepage.
5.
Modifyyoursecuritysettings:
a.
FromtheSystemPreferencespage,selectSecurity&Privacy.
TheSecurity&Privacypagedisplays.
b.
ClicktheAdvancedbuttonatthebottomofthepage.
IftheAdvancedbuttonisgrayedout,clickthelockiconsothatyoucanchange
thesettings.
c.
CleartheLogoutafterminutesofinactivitycheckbox.
heOKbutton.
Yoursettingsaresaved.
UseTimeMachinetoBackUpOntoaStorageDevice
YoucanuseTimeMachinetobackupyourMaccomputersontoaUSBharddiskdrive
(HDD)thatisconnectedtotherouter’sUSBports.
TobackupyourMacontoaUSBHDD:
1.
PrepareyourUSBHDDwithacompatibleformatandpartitions.
2.
Ifyouplantobackupalargeamountofdata,seePreparetoBackUpaLargeAmount
ofDataonpage101.
tyourUSBHDDtotherouter’sUSBport.
4.
IfyourUSBdeviceusesapowersupply,connectit.
YoumustusethepowersupplywhenyouconnecttheUSBdevicetotherouter.
Whenyouconnectthestoragedevicetotherouter’sport,itmighttakeuptotwo
ult,thedeviceisavailabletoall
computersonyourlocalareanetwork(LAN).
computerthatisconnectedtothenetwork,launchFinderandselectGo
>ConnecttoServer.
TheConnecttoServerwindowdisplays.
6.
Typesmb://clicktheConnectbutton.
ompted,selecttheRegisteredUserradiobutton.
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8.
EnteradminforthenameandpasswordforthepasswordandclicktheConnect
button.
AlistofUSBdevicesconnectedtoyourrouterdisplays.
9.
FromtheApplemenu,selectSystemPreferences.
TheSystemPreferenceswindowdisplays.
TimeMachine.
TheTimeMachinewindowdisplays.
11.
ClicktheSelectBackupDiskbuttonandselectyourUSBdevicefromthelist.
heUseDiskbutton.
Note:IfyoudonotseetheUSBpartitionthatyouwantintheTimeMachinedisk
list,laysintheTimeMachine
list.
ompted,selecttheRegisteredUserradiobutton.
14.
EnteradminforthenameandpasswordforthepasswordandclicktheConnect
button.
backupimmediatelyifyouwant.
ManageAccesstoaStorageDevice
Youcanspecifythedevicename,workgroups,andnetworkfoldersforastoragedevice
connectedtotheUSBportontherouter.
Tospecifythestoragedeviceaccesssettings:
1.
Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe
routernetwork.
2.
Enter.
Aloginwindowopens.
herouterusernameandpassword.
swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime
rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive.
TheBASICHomepagedisplays.
ADVANCED>USBFunctions>ReadySHARE.
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TheUSBStorage(AdvancedSettings)pagedisplays.
ThepreviousfigureshowsoneUSBdeviceattachedtotherouter.
5.
TospecifyanamethatisusedtoaccesstheUSBdeviceordevicesthatareconnected
totherouter,intheNetwork/DeviceNamefield,enteraname.
Bydefault,thenameisreadyshare.
6.
TospecifyanamefortheworkgroupthattheUSBdeviceordevicesaremembers
of,intheWorkgroupfield,enteraname.
Bydefault,eworksonlyinanoperatingsystem
thatsupportsNetBIOS,reusingaWindows
workgroupratherthanadomain,theworkgroupnameisdisplayedhere.
ordisableaccessmethodsbyselectingorclearingthecorrespondingcheck
boxesandspecifyingaccesstothestoragedeviceasdescribedinthefollowing
table.
AccessMethod
NetworkConnection
Description
typereadysharetoaccessthestoragedevicewithin
hangethenameintheNetwork/DeviceNamefieldfrom
readysharetoanothername,enable
passwordprotection.
type/sharesto
URL,readyshareisthenamethatisspecifiedintheNetwork/DeviceNamefield.
IfyouchangethenameintheNetwork/DeviceNamefieldfromreadyshareto
anothername,thelinkchangesaccordingly.
edportisnumber
enablepasswordprotection.
HTTPS(viainternet)nablethisfeature,remoteuserscantype
router(forexample,1.1.10.102).
aultportisnumber443,which
rdprotectionisenabledbydefault.
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AccessMethod
FTP
Description
typeftp:///sharesto
URL,readyshareisthenamethatisspecifiedintheNetwork/DeviceNamefield.
IfyouchangethenameintheNetwork/DeviceNamefieldfromreadyshareto
anothername,thelinkchangesaccordingly.
edportisnumber
enablepasswordprotection.
FTP(viainternet)nablethisfeature,remoteuserscantypeftp:// IPaddress>/sharestoaccesstheUSBdeviceovertheInternetanddownloador uploadfiles. totherouter(forexample,1.1.10.102). Thedefaultportisnumber21,rdprotectionis enabledbydefault. IfyousetupDynamicDNS(seeManageDynamicDNSandAccessStorageDevices ThroughtheInternetonpage112), example,ifyourdomainnameisMyNameandyouusetheNETGEARDDNS server,youcantypeftp://ccesstheUSBdevice overtheInternetanddownloadoruploadfiles. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. EnableFTPAccessWithinYourNetwork FileTransferProtocol(FTP)letsyoudownload(receive)andupload(send)largefiles faster. Note:ForinformationaboutusingFTPtoaccessastoragedevicethroughtheInternet, seeAccessStorageDevicesThroughtheInternetonpage116. ToenableFTPaccesswithinyournetwork: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. ShareaStorageDeviceAttached totheRouter 105UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>USBFunctions>ReadySHARE. TheUSBStorage(AdvancedSettings)pagedisplays. ThepreviousfigureshowsaUSBdeviceattachedtotherouter. theFTPcheckbox. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. ViewNetworkFoldersonaDevice YoucanvieworchangethenetworkfoldersonaUSBstoragedeviceconnectedtothe router. Toviewnetworkfolders: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>USBFunctions>ReadySHARE. TheUSBStorage(AdvancedSettings)pagedisplays. ThepreviousfigureshowsaUSBdeviceattachedtotherouter. 5. TheAvailableNetworksFoldersectionshowsthefollowingsettings: • • aultsharenameisUSB_Storage. missionsandaccesscontrolsonthe –nopassword(thedefault)allowsalluserstoaccessthenetwork swordforadministhesameonethatyouusetologintothe router. thofthenetworkfolder. 106UserManual • ShareaStorageDeviceAttached totheRouter NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 • • namefromthestoragedevice. rentutilizationofthestoragedevice. AddaNetworkFolderonaStorageDevice YoucanaddnetworkfoldersonastoragedeviceconnectedtotheUSBportonthe router. Toaddanetworkfolder: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>USBFunctions>ReadySHARE. TheUSBStorage(AdvancedSettings)pagedisplays. ThepreviousfigureshowsaUSBdeviceattachedtotherouter. vailableNetworkFolderstable,selectadevice. IfasingledeviceisattachedtotheUSBport,theradiobuttonisselected automatically. heCreateNetworkFolderbutton. TheCreateNetworkFolderwindowopens. Ifthispop-upwindowdoesnotdisplay,yourwebbrowsermightbeblockingpop-ups. Ifitis,changethebrowsersettingstoallowpop-ups. eUSBDevicemenu,selecttheUSBdrive. Note:WerecommendthatyoudonotattachmorethanonedrivetooneUSBport (forexample,throughaUSBhub). 8. ClicktheBrowsebuttonandintheFolderfield,selectthefolder. 9. IntheShareNamefield,typethenameoftheshare. ShareaStorageDeviceAttached totheRouter 107UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 eReadAccessmenuandtheWriteAccessmenu,selectthesettingsthat youwant. All–nopassword(thedefault)er passwordforadministhesameonethatyouusetologintotherouter. heApplybutton. Thefolderisaddedonthestoragedevice. heCloseWindowbutton. Thepop-upwindowcloses. ChangeaNetworkFolder,IncludingRead andWriteAccess,onaUSBDrive YoucanchangenetworkfoldersonastoragedevicethatisconnectedtotheUSBport ontherouter. Tochangeanetworkfolder: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>USBFunctions>ReadySHARE. TheUSBStorage(AdvancedSettings)pagedisplays. ThepreviousfigureshowsaUSBdeviceattachedtotherouter. vailableNetworkFolderstable,selectadevice. IfasingledeviceisattachedtotheUSBport,theradiobuttonisselected automatically. heEditbutton. TheEditNetworkFolderpagedisplays. ShareaStorageDeviceAttached totheRouter 108UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 7. Changethesettingsinthefieldsasneeded. Formoreinformationaboutthesettings,seeAddaNetworkFolderonaStorage Deviceonpage107. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. heCloseWindowbutton. Thepop-upwindowcloses. ApproveUSBDevices Formoresecurity,youcansetuptheroutertoshareonlyUSBdevicesthatyouapprove. ToallowonlyapprovedUSBdevicestoconnecttotherouterandspecifywhich USBdevicesareapproved: rethattheUSBdevicethatyouwanttoapproveisattachedtotherouter. 2. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 3. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>USBSettings. TheUSBSettingspagedisplays. theNoradiobutton. ttingletsyouconnectandaccess allyourUSBdevices. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. heApprovedDevicesbutton. TheUSBDriveApprovedDevicespagedisplays. ShareaStorageDeviceAttached totheRouter 109UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 vailableUSBDevicestable,selecttheUSBdevicethatyouwanttoapprove. IfasingledeviceisattachedtotheUSBport,theradiobuttonisselected automatically. heAddbutton. TheUSBdeviceisaddedtotheApprovedUSBDevicestable. theAllowonlyapproveddevicescheckbox. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. ToapproveanotherUSBdevicethatisnotattachedtoaUSBport,firstremovethe attachedUSBdevicefromtheUSBport(seeSafelyRemoveaUSBDeviceonpage110), attachtheotherUSBdevice,andrepeatthisprocedure. SafelyRemoveaUSBDevice BeforeyouphysicallydisconnectaUSBdevicefromtheUSBportontherouter,login totherouterandtakethedriveoffline. ToremoveaUSBdevicesafely: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>USBFunctions>ReadySHARE. TheUSBStorage(AdvancedSettings)pagedisplays. ThepreviousfigureshowsaUSBdeviceattachedtotherouter. vailableNetworkFolderstable,selectadevice. IfasingledeviceisattachedtotheUSBport,theradiobuttonisselected automatically. 6. ClicktheSafelyRemoveUSBDevicebutton. Thedevicegoesofflineandapop-upwindowopens. ShareaStorageDeviceAttached totheRouter 110UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 heOKbutton. allydisconnecttheUSBdevice. ShareaStorageDeviceAttached totheRouter 111UserManual 8 ManageDynamicDNSandAccess StorageDevicesThroughthe Internet WithDynamicDNS,youcanusetheInternetandapersonaldomainnametoaccessa USBstoragedevicethatisattachedtoaUSBportontherouterwhenyouarenothome. IfyouknowtheIPaddressoftherouter(andtheIPaddressdidnotchange),youcan alsoaccesstheUSBstoragedevicebyusingtheIPaddress. Thischapterincludesthefollowingsections: • • • SetUpandManageDynamicDNSonpage113 AccessStorageDevicesThroughtheInternetonpage116 RemotelyAccessaUSBDeviceUsingReadyCLOUDonpage119 Note:Forinformationabouthowtoconnectthedeviceandspecifyitssettings,see ShareaStorageDeviceAttachedtotheRouteronpage95. 112 NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 SetUpandManageDynamicDNS Internetserviceproviders(ISPs)assignnumberscalledIPaddressestoidentifyeach ansthatthe usetheIPaddresstoaccessyournetwork remotely,butmostpeopledonotknowwhattheirIPaddressisorwhenthisaddress changes. Tomakeiteasiertoconnect,youcangetafreeaccountwithaDynamicDNSservice hisaccount,you erouternotifiestheDynamicDNS uaccessyourDynamicDNS account,theservicefindsthecurrentIPaddressofyourhomenetworkandautomatically connectsyou. ),theDynamic DNSservicedoesnotworkbecauseprivateaddressesarenotroutedontheInternet. YourPersonalFTPServer WithyourcustomizedfreeURL,youcanuseFTPtoaccessyournetworkwhenyouare pyourFTPserver,youmustregisterfora NETGEARDynamicDNS(DDNS)serviceaccountandspecifytheaccountsettings. TosetupyourpersonalaccountanduseFTP: rNETGEARDynamicDNSdomainname. Formoreinformation,seeSetUpaNewDynamicDNSAccountonpage114. rethatyourInternetconnectionisworking. otconnecttoadifferent routertoaccesstheInternet. 3. ConnectaUSBstoragedevicetooneoftheUSBportsoftherouter. 4. IfyourUSBdeviceusesapowersupply,connectit. YoumustusethepowersupplywhenyouconnecttheUSBdevicetotherouter. Whenyouconnectthestoragedevicetotherouter’sport,itmighttakeuptotwo ult,thedeviceis availabletoallcomputersonyourlocalareanetwork(LAN). TPaccessontherouter. Formoreinformation,seeSetUpFTPAccessThroughtheInternetonpage117. ManageDynamicDNSand AccessStorageDevicesThrough theInternet 113UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 otecomputerwithInternetaccess,youcanuseFTPtoaccessyourrouter usingftp://,inwhichyournameisyourspecificdomain name. Formoreinformation,seeUseFTPtoAccessStorageDevicesThroughtheInternet onpage118. SetUpaNewDynamicDNSAccount NETGEARoffersyoutheopportunitytosetupandregisterforafreeDynamicDNS account. TosetupDynamicDNSandregisterforafreeNETGEARaccount: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>DynamicDNS. TheDynamicDNSpagedisplays. theUseaDynamicDNSServicecheckbox. eServiceProvidermenu,selectNETGEAR. theNoradiobutton. 8. IntheHostNamefield,enterthenamethatyouwanttouseforyourURL. eeURLincludesthe mple,enter . 9. IntheEmailfield,entertheemailaddressthatyouwanttouseforyouraccount. 10. InthePassword(6-32characters)field,enterthepasswordthatyouwanttouse foryouraccount. heRegisterbutton. 12. FollowtheonscreeninstructionstoregisterforyourNETGEARDynamicDNSservice. ManageDynamicDNSand AccessStorageDevicesThrough theInternet 114UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 SpecifyaDNSAccountThatYouAlreadyCreated IfyoualreadycreatedaDynamicDNSaccountwithNETGEAR,No-IP,orDyn,youcan setuptheroutertouseyouraccount. TosetupDynamicDNSifyoualreadycreatedanaccount: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>DynamicDNS. TheDynamicDNSpagedisplays. theUseaDynamicDNSServicecheckbox. eServiceProvidermenu,selectyourprovider. theYesradiobutton. 8. IntheHostNamefield,enterthehostname(sometimescalledthedomainname) foryouraccount. 9. Dependingonthetypeofaccount,specifyyourusernameoremailaddress: • ForaNo-IPorDynaccount,intheUserNamefield,entertheusernameforyour account. • ForaNETGEARaccount,intheEmailfield,entertheemailaddressforyour account. 10. InthePassword(6~32characters)field,enterthepasswordforyourDDNSaccount. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. 12. ToverifythatyourDynamicDNSserviceisenabledintherouter,clicktheShow Statusbutton. AmessagedisplaystheDynamicDNSstatus. ManageDynamicDNSand AccessStorageDevicesThrough theInternet 115UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ChangetheDynamicDNSSettings YoucanchangethesettingsforyourDynamicDNSaccount. Tochangeyoursettings: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>DynamicDNS. TheDynamicDNSpagedisplays. yourDDNSaccountsettingsasnecessary. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. AccessStorageDevicesThroughtheInternet IfyouconnectaUSBstoragedevicetotherouter,youcanaccesstheUSBdevicethrough ougainaccess,youcanuseFTPtoshare filesontheUSBdevice. AccessStorageDevicesFromaRemoteComputer Fromaremotecomputer,youcanaccessstoragedevicesthatareattachedtotherouter onyourhomenetwork. Toaccessdevicesfromaremotecomputer: awebbrowseronacomputerthatisnotonyourhomenetwork. ttotherouteronyourhomenetwork: •ToconnectwithDynamicDNS,typetheDNSname. TouseaDynamicDNSaccount,youmustentertheaccountinformationonthe DynamicDNSpage(seeSetUpandManageDynamicDNSonpage113). •ToconnectwithoutDynamicDNS,typetherouter’sInternetportIPaddress. ManageDynamicDNSand AccessStorageDevicesThrough theInternet 116UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 Youcanviewtherouter’sInternetIPaddressontheBASICHomepage. SetUpFTPAccessThroughtheInternet Ifyouattachastoragedevicetotherouter,youcanaccessthestoragedevicefromyour network(seeEnableFTPAccessWithinYourNetworkonpage105).Youcanalsosetup FTPaccessthroughtheInternetsothatyoucanaccessthestoragedevicefromoutside yourlocalnetwork,forexample,whenyouarenotathome. TosetupFTPaccessthroughtheInternet: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>USBFunctions>ReadySHARE. TheUSBStorage(AdvancedSettings)pagedisplays. theFTP(viainternet)checkbox. Adminpasswordprotectionisenabledbydefault. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. 7. Tolimitaccesstotheadminuser,dothefollowing: vailableNetworkFolderslist,selectadevice. IfasingledeviceisattachedtotheUSBport,theradiobuttonisselected automatically. heEditbutton. TheEditNetworkFolderpagedisplays. eadAccessmenu,selectadmin. ThedefaultsettingisAll-nopassword. riteAccessmenu,selectadmin. ThedefaultsettingisAll-nopassword. ManageDynamicDNSand AccessStorageDevicesThrough theInternet 117UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. f. ClicktheCloseWindowbutton. Thepop-upwindowcloses. UseFTPtoAccessStorageDevicesThroughtheInternet Ifyouattachedastoragedevicetotherouter,beforeyoucanaccessthestoragedevice throughtheInternetwithFTP,youmustfirstsetupFTPaccess(seeSetUpFTPAccess ThroughtheInternetonpage117). ToaccessaUSBdevicewithFTPfromaremotecomputertodownloadorupload afile: 1. Takeoneofthefollowingactions: • Todownloadafilefromastoragedeviceconnectedtotherouter,launchaweb browser. • Touploadafiletoastoragedeviceconnectedtotherouter,launchanFTPclient suchasFilezilla. 2. Typeftp://andtheInternetportIPaddressintheaddressfieldofthebrowser. Forexample,ifyourIPaddressis10.1.65.4,typeftp://10.1.65.4. IfyouareusingDynamicDNS,mple,type ftp://,inwhichMyNameisyourDNSname. ompted,login: • Tologinasadmin,intheusernamefield,enteradminandinthepassword field,enterthesamepasswordthatyouusetologintotherouter. • Tologinasaguest,intheusernamefield,enterguest. Theguestusernamedoesnotneedapassword. example,youmightseeshare/partition1/directory1. tetoalocationontheUSBdevice. 5. Downloadoruploadthefile. ManageDynamicDNSand AccessStorageDevicesThrough theInternet 118UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 RemotelyAccessaUSBDeviceUsing ReadyCLOUD NETGEARReadyCLOUD ® forroutersletsyouremotelyaccessfilesstoredonaUSB youcanuseReadyCLOUD,you mustcreateaReadyCLOUDaccountandregisteryourrouter. AReadyCLOUDappisalsoavailableforWindows-basedcomputers,Androidmobile devices,einformationaboutsettingupReadyCLOUD, seetheNETGEARReadyCLOUDforRoutersUserManual,whichisavailableonlineat . CreateaReadyCLOUDAccount TocreateaReadyCLOUDaccount: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevice. . TheReadyCLOUDWelcomepagedisplays. heSignInlink. TheSignInpagedisplays. heCreateAccountlink. TheCreateaMyNETGEARaccountpagedisplays. 5. Completethefieldstosetupyouraccount,andclicktheCreatebutton. YouarenowreadytoregisteryourrouterwithyourReadyCLOUDaccount. RegisterYourRouterWithReadyCLOUD AfteryoucreateaReadyCLOUDaccount,youmustregisteryourrouterwithyour ReadyCLOUDaccount. ToregisteryourrouterwithyourReadyCLOUDaccount: 1. /app/answers/detail/a_id/27323/andchecktoseeifyourouter supportsReadyCLOUD. taUSBstoragedevicetoaUSBportontherouter. IfyourUSBdeviceusesapowersupply,tusethepowersupply whenyouconnecttheUSBdevicetotherouter. ManageDynamicDNSand AccessStorageDevicesThrough theInternet 119UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 WhenyouconnecttheUSBstoragedevicetotherouter’sUSBport,itmighttakeup ult,theUSBstoragedeviceis availabletoallcomputersonyourlocalareanetwork(LAN). 3. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe network. 4. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. rnameand passwordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ReadySHARE. TheUSBStorage(BasicSettings)pagedisplays. theReadyCLOUDradiobutton. TheReadyCLOUDpagedisplays. ourReadyCLOUDusernameandpasswordandclicktheRegisterbutton. IfyoudidnotcreateaReadyCLOUDaccount,seeCreateaReadyCLOUDAccount onpage119. TherouterisregisteredwithReadyCLOUD. Note:Iftherouter’sInternetconnectionmodeissettoDialonDemand,therouter angeisrequired forReadyCLOUDtoremotelyaccesstheUSBstoragedevice. 9. Afterregistration,. heSignInlink,enteryourReadyCLOUDusernameandpassword,andclick theSignInbutton. TheReadyCLOUDpagedisplaystherouterthatyouregisteredandthecontentsof theUSBstoragedevicethatisconnectedtotherouter. ManageDynamicDNSand AccessStorageDevicesThrough theInternet 120UserManual 9 UsetheRouterasaMediaServer alsosetup theroutertoplaymusicfromiTunesServer. Thischaptercontainsthefollowingsections: • • SpecifyReadyDLNAMediaServerSettingsonpage122 PlayMusicFromaStorageDeviceWithiTunesServeronpage123 121 NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 SpecifyReadyDLNAMediaServerSettings TheroutercanfunctionasaReadyDLNAmediaserver,whichletsyouviewmoviesand photosonDLNA/UPnPAV-compliantmediaplayers,suchasXbox360,Playstation,and NETGEARmediaplayers. Tospecifymediaserversettings: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe network. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. rnameand passwordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>USBFunctions>ReadySHARE. TheUSBStorage(AdvancedSettings)pagedisplays. heMediaServertab. TheMediaServer(Settings)pagedisplays. theEnableMediaServercheckbox. ForinformationaboutenablingiTunesServer,seePlayMusicFromaStorageDevice WithiTunesServeronpage123. 7. Tochangethemediaservername,intheMediaServerNamefield,typeanew mediaservernamefortherouter. Bydefault,ryouusethedefaultmedia servernameofanothername,themediaservernameisappendedbyasemicolon followedbythedevicenameoftherouter,whichis,bydefault,themodelnumber oftherouter. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. 9. Torescanmediafiles,clicktheRescanmediafilesbutton. UsetheRouterasaMediaServer122UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 PlayMusicFromaStorageDeviceWith iTunesServer iTunesServerletsyouplaymusicwithyourWindowsorMaciTunesappfromastorage alsousetheAppleRemoteappfroman iPhoneoriPadtoplaymusiconanyAirPlaydevices,suchasAppleTVor AirPlay-supportedreceivers. siconaUSBdevicewithiTunes SupportedmusicfileformatsareMP3,AAC,imumnumberofmusic filessupportedis10,000. TospecifytheiTunesServersettings: 1. OnyouriPhoneoriPad,findandconnecttotheWiFinetwork. theRemoteapp. heAddaDevicebutton. Apasscodedisplays. 4. Specifythepasscodeintherouter: a. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedto thenetwork. b. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. UsetheRouterasaMediaServer123UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 herouterusernameandpassword. rnameand passwordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>USBFunctions>ReadySHARE. TheUSBStorage(AdvancedSettings)pagedisplays. heMediaServertab. f. SelecttheEnableiTunesServer(MusicOnly)checkbox. g. IftheEnterPasscodedisplayedontheRemoteAppfieldismasked,clickthe Applybutton. hepasscode. heAllowControlbutton. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. OnyouriPhoneoriPad,theReadySHAREmusiclibrarydisplaysintheRemoteapp. YoucanplaythismusiconAirPlaydevices. UsetheRouterasaMediaServer124UserManual 10 ShareaUSBPrinter TheReadySHAREPrinterutilityletsyoushareaUSBprinterthatisconnectedtotheUSB sharethisUSBprinteramongtheWindowsandMac computersonyournetwork. Thischaptercontainsthefollowingsections: • • • • • • • InstallthePrinterDriverandCablethePrinteronpage126 DownloadtheReadySHAREPrinterUtilityonpage126 InstalltheReadySHAREPrinterUtilityonpage126 UsetheSharedPrinteronpage128 VieworChangetheStatusofaPrinteronpage129 UsetheScanFeatureofaMultifunctionUSBPrinteronpage130 ManagetheNETGEARUSBControlCenterSettingsonpage132 125 NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 InstallthePrinterDriverandCablethePrinter SomeUSBprintermanufacturers(forexample,HPandLexmark)requestthatyoudo notconnecttheUSBcableuntiltheinstallationsoftwarepromptsyoutodoso. Toinstallthedriverandcabletheprinter: computeronyournetworkthatsharestheUSBprinter,installthedriver softwarefortheUSBprinter. Iftheprinterdriverisnotinstalled,contacttheprintermanufacturer. BprintercabletoconnecttheUSBprintertotherouterUSB3.0portonthe frontpanel. DownloadtheReadySHAREPrinterUtility TheutilityworksonWindows-basedcomputers,Maccomputers,smartphones,and tablets. TodownloadtheReadySHAREPrinterutility: /readyshare. 2. ScrolldowntothePrintFromtheComfortofYourHomeNetworksectionatthe bottomofthepage. 3. Clickoneofthefollowinglinks: • theutilityforWindows-based computers. • theutilityforMACcomputers. • theutilityforsmartphones andtablets. theonscreeninstructionstodownloadtheReadySHAREPrinterutilitysetup file. InstalltheReadySHAREPrinterUtility YoumustinstalltheReadySHAREPrinterutilityoneachcomputerthatwillsharethe ouinstallit,theutilitydisplaysasNETGEARUSBControlCenteronyour computer. ShareaUSBPrinter126UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 Toinstalltheutility: 1. Ifnecessary,unziptheReadySHAREPrinterutilitysetupfile. 2. Double-clicktheReadySHAREPrinterutilitysetupfilethatyoudownloaded. thewizardinstructionstoinstallNETGEARUSBControlCenter. AftertheInstallShieldWizardcompletestheinstallation,theNETGEARUSBControl Centerpromptsyoutoselectalanguage. ShareaUSBPrinter127UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 4. SelectalanguagefromthemenuandclicktheOKbutton. Somefirewallsoftware,suchasComodo,blocksNETGEARUSBControlCenterfrom onotseetheUSBprinterdisplayedonscreen,you candisablethefirewalltemporarilytoallowtheutilitytowork. theprinterandclicktheConnectbutton. ythe computerthatyouareusingcanusethisprinter. heDisconnectbutton. computersonthenetworkcanusethe printer. theutility,selectSystem>Exit. UsetheSharedPrinter Foreachcomputer,afteryouclicktheConnectandDisconnectbuttonsonce,theutility ult,theutilitystartsautomatically wheneveryoulogontoWindowsandrunsinthebackground. ManuallyConnectandPrint Foreachcomputer,afteryouclicktheConnectandDisconnectbuttonsonce,theutility ult,theutilitystartsautomatically wheneveryoulogontoWindowsandrunsinthebackground. Tomanuallyconnectandprint: 1. ClicktheNETGEARUSBControlCentericon Themainpagedisplays. heConnectbutton. ShareaUSBPrinter128UserManual . NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ythe computerthatyouareusingcanusethisprinter. 3. Usetheprintfeatureinyourapplicationtoprintyourdocument. asetheprintersothatallcomputersonthenetworkcanuseit,clickthe Disconnectbutton. PrintandReleasethePrinter Toprintandreleasetheprintertoanycomputeronthenetwork: 1. Toprintyourdocument,usetheprintfeatureinyourapplication. TheNETGEARUSBControlCenterautomaticallyconnectsyourcomputertothe hercomputerisalreadyconnectedto theprinter,yourprintjobgoesintoaqueuetowaittobeprinted. 2. Ifyourdocumentdoesnotprint,usetheNETGEARUSBControlCentertocheckthe status. SeeVieworChangetheStatusofaPrinteronpage129. VieworChangetheStatusofaPrinter Tovieworchangethestatus: 1. ClicktheNETGEARUSBControlCentericon. TheStatuscolumnshowsthestatusforeachdevice: • • • • usetheUSBprinterfromany computerinthenetwork. mputerisconnectedtotheprinterandwillbereleasedwhen yourprintjobisdone. econnectedcomputercanusetheprinter. mputerisnotconnectedtothesharedprinteryet. 2. ToprintfromyourcomputerwhenthestatusshowsManuallyconnectedbyanother computer,clicktheDisconnectbutton. ShareaUSBPrinter129UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 TheprinterisreleasedfromtheconnectionandthestatuschangestoAvailable. 3. ToprintfromyourcomputerwhenthestatusshowsWaitingtoConnect,dothe following: heConnectbutton. y yourcomputercanusetheprinter. wtheprintertobeshared,clicktheDisconnectbutton. TheprinterisreleasedfromtheconnectionandthestatuschangestoAvailable. UsetheScanFeatureofaMultifunctionUSB Printer IfyourUSBprintersupportsscanning,youcanalsousetheUSBprinterforscanning. Forexample,theUSBprinterdisplayedintheWindowsPrintersandFaxeswindowis readyforprintjobs. rsandFaxeswindow TousethescanfeatureofamultifunctionUSBprinter: 1. ClicktheNETGEARUSBControlCentericon. rethattheprinterstatusshowsasAvailable. ShareaUSBPrinter130UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 heNetworkScannerbutton. ThescannerpagedisplayssothatyoucanusetheUSBprinterforscanning. ShareaUSBPrinter131UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ManagetheNETGEARUSBControlCenter Settings YoucanstoptheNETGEARUSBControlCenterfromstartingautomaticallywhenyou alsochangethelanguageandspecifythetime-outtorelease theprinterconnection. TurnOffAutomaticStartupoftheNETGEARUSBControl Center YoucanstoptheNETGEARUSBControlCenterfromstartingautomaticallywhenyou logintoWindows. ToturnofftheautomaticstartupoftheNETGEARUSBControlCenter: 1. ClicktheNETGEARUSBControlCentericon. 2. SelectTools>Configuration. heAutomaticallyexecutewhenloggingonWindowscheckbox. heOKbutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. ShareaUSBPrinter132UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ChangetheNETGEARUSBControlCenterLanguage Tochangethelanguage: 1. ClicktheNETGEARUSBControlCentericon Themainpagedisplays. . 2. SelectTools>Configuration. TheControlCenter-Configurationpagedisplays. eLanguagemenu,selectalanguage. heOKbutton. ThenexttimetheNETGEARUSBControlCenterstarts,thelanguagechanges. SpecifytheUSBControlCenterTime-Out Tospecifythetime-out: 1. ClicktheNETGEARUSBControlCentericon Themainpagedisplays. . 2. SelectTools>Configuration. TheControlCenter-Configurationpagedisplays. 3. IntheTimeoutfield,typethenumberofminutes. Thetime-outisthenumberofminutesthatacomputerholdsitsconnectiontothe printerwhentheconnectionisnotbeingused. heOKbutton. YoursettingsaresavedandtheControlCenter-Configurationpagedisplays. ShareaUSBPrinter133UserManual 11 ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings ThischapterdescribeshowyoucanmanagetheWANandLANnetworksettingsofthe router. Thechapterincludesthefollowingsections: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ManagetheWANSecuritySettingsonpage135 SetUpaDefaultDMZServeronpage135 ManageIGMPProxyingonpage136 ManageVPNPass-Throughonpage137 ManageNATFilteringonpage138 ManagetheSIPApplication-LevelGatewayonpage139 ManagetheLANIPAddressSettingsonpage139 ManagetheRouterInformationProtocolSettingsonpage140 ManagetheDHCPServerAddressPoolonpage141 ManageReservedLANIPAddressesonpage143 DisabletheBuilt-InDHCPServeronpage145 ChangetheRouter’sDeviceNameonpage146 SetUpandManageCustomStaticRoutesonpage146 SetUpaBridgeforaPortGrouporVLANTagGrouponpage149 134 NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ManagetheWANSecuritySettings TheWANsecuritysettingsincludeportscanprotectionanddenialofservice(DoS) protection,whichcanprotectyourLANagainstattackssuchasSynflood,SmurfAttack, PingofDeath,ult,DoSprotectionisenabledandaportscan isrejected. YoucanalsoenabletheroutertorespondtoapingtoitsWAN(Internet) thisfeatureonlyasadiagnostictool orifaspecificreasonexists. TochangethedefaultWANsecuritysettings: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Setup>WANSetup. TheWANSetuppagedisplays. leaportscananddisableDoSprotection,selecttheDisablePortScanand DoSProtectioncheckbox. letheroutertorespondtoaping,selecttheRespondtoPingonInternet Portcheckbox. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. SetUpaDefaultDMZServer ThedefaultDMZserverfeatureishelpfulwhenyouareusingsomeonlinegamesand videoconferencingapplicationsthatareincompatiblewithNetworkAddressTranslation (NAT).Therouterisprogrammedtorecognizesomeoftheseapplicationsandtowork correctlywiththem,cases,one localcomputercanruntheapplicationcorrectlyiftheIPaddressforthatcomputeris enteredasthedefaultDMZserver. ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 135UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 WARNING:terdesignatedasthedefault DMZserverlosesmuchoftheprotectionofthefirewallandisexposedtoexploitsfrom romised,theDMZservercomputercanbeusedtoattackother computersonyournetwork. TherouterusuallydetectsanddiscardsincomingtrafficfromtheInternetthatisnota responsetooneofyourlocalcomputersoraserviceorapplicationforwhichyouset dofdiscardingthistraffic,youcan mputer iscalledthedefaultDMZserver. TosetupadefaultDMZserver: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Setup>WANSetup. TheWANSetuppagedisplays. 5. SelecttheDefaultDMZServercheckbox. 6. EntertheIPaddressoftheserver. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. ManageIGMPProxying IGMPproxyingallowsacomputeronthelocalareanetwork(LAN)toreceivethemulticast onotneedthisfeature,leaveitdisabled, whichisthedefaultsetting. ToenableIGMPproxying: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 136UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Setup>WANSetup. TheWANSetuppagedisplays. heDisableIGMPProxyingcheckbox. Bydefault,theDisableIGMPProxyingcheckboxisselectedandIGMPproxying isdisabled. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. ManageVPNPass-Through VPNpass-throughallowsacomputeronthelocalareanetwork(LAN)toreceiveVPN trafficfromtheInternetoveranIPSec,PPTP,ormal circumstances,leaveVPNpass-throughenabled, disableVPNpass-through,VPNtrafficisblocked. TodisableVPNpass-through: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Setup>WANSetup. TheWANSetuppagedisplays. PNPassthroughsection,selectoneormoreDisabledradiobuttons. Bydefault,theEnabledradiobuttonsareselectedandVPNpass-throughisenabled forIPSec,PPTP,andL2TP. ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 137UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. ManageNATFiltering NetworkAddressTranslation(NAT)determineshowtherouterprocessesinbound dNATprotectscomputersontheLANfromattacksfromtheInternetbut mightpreventsomeInternetgames,point-to-pointapplications,ormultimedia Tprovidesamuchlesssecuredfirewallbutallows dNATisthedefaultsetting. TochangethedefaultNATfilteringsettings: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Setup>WANSetup. TheWANSetuppagedisplays. aNATFilteringradiobutton: • esasecuredfirewalltoprotectthecomputersontheLANfrom attacksfromtheInternetbutmightpreventsomeInternetgames,point-to-point applications,ult,theSecured radiobuttonisselected. • esamuchlesssecuredfirewallbutallowsalmostallInternet applicationstofunction. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 138UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ManagetheSIPApplication-LevelGateway Theapplication-levelgateway(ALG)fortheSessionInitiationProtocol(SIP)isenabled r,sometypesofVoIPand sreason,therouter providestheoptiontodisabletheSIPALG. TochangethedefaultSIPALGsetting: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Setup>WANSetup. TheWANSetuppagedisplays. bletheSIPALG,selecttheDisableSIPALGcheckbox. TheSIPALGisenabledbydefault. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. ManagetheLANIPAddressSettings TherouterispreconfiguredtouseprivateIPaddressesontheLANsideandtoactas ter’sdefaultLANIPconfigurationisasfollows: • • LANIPaddress.192.168.1.1() Subnetmask.255.255.255.0 Theseaddressesarepartofthedesignatedprivateaddressrangeforuseinprivate ddressandsubnetmaskidentify whichaddressesarelocaltoaspecificdeviceandwhichmustbereachedthrougha htwanttochangethesesettingsifyouneedaspecificIP ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 139UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 subnetthatoneormoredevicesonthenetworkuse,orifcompetingsubnetsusethe sameIPscheme. TochangetheLANIPaddresssettings: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Setup>LANSetup. TheLANSetuppagedisplays. 5. IntheIPAddressfields,entertheLANIPaddressfortherouter. 6. IntheIPSubnetMaskfields,entertheLANsubnetmaskfortherouter. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. IfyouchangedtheLANIPaddressoftherouter,youaredisconnectedwhenthe changestakeeffect. Toreconnect,closeyourbrowser,relaunchit,andlogintotherouteratitsnewLAN IPaddress. ManagetheRouterInformationProtocol Settings RouterInformationProtocol(RIP)letstherouterexchangeroutinginformationwithother ult,RIPisenabledinbothdirections(inandout)withoutaparticularRIP version. TomanagetheRIPsettings: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 140UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Setup>LANSetup. TheLANSetuppagedisplays. eRIPDirectionmenu,selecttheRIPdirection: •terbroadcastsitsroutingtableperiodicallyandincorporates thedefaultsetting. •terbroadcastsitsroutingtableperiodicallybutdoesnot incorporatetheRIPinformationthatitreceives. • terincorporatestheRIPinformationthatitreceivesbutdoesnot broadcastitsroutingtable. eRIPVersionmenu,selecttheRIPversion: • thedefaultsetting. • equateformostnetworks,unless youareusinganunusualnetworksetup. • P-2BandRIP-2Msendthe -2Muses multicasting. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. ManagetheDHCPServerAddressPool Bydefault,therouteractsasaDynamicHostConfigurationProtocol(DHCP) routerassignsIP,DNSserver,anddefaultgatewayaddressestoallcomputersthatare igneddefaultgatewayaddressisthe LANaddressoftherouter. TheseaddressesmustbepartofthesameIPaddresssubnetastherouter’sLANIP aultDHCPaddresspoolis192.168.1.2–192.168.1.254. TherouterdeliversthefollowingparameterstoanyLANdevicethatrequestsDHCP: • • AnIPaddressfromtherangethatyoudefine Subnetmask 141UserManualManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 • • GatewayIPaddress(therouter’sLANIPaddress) DNSserverIPaddress(therouter’sLANIPaddress) TospecifythepoolofIPaddressesthattherouterassigns: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Setup>LANSetup. TheLANSetuppagedisplays. rethattheUseRouterasDHCPServercheckboxisselected. Thischeckboxisselectedbydefault. 6. SpecifytherangeofIPaddressesthattherouterassigns: • IntheStartingIPAddressfield,enterthelowestnumberintherange. ult,thestarting IPaddressis192.168.1.2. IntheEndingIPAddressfield,enterthenumberattheendoftherangeofIP addresses. ult,theending IPaddressis192.168.1.254. • heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 142UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ManageReservedLANIPAddresses WhenyouspecifyareservedIPaddressforacomputerontheLAN,thatcomputer alwaysreceivesthesameIPaddresseachtimeitaccessestherouter’sDHCPserver. ReserveaLANIPAddress YoucanassignareservedIPaddresstoacomputerorserverthatrequirespermanent IPsettings. ToreserveanIPaddress: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Setup>LANSetup. TheLANSetuppagedisplays. ddressReservationsection,clicktheAddbutton. TheAddressReservationpagedisplays. 6. EitherselectadevicefromtheAddressReservationTablebyselectingthe correspondingradiobuttonorspecifythereservedIPaddressinformation: • IntheIPAddressfield,entertheIPaddresstoassigntothecomputerordevice. ChooseanIPaddressfromtherouter’sLANsubnet,suchas192. • IntheMACAddressfield,entertheMACaddressofthecomputerordevice. • IntheDeviceNamefield,enterthenameofthecomputerordevice. heAddbutton. ThereservedaddressisenteredintothetableontheLANSetuppage. Thereservedaddressisnotassigneduntilthenexttimethecomputerordevice contactstherouter’thecomputerordevice,oraccessitsIP configurationandforceaDHCPreleaseandrenew. ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 143UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ChangeaReservedIPAddress YoucanchangeareservedIPaddressentry. TochangeareservedIPaddressentry: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Setup>LANSetup. TheLANSetuppagedisplays. 5. IntheAddressReservationsection,selecttheradiobuttonforthereservedaddress. heEditbutton. TheAddressReservationpagedisplays. thesettings. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. RemoveaReservedIPAddressEntry YoucanremoveareservedIPaddressentry. ToremoveareservedIPaddressentry: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 144UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ADVANCED>Setup>LANSetup. TheLANSetuppagedisplays. 5. IntheAddressReservationsection,selecttheradiobuttonforthereservedaddress. heDeletebutton. Theaddressentryisremoved. DisabletheBuilt-InDHCPServer Bydefault,terassignsIP,DNSserver, igned defaultgatewayaddressistheLANaddressoftherouter. YoucanuseanotherdeviceonyournetworkastheDHCPserverorspecifythenetwork settingsofallyourcomputers. Note:IfyoudisabletheDHCPserverandnootherDHCPserverisavailableonyour network,youmustsetyourcomputerIPaddressesmanuallysothattheycanaccessthe router. Todisablethebuilt-inDHCPserver: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Setup>LANSetup. TheLANSetuppagedisplays. heUseRouterasDHCPServercheckbox. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 145UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ChangetheRouter’sDeviceName Therouter'sdefaultdevicenameisitsmodelnumber. Thisdevicenamedisplaysinafilemanagerwhenyoubrowseyournetwork. Tochangetherouter’sdevicename: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Setup>LANSetup. TheLANSetuppagedisplays. 5. TypeanewnameintheDeviceNamefield. heApplybutton. Apop-upwindowdisplays. heYesbutton. Therouterrestarts. SetUpandManageCustomStaticRoutes lly,youdonot tconfigurestaticroutesonlyforunusualcasessuch aswhenyouusemultipleroutersormultipleIPsubnetsonyournetwork. Asanexampleofwhenastaticrouteisneeded,considerthefollowingcase: • • • YourprimaryInternetaccessisthroughanADSLmodemtoanISP. YouuseanISDNrouteronyourhomenetworkforconnectingtothecompanywhere uter’saddressonyourLANis192.168.1.100. Yourcompany’snetworkaddressis134.177.0.0. ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 146UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 Whenyoufirstconfiguredyourrouter,lt routewascreatedwithyourISPasthegatewayandasecondstaticroutewascreated isconfiguration,ifyouattempt toaccessadeviceonthe134.177.0.0network,yourrouterforwardsyourrequestto forwardsyourrequesttothecompanywhereyouareemployed,and therequestislikelytobedeniedbythecompany’sfirewall. Inthiscase,youmustdefineastaticroute,instructingyourrouterthat134.177.0.0is anexample: • • • ThroughthedestinationIPaddressandIPsubnetmask,specifythatthisstaticroute sses. ThroughthegatewayIPaddress,specifythatalltrafficfortheseaddressesis forwardedtotheISDNrouterat192.168.1.100. Ametricvalueof1worksfinebecausetheISDNrouterisontheLAN. SetUpaStaticRoute YoucanaddastaticroutetoadestinationIPaddressandspecifythesubnetmask, gatewayIPaddress,andmetric. Tosetupastaticroute: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>StaticRoutes. TheStaticRoutespagedisplays. heAddbutton. Thepageadjusts. therouteprivate,selectthePrivatecheckbox. AprivatestaticrouteisnotreportedinRIP. 7. TopreventtheroutefrombecomingactiveafteryouclicktheApplybutton,clear theActivecheckbox. ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 147UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 Insomesituations,youmightwanttosetupastaticroutebutkeepitdisableduntil ult,theActivecheckboxisselectedandaroutebecomesactive afteryouclicktheApplybutton. 8. Enterthesettingsasdescribedinthefollowingtable. Field DestinationIP Address IPSubnet Mask GatewayIP Address Metric EntertheIPsubnetmaskforthefinaldestinationoftheroute. Ifthedestinationisasinglehost,enter255.255.255.255. EntertheIPaddressofthegateway. TheIPaddressofthegatewaymustbeonthesameLANsegmentastherouter. Enteranumberfrom1through15. Thisvaluerepresentsthenumberofroutersbetweenyournetworkandthe y,asettingof2or3works,butifthisisadirectconnection,set itto1. Description EntertheIPaddressforthefinaldestinationoftheroute. heApplybutton. ticrouteisaddedtothetableontheStaticRoutes page. ChangeaStaticRoute Youcanchangeanexistingstaticroute. Tochangeastaticroute: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>StaticRoutes. TheStaticRoutespagedisplays. ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 148UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 5. IntheStaticRoutestable,selecttheradiobuttonfortheroute. heEditbutton. Thepageadjusts. 7. Changethesettingsfortheroute. Formoreinformationaboutthesettings,seeSetUpaStaticRouteonpage147. heApplybutton. TherouteisupdatedinthetableontheStaticRoutespage. RemoveaStaticRoute Youcanremoveanexistingstaticroutethatyounolongerneed. Toremoveastaticroute: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>StaticRoutes. TheStaticRoutespagedisplays. 5. IntheStaticRoutestable,selecttheradiobuttonfortheroute. heDeletebutton. TherouteisremovedfromthetableontheStaticRoutespage. SetUpaBridgeforaPortGrouporVLAN TagGroup Somedevices,suchasanIPTV,cannotfunctionbehindtherouter’sNetworkAddress Translation(NAT)nwhatyourInternetserviceprovider(ISP) requires,forthedevicetoconnecttotheISP’snetworkdirectly,youcanenablethe ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 149UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 bridgebetweenthedeviceandtherouter’sInternetportoraddnewVLANtaggroups tothebridge. Note:IfyourISPprovidesdirectionsonhowtosetupabridgeforIPTVandInternet service,followthosedirections. SetUpaBridgeforaPortGroup Ifthedevicesthatareconnectedtotherouter’sEthernetLANportorWiFinetwork includeanIPTVdevice,yourISPmightrequireyoutosetupabridgeforaportgroup fortherouter’sInternetinterface. AbridgewithaportgrouppreventspacketsthataresentbetweentheIPTVdeviceand therouter’sInternetportfrombeingprocessedthroughtherouter’sNetworkAddress Translation(NAT)service. Toconfigureaportgroupandenablethebridge: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. 4. SelectADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>VLAN/BridgeSettings. TheVLAN/BridgeSettingspagedisplays. theEnableVLANTagcheckbox. Thepageexpands. theBybridgegroupradiobutton. Thepageadjusts. aWiredPortscheckboxoraWirelesscheckbox. • IfyourdeviceisconnectedtoanEthernetportontherouter,selecttheWired DevicescheckboxthatcorrespondstotheEthernetportontheroutertowhich thedeviceisconnected. • Ifyourdeviceisconnectedtoyourrouter’sWiFinetwork,selecttheWirelesscheck boxthatcorrespondstotherouter’sWiFinetworktowhichthedeviceisconnected. ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 150UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 Note: selectmorethanonecheckbox. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. SetUpaBridgeforaVLANTagGroup Ifthedevicesthatareconnectedtotherouter’sEthernetLANportsorWiFinetwork includeanIPTVdevice,yourISPmightrequireyoutosetupabridgeforaVLANtag groupfortherouter’sInternetinterface. IfyouaresubscribedtoIPTVservice,theroutermightrequireVLANtagstodistinguish ewithaVLANtaggroupprevents packetsthataresentbetweentheIPTVdeviceandtherouter’sInternetportfrombeing processedthroughtherouter’sNetworkAddressTranslation(NAT)service. YoucanaddVLANtaggroupstoabridgeandassignVLANIDsandpriorityvaluesto eachVLANtaggroup. ToaddaVLANtaggroupandenablethebridge: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. 4. SelectADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>VLAN/BridgeSettings. TheVLAN/BridgeSettingspagedisplays. theEnableVLANTagcheckbox. Thepageexpands. theByVLANtaggroupradiobutton. Thepageadjusts. TherouterincludesadefaultVLANtaggroupwiththenameInternet. heAddbutton. TheVLAN/I{TVSetuppagedisplays. ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 151UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 8. Specifythesettingsasdescribedinthefollowingtable. Field Name Description EnteranamefortheVLANtaggroup. Thenamecanbeupto10characters. VLANID Priority Enteravaluefrom1to4094. Enteravaluefrom0to7. SelectthecheckboxforawiredLANportorWiFiport. IfyourdeviceisconnectedtoanEthernetportontherouter,selecttheLANportcheckboxthat cordeviceis connectedtoyourrouter’sWiFinetwork,selecttheWiFicheckboxthatcorrespondstotherouter’sWiFi networktowhichthedeviceisconnected. selectmorethanoneport. heAddbutton. TheVLANtaggroupisadded. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 152UserManual 12 ManagetheRouterandMonitorthe Traffic Thischapterdescribeshowyoucanmanagethesettingsforadministeringand maintainingyourrouterandmonitorthenetwork. Thechapterincludesthefollowingsections: • • • • • • • • • • • UpdatetheFirmwareoftheRouteronpage154 ChangetheadminPasswordonpage156 SetUpPasswordRecoveryonpage157 RecovertheadminPasswordonpage158 ManagetheConfigurationFileoftheRouteronpage159 DisableLEDBlinkingorTurnOffLEDsonpage160 ReturntheRoutertoItsFactoryDefaultSettingsonpage161 ViewtheStatusandStatisticsoftheRouteronpage163 ManagetheActivityLogonpage166 ViewDevicesCurrentlyontheNetworkonpage167 MonitorandMeterInternetTrafficonpage168 153 NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 UpdatetheFirmwareoftheRouter Therouterfirmwareisstoredinflashmemory. Youcanchecktoseeifnewfirmwareisavailableandupdatetheroutertothenew alsovisittheNETGEARsupportwebsite,downloadthefirmware manually,andupdatetheroutertothenewfirmware. CheckforNewFirmwareandUpdatetheRouter Foryoutocheckfornewfirmware,theroutermustbeconnectedtotheInternet. Tocheckfornewfirmwareandupdateyourrouter: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Administration>FirmwareUpdate TheFirmwareUpdatepagedisplays. heCheckbutton. Therouterdetectsnewfirmwareifanyisavailableanddisplaysamessageaskingif youwanttodownloadandinstallit. 6. Todownloadandinstallthenewfirmware,clicktheYesbutton. Therouterlocatesthefirmware,downloadsit,andbeginstheupdate. WARNING:Toavoidtheriskofcorruptingthefirmware,donotinterrupttheupdate. Forexample,donotclosethebrowser,clickalink,urn tiltherouterfinishesrestartingandthePowerLEDturnssolid white. mware euploadiscomplete,yourrouter restarts. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 154UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 7. Verifythattherouterisrunningthenewfirmwareversion: a. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedto thenetwork. b. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. rnameand passwordarecase-sensitive. mwareversionisstatedinthetopright, undertheLogoutbutton. 8. Readthenewfirmwarereleasenotestodeterminewhetheryoumustreconfigure therouterafterupdating. ManuallyUploadNewFirmwareandUpdatetheRouter Downloadingfirmwareandupdatingtherouteraretwoseparatetasksthatarecombined inthefollowingprocedure. Todownloadnewfirmwaremanuallyandupdateyourrouter: 1. ,locatethesupportpageforyourproduct,and downloadthenewfirmware. 2. Readthenewfirmwarereleasenotestodeterminewhetheryoumustreconfigure therouterafterupdating. 3. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 4. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Administration>FirmwareUpdate. TheFirmwareUpdatepagedisplays. 7. Locateandselectthefirmwarefileonyourcomputer: heBrowse(orChooseFile)button. b. Navigatetothefirmwarefile. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 155UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 . c. Selectthefirmwarefile. heUploadbutton. WARNING:Toavoidtheriskofcorruptingthefirmware,donotinterrupttheupload. Forexample,donotclosethebrowser,clickalink,urn tiltherouterfinishesrestartingandthePowerLEDturnssolid white. mware euploadiscomplete,yourrouter restarts. 9. Verifythattherouterrunsthenewfirmwareversion: a. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedto therouternetwork. b. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. sionfirmwareisstatedinthetopright, undertheLogoutbutton. ChangetheadminPassword Youcanchangethedefaultpasswordthatisusedtologintotherouterwiththeuser sswordisnottheonethatyouuseforWiFiaccess. Note:Besuretochangethepasswordfortheusernameadmintoasecurepassword. Theidealpasswordcontainsnodictionarywordsfromanylanguageandcontains uppercaseandlowercaseletters,numbers,eupto30characters. Tosetthepasswordfortheusernameadmin: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 156UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Administration>SetPassword. TheSetPasswordpagedisplays. eoldpassword,andtypethenewpasswordtwice. letorecoverthepassword,selecttheEnablePasswordRecoverycheck box. Werecommendthatyouenablepasswordrecovery. 7. Ifyouenablepasswordrecovery,selecttwosecurityquestionsandprovideanswers tothem. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. SetUpPasswordRecovery Werecommendthatyouenablepasswordrecoveryifyouchangethepasswordforthe recoveryprocessissupportedinInternetExplorer,Firefox,andChromebrowsersbut notintheSafaribrowser. Tosetuppasswordrecovery: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Administration>SetPassword. TheSetPasswordpagedisplays. theEnablePasswordRecoverycheckbox. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 157UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 twosecurityquestionsandprovideanswerstothem. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. RecovertheadminPassword Torecoveryourpassword: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. heCancelbutton. Ifpasswordrecoveryisenabled,youarepromptedtoentertheserialnumberofthe router. Theserialnumberisontherouterlabel. 4. Entertheserialnumberoftherouter. heContinuebutton. Awindowopensrequestingtheanswerstoyoursecurityquestions. hesavedanswerstoyoursecurityquestions. heContinuebutton. Awindowopensanddisplaysyourrecoveredpassword. heLoginagainbutton. Aloginwindowopens. urrecoveredpassword,logintotherouter. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 158UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ManagetheConfigurationFileoftheRouter Theconfigurationsettingsoftherouterarestoredwithintherouterinaconfiguration backup(save)thisfiletoyourcomputerorrestoreit. BackUptheSettings Youcansaveacopyofthecurrentconfigurationsettings. Tobackuptherouter’sconfigurationsettings: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Administration>BackupSettings. TheBackupSettingspagedisplays. heBackUpbutton. 6. Choosealocationtostorethefileonyourcomputer. . 7. Followthedirectionsofyourbrowsertosavethefile. RestoretheSettings Ifyoubackeduptheconfigurationfile,youcanrestoretheconfigurationfromthisfile. Torestoreconfigurationsettingsthatyoubackedup: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 159UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Administration>BackupSettings. TheBackupSettingspagedisplays. 5. ClicktheBrowsebuttonandnavigatetoandselectthesavedconfigurationfile. . heRestorebutton. erestorationiscomplete,the ocesstakesabouttwominutes. WARNING:Toavoidtheriskofcorruptingthefirmware,donotinterruptthe mple,donotclosethebrowser,clickalink,orloadanewpage. tiltherouterfinishesrestartingandthePowerLED turnssolidwhite. DisableLEDBlinkingorTurnOffLEDs disable LEDblinkingfornetworkcommunications,orturnoffallLEDsexceptthePowerLED. TodisableLEDblinkingorturnofftheLEDs: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>LEDControlSettings. TheLEDControlSettingspagedisplays. Bydefault,thefirstradiobuttonisselected,whichallowsstandardLEDbehavior. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 160UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 FormoreinformationaboutLEDs,seeLEDsandButtonsontheTopPanelonpage 14. bleblinking,selecttheDisableblinkingonInternetLED,LANLED,Wireless LEDandUSBLEDwhendatatrafficisdetectedradiobutton. 6. ToturnoffallLEDsexceptthePowerLED,selecttheTurnoffallLEDsexceptPower LEDradiobutton. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. ReturntheRoutertoItsFactoryDefault Settings Undersomecircumstances(forexample,ifyoulosttrackofthechangesthatyoumade totheroutersettingsoryoumovetheroutertoadifferentnetwork),youmightwantto erasetheconfigurationandresettheroutertofactorydefaultsettings. IfyoudonotknowthecurrentIPaddressoftherouter,firsttrytouseanIPscanner applicationtodetecttheIPaddressbeforeyouresettheroutertofactorydefaultsettings. Toresettheroutertofactorydefaultsettings,youcanuseeithertheResetbuttonon r,ifyoucannotfindtheIPaddress orlostthepasswordtoaccesstherouter,youmustusetheResetbutton. Afteryouresettheroutertofactorydefaultsettings,theusernameisadmin,the passwordispassword,theLANIPaddressis192.168.1.1(whichisthesameas ),stoffactorydefault settings,seeFactorySettingsonpage223. UsetheResetButton CAUTION:Thisprocesserasesallsettingsthatyouconfiguredintherouter. Toresettheroutertofactorydefaultsettings: 1. Onthebackoftherouter,locatetheResetbutton. 2. Usingastraightenedpaperclip,pressandholdtheResetbuttonforatleastfive seconds. etheResetbutton. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 161UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ThePowerLEDstartsblinkingamberandtheconfigurationisresettofactorydefault eresetiscomplete,ocesstakesabout twominutes. WARNING:Toavoidtheriskofcorruptingthefirmware,donotinterruptthereset. Forexample,ifyouareconnectedtotherouter’swebpage,donotclosethebrowser, clickalink,tiltherouterfinishes restartingandthePowerLEDturnssolidwhite. ErasetheSettings CAUTION:Thisprocesserasesallsettingsthatyouconfiguredintherouter. Toerasethesettings: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Administration>BackupSettings. TheBackupSettingspagedisplays. heErasebutton. eresetiscomplete, ocesstakesabouttwominutes. WARNING:Toavoidtheriskofcorruptingthefirmware,donotinterruptthereset. Forexample,donotclosethebrowser,clickalink,urn tiltherouterfinishesrestartingandthePowerLEDturnssolid white. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 162UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ViewtheStatusandStatisticsoftheRouter YoucanviewinformationabouttherouteranditsportsandthestatusoftheInternet tion,youcanviewtrafficstatisticsforthevarious ports. ViewInformationAbouttheRouterandtheInternetand WiFiSettings Youcanviewrouterinformation,theInternetportstatus,andWiFisettings. ToviewinformationabouttherouterandtheInternet,modem,andWiFisettings: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. heADVANCEDtab. TheADVANCEDHomepagedisplays. Theinformationonthispageusesthefollowingcolorcoding: • • • AgreenflagindicatesthattheInternetconnectionisfineandnoproblems Finetwork,thenetworkisenabledandsecured. AredXindicatesthatconfigurationproblemsexistfortheInternetconnection Finetwork,thenetworkisdisabledordown. AnamberexclamationmarkindicatesthattheInternetportisconfiguredbut cannotgetanInternetconnection(forexample,becausethecableis disconnected),thataWiFinetworkisenabledbutunprotected,orthatanother situationthatrequiresyourattentionoccurred. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 163UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 DisplayInternetPortStatistics TodisplayInternetportstatistics: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. heADVANCEDtab. TheADVANCEDHomepagedisplays. nternetPortpane,clicktheShowStatisticsbutton. TheShowStatisticswindowopens. Thefollowinginformationdisplays: • • eelapsedsincetherouterwaslastrestarted. tisticsfortheWAN(Internet),LAN(Ethernet)ports,andWLAN(WiFi) hport,thepop-upwindowdisplaysthefollowinginformation: - - - - - kstatusoftheport. berofpacketstransmittedontheportsinceresetormanual clear. berofpacketsreceivedontheportsinceresetormanual clear. berofcollisionsontheportsinceresetormanualclear. TxB/berofBytespersecondtransmittedontheportsincereset sinformation,theLANportsaretreatedasasingle port. RxB/berofBytespersecondreceivedontheportsinceresetor sinformation,theLANportsaretreatedasasingleport. eelapsedsincetheportacquiredthelink. ervalatwhichthestatisticsareupdatedinthiswindow. - - - ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 164UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 6. Tochangethepollingfrequency,enteratimeinsecondsinthePollIntervalfield andclicktheSetIntervalbutton. thepollingentirely,clicktheStopbutton. ChecktheInternetConnectionStatus TochecktheInternetconnectionstatus: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. heADVANCEDtab. TheADVANCEDHomepagedisplays. nternetPortpane,clicktheConnectionStatusbutton. ase(stop)theInternetconnection,clicktheReleasebutton. w(restart)theInternetconnection,clicktheRenewbutton. ethewindow,clicktheCloseWindowbutton. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 165UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ManagetheActivityLog Thelogisadetailedrecordofthewebsitesthatusersonyournetworkaccessedor 256entriesarestoredinthe managewhichactivitiesarelogged. View,Email,orCleartheLogs Inadditiontoviewingthelogs,youcanemailthemandclearthem. Toview,email,orclearthelogs: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Administration>Logs. TheLogspagedisplaysthefollowinginformation: 5. Torefreshthelogentriesonscreen,clicktheRefreshbutton. rthelogentries,clicktheClearLogbutton. lthelogimmediately,clicktheSendLogbutton. Therouteremailsthelogstotheaddressthatyouspecified(seeSetUpSecurity EventEmailNotificationsonpage74). SpecifyWhichActivitiesAreLogged ctivitiesdisplayinthelogandare forwardedtothesyslogserverifyouenabledthesyslogserverfunction. Tomanagewhichactivitiesarelogged: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 166UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Administration>Logs. TheLogspagedisplays. thecheckboxesthatcorrespondtotheactivitiesthatyouwanttobelogged. Bydefault,allcheckboxesareselected. hecheckboxesthatcorrespondtotheactivitiesthatyoudonotwanttobe logged. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. ViewDevicesCurrentlyontheNetwork YoucanviewtheactivewiredandWiFidevicesinboththenetworktowhichtherouter onotrecognizeaWiFidevice,itmightbe anintruder. TodisplaythewiredandWiFidevices: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. AttachedDevices. TheAttachedDevicespagedisplays. vicesare connectedtotherouterthroughtheWiFinetwork,ineitherthe2.4GHzbandor oneofthe5GHzbands. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 167UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 Thefollowingtabledescribesthefieldsthatcanbedisplayed. Field Status SSID IPAddress Description Thestatusofthedeviceinthenetwork(AllowedorBlocked). ThenameoftheWiFinetworktowhichthedeviceisconnected. The addresscanchangewhenadeviceisdisconnectedandrejoinsthenetwork. addressdoesnotchangeandisusuallyshownon theproductlabel. DeviceName Connection Type Thedevicename,ifdetected. Thetypeofconnectionforthedevice. 5. Torefreshtheinformationonscreen,clicktheRefreshbutton. Theinformationonscreenisupdated. MonitorandMeterInternetTraffic TrafficmeteringallowsyoutomonitorthevolumeofInternettrafficthatpassesthrough etrafficmeterutility,youcansetlimitsfortrafficvolume, setamonthlylimit,andgetaliveupdateoftrafficusage. StarttheTrafficMeterWithoutTrafficVolumeRestrictions Youcanmonitorthetrafficvolumewithoutsettingalimit. Tostartorrestartthetrafficmeterwithoutconfiguringtrafficvolumerestrictions: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 168UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 4. SelectADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>TrafficMeter. TheTrafficMeterpagedisplays. 5. SelecttheEnableTrafficMetercheckbox. Bydefault,notrafficlimitisspecifiedandthetrafficvolumeisnotcontrolled. 6. IntheTrafficCountersection,setthetrafficcountertobeginataspecifictimeand date. 7. Tostartthetrafficcounterimmediately,clicktheRestartCounterNowbutton. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresavedandtherouterrestarts. Thee information,seeViewtheInternetTrafficVolumeandStatisticsonpage169. ViewtheInternetTrafficVolumeandStatistics Ifyouenabledthetrafficmeter(seeStarttheTrafficMeterWithoutTrafficVolume Restrictionsonpage168),youcanviewtheInternettrafficvolumeandstatistics. ToviewtheInternettrafficvolumeandstatisticsshownbythetrafficmeter: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. 4. SelectADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>TrafficMeter. TheTrafficMeterpagedisplays. 5. ScrolldowntotheInternetTrafficStatisticssection. TheInternetTrafficStatisticssectiondisplayswhenthetrafficcounterwasstarted ledisplaysinformationabouttheconnection timeandtrafficvolumeinMB. 6. Torefreshtheinformationonscreen,clicktheRefreshbutton. Theinformationisupdated. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 169UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 7. Todisplaymoreinformationaboutthedatatrafficandtochangethepollinginterval, clicktheTrafficStatusbutton. TheTrafficStatuspop-upwindowdisplays. RestrictInternetTrafficbyVolume usefulwhenyourISP measuresyourtrafficinvolume. TorecordandrestricttheInternettrafficbyvolume: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. 4. SelectADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>TrafficMeter. TheTrafficMeterpagedisplays. 5. SelecttheEnableTrafficMetercheckbox. 6. SelecttheTrafficvolumecontrolbyradiobutton. ecorrespondingmenu,selectanoption: • trictionisappliedtoincomingtrafficonly. • trictionisappliedtobothincomingandoutgoingtraffic. 8. IntheMonthlyLimitfield,enterhowmanyMBytes(MB)permonthareallowed. 9. IfyourISPchargesyouforextradatavolumewhenyoumakeanewconnection, entertheextradatavolumeinMBintheRoundupdatavolumeforeachconnection byfield. 10. IntheTrafficCountersection,setthetrafficcountertobeginataspecifictimeand date. 11. IntheTrafficControlsection,enteravalueinminutestospecifywhentherouter issuesawarningmessagebeforethemonthlylimitinhoursisreached. terissuesawarningwhenthebalancefallsbelow ult,thevalueis0andnowarning messageisissued. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 170UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 12. Selectoneormoreofthefollowingactionstooccurwhenthelimitisreached: • TurntheInternetLEDtoflashingwhite/ thetrafficlimitisreached,theInternetLEDblinksalternatingwhiteandamber. • thetrafficlimitisreached,theInternetconnectionisdisconnectedanddisabled. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresavedandtherouterrestarts. Thee information,seeViewtheInternetTrafficVolumeandStatisticsonpage169. RestrictInternetTrafficbyConnectionTime usefulwhenyourISP measuresyourconnectiontime. TorecordandrestricttheInternettrafficbyconnectiontime: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. 4. SelectADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>TrafficMeter. TheTrafficMeterpagedisplays. 5. SelecttheEnableTrafficMetercheckbox. theConnectiontimecontrolradiobutton. Note:TheroutermustbeconnectedtotheInternetforyoutobeabletoselectthe Connectiontimecontrolradiobutton. 7. IntheMonthlyLimitfield,enterhowmanyhourspermonthareallowed. Note:TheroutermustbeconnectedtotheInternetforyoutobeabletoenter informationintheMonthlyLimitfield. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 171UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 8. IntheTrafficCountersection,setthetrafficcountertobeginataspecifictimeand date. 9. IntheTrafficControlsection,enteravalueinminutestospecifywhentherouter issuesawarningmessagebeforethemonthlylimitinhoursisreached. terissuesawarningwhenthebalancefallsunderthe ult,thevalueis0andnowarningmessage isissued. 10. Selectoneormoreofthefollowingactionstooccurwhenthelimitisreached: • TurntheInternetLEDtoflashingwhite/ thetrafficlimitisreached,theInternetLEDalternatesblinkingwhiteandamber. • thetrafficlimitisreached,theInternetconnectionisdisconnectedanddisabled. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresavedandtherouterrestarts. Thee information,seeViewtheInternetTrafficVolumeandStatisticsonpage169. UnblocktheTrafficMeterAftertheTrafficLimitIsReached IfyouconfiguredthetrafficmetertodisconnectanddisabletheInternetconnection afterthetrafficlimitisreached,youcannotaccesstheInternetuntilyouunblockthe trafficmeter. CAUTION:IfyourISPsetatrafficlimit,yourISPmightchargeyoufortheoveragetraffic. Tounblockthetrafficmeter: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. 4. SelectADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>TrafficMeter. TheTrafficMeterpagedisplays. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 172UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 5. IntheTrafficControlsection,cleartheDisconnectanddisabletheInternet connectioncheckbox. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresavedandtherouterrestarts. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 173UserManual 13 ManagetheAdvancedWiFi Features ThischapterdescribeshowyoucanmanagetheadvancedWiFifeaturesoftherouter. ForinformationaboutthebasicWiFisettings,seeManagetheBasicWiFiNetwork Settingsonpage76. Thechapterincludesthefollowingsections: • • • • • • SetUpaWiFiScheduleonpage175 ManagetheWPSSettingsonpage176 ManageAdvancedWiFiSettingsonpage177 SpecifyHowtheRouterManagesWiFiClientsonpage178 SetUpaWiFiBridgeBetweentheRouterandAnotherDeviceonpage180 UsetheRouterasaWiFiAccessPointOnlyonpage183 Forinformationaboutsettingupanaccesscontrollist(ACL)andmanagingWiFiaccess forenhancedsecurity,seeManageNetworkAccessControlListsonpage62. 174 NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 SetUpaWiFiSchedule YoucanusethisfeaturetoturnofftheWiFisignalfromyourrouterattimeswhenyou mple,youmightturnitofffortheweekendif setupaseparateWiFischeduleforeachWiFiband. Note:YoucansetupaWiFischeduleonlyiftherouterisconnectedtotheInternet einformation aboutwhethertheroutersynchronizesitsclock,seeSetUpaScheduleforKeyword BlockingandOutboundFirewallRulesonpage73. TosetuptheWiFischeduleforaWiFiband: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>AdvancedWirelessSettings. TheAdvancedWirelessSettingspagedisplays. 5. IntheAdvancedWirelessSettingssectionforthe2.4GHzbandorthe5GHzband, clicktheAddanewperiodbutton. TheWhentoturnoffwirelesssignalpagedisplays. menus,radiobuttons,andcheckboxestosetupaperiodduringwhichyou wanttoturnofftheWiFisignalandspecifywhetherthescheduleisrecurrent. heApplybutton. TheAdvancedWirelessSettingspagedisplays. 8. SelecttheTurnoffwirelesssignalbyschedulecheckboxtoactivatetheschedule. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. ManagetheAdvancedWiFi Features 175UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ManagetheWPSSettings Wi-FiProtectedSetup(WPS)letsyoujointheWiFinetworkwithouttypingtheWiFi changetheWPSdefaultsettings. TomanageWPSsettings: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>AdvancedWirelessSettings. TheAdvancedWirelessSettingspagedisplays. 5. ScrolldowntotheWPSSettingssectioninthelowerpartofthepage. TheRouter’sPINfielddisplaysthefixedPINthatyouusetoconfiguretherouter’s WiFisettingsfromanotherplatformthroughWPS. blethePIN,cleartheEnableRouter’sPINcheckbox. Bydefault,theEnableRouter’sPINcheckboxisselectedandtherouter’sPINis ancedsecurity,youcandisabletherouter’sPINbyclearingthe EnableRouter’r,whenyoudisabletherouter’sPIN,WPS isnotdisabledbecauseyoucanstillusethephysicalWPSbutton. Note:ThePINfunctionmighttemporarilybedisabledautomaticallyiftherouter detectssuspiciousattemptstobreakintotherouter’sWiFisettingsbyusingthe router’configurethenumberoftimesafailedPIN connectionisallowedbeforethePINfunctionisdisabled. wtheWiFisettingstobechangedautomaticallywhenyouuseWPS,clear oneorbothoftheKeepExistingWirelessSettingscheckboxes. Bydefault, learacheckbox,the nexttimeanewWiFiclientusesWPStoconnecttotherouter,therouter’sassociated WiFisettingschangetoanautomaticallygeneratedrandomSSIDandpassphrase. ManagetheAdvancedWiFi Features 176UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ForinformationaboutviewingthisSSIDandpassphrase,seeVieworChangethe BasicWiFiSettingsandWiFiSecuritySettingsonpage77. ClearaKeepExistingWirelessSettingscheckboxonlyifyouwanttoallowthe WPSprocesstochangetheassociatedSSIDandpassphraseforWiFiaccess. WARNING:IfyouclearaKeepExistingWirelessSettingscheckboxanduseWPS toaddacomputerormobiledevicetotherouter’sWiFinetwork,theassociated SSIDandpassphraseareautomaticallygeneratedandotherWiFidevicesthatare alreadyconnectedtotherouter’sWiFinetworkmightbedisconnected. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. ManageAdvancedWiFiSettings FormostWiFinetworks,theadvancedWiFisettingsworkfineandyoudonotneedto changethesettings. Tip:IfyouwanttochangetheWiFisettingsoftherouter’smainnetwork,useawired connectiontoavoidbeingdisconnectedwhenthenewWiFisettingstakeeffect. TomanagetheadvancedWiFisettings: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>AdvancedWirelessSettings. TheAdvancedWirelessSettingspagedisplays. 5. Enterthesettingsasdescribedinthefollowingtable. ThedescriptionsinthetableapplytoboththeWirelessNetwork(2.4GHzb/g/n) sectionandtheWirelessNetwork(5GHza/n/ac)section. ManagetheAdvancedWiFi Features 177UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 Field FragmentationLength (256-2346) CTS/RTSThreshold(1-2347) PreambleMode Description Thefragmentationlength(thedefaultis2346),theCTS/RTSthreshold(the defaultis2347),andthepreamblemode(thedefaultisLongPreamble)are reservedforWiFitestingandadvancedconfigurationonly. DonotchangethesesettingsunlessdirectedbyNETGEARsupportorunless ectsettingsmightdisablethe WiFifunctionoftherouterunexpectedly. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. SpecifyHowtheRouterManagesWiFi Clients AWiFiclientisanycomputerormobiledevicethatconnectstotherouter’sWiFinetwork. Therouterusesairtimefairness,implicitbeamforming,andMU-MIMOtomanageits efairnessandimplicitbeamformingareenabledbydefault,butyou -MIMOisdisabledbydefault,butyoucanenableit. ManageAirtimeFairness Ak resourcesaredividedbytime,soiffiveclientsareconnected,theyeachgetone-fifth antageofthisfeatureisthatyourslowestclientsdonot atureisenabledbydefault,butyoucandisable it. Todisableairtimefairness: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>AdvancedWirelessSettings. ManagetheAdvancedWiFi Features 178UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 TheAdvancedWirelessSettingspagedisplays. 5. ScrolltothebottomofthepageandcleartheEnableAIRTIMEFAIRNESScheck box. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. IfyouconnectedoverWiFitothenetwork,youaredisconnectedfromthenetwork andmustreconnect. ManageImplicitBeamforming Implicitbeamformingcontrastswithexplicitbeamforming,whichmeansthattherouter activelytracksclientsanddirectspowertotherouterantennaclosesttotheclient. Eit beamformingmeansthattheroutercanuseinformationfromclientdevicesthatsupport atureisenabledbydefault,butyou candisableit. Todisableimplicitbeamforming: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>AdvancedWirelessSettings. TheAdvancedWirelessSettingspagedisplays. 5. ScrolltothebottomofthepageandcleartheEnableImplicitBEAMFORMING checkbox. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. IfyouconnectedoverWiFitothenetwork,youaredisconnectedfromthenetwork andmustreconnect. ManagetheAdvancedWiFi Features 179UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ManageMU-MIMO Multiusermultipleinput,multipleoutput(MU-MIMO)improvesperformancewhen ients mustsupportMU-MIMO,ature isdisabledbydefault,butyoucanenableit. ToenableMU-MIMO: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>AdvancedWirelessSettings. TheAdvancedWirelessSettingspagedisplays. 5. ScrolltothebottomofthepageandselecttheEnableMU-MIMOcheckbox. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. IfyouconnectedoverWiFitothenetwork,youaredisconnectedfromthenetwork andmustreconnect. SetUpaWiFiBridgeBetweentheRouter andAnotherDevice YoucanusetherouterasaWiFibridgeandconnectmultipledeviceswithWiFi,for example,is,youneedanotherWiFirouteror accesspoint(AP)inadditiontotherouter:OnedeviceisconnectedtotheInternetover connect theroutertotheInternetmodemandusetherouterorAPasaWiFibridge(assuming thattherouterorAPiscapableoffunctioningasaWiFibridge),ortheotherway around—connecttherouterorAPtotheInternetmodem,andusetherouterasaWiFi bridge. ManagetheAdvancedWiFi Features 180UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 SettingupaWiFibridgewithtworoutersoffersthefollowingbenefits: • • • • YoucantakeadvantageofgigabitWiFispeedsoncurrentdevices. UsegigabitWiFiforapplicationssuchasvideoandgaming. ConnectmultipledevicessuchasaNAS,SmartTV,NeoTV,Blu-rayplayer,andgame consolesatgigabitWiFispeedsusingaWiFilink. AvoidtheneedforseparateWiFiadaptersforeachdevice. Forexample,youcouldinstallthefirstrouterinaroomsuchasahomeofficewhere yourInternetconnectionislocated. ThensetupthesecondrouterasaWiFibridgeandplaceitinadifferentroomsuchas herouterthat functionsasaWiFibridgetoyourSmartTV,DVR,gameconsole,orBlu-rayplayer,and useits802.11acWiFiconnectiontothefirstrouter. TherouterthatisconnectedtotheInternetmodemdoesnotrequireanyspecialsetup becausetherouterthatfunctionsasaWiFibridgeconnectstoanexistingSSIDasa WiFiclient,justlikeanyotherWiFiclients. TosetuptherouterasaWiFibridge: 1. MakeanoteoftheWiFisettingsoftheotherrouterthatisconnectedtotheInternet modem. YoumustknowtheSSID,WiFisecuritymode,WiFipassword,andoperating frequency(either2.4GHzor5GHz). 2. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe networkoftherouterthatyouaresettingupasaWiFibridge. 3. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. rnameand passwordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>AdvancedWirelessSettings. TheAdvancedWirelessSettingspagedisplays. totheverybottomandselecttheUseotheroperationmodecheckbox. theEnableBridgemoderadiobutton. Thebridgemodesettingsdisplaysonthepage. hesetupbridgemodewirelesssettingsbutton. ManagetheAdvancedWiFi Features 181UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 TheWirelessSettingspagedisplays. 9. EntertheWiFisettingsoftherouterthatisconnectedtotheInternetmodem(that is,theotherrouter): eChooseaWirelessNetworkmenu,selecttheWiFibandthattheother router. For802.11acmode,bothroutersmustusethesame5GHzband. b. IntheName(SSID)field,entertheWiFinetworkname(SSID)thattheotherrouter isusing. c. IntheSecurityOptionssection,selecttheradiobuttonfortheWiFisecuritythat theotherrouterisusing. d. Ifprompted,typethepassphrase(theWiFipasswordthatyoumustusetoconnect withWiFitotheotherrouter). heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresavedandthepop-upwindowcloses. 11. Tochangethenameoftherouter,enteranewnameintheDeviceNamefield. Bydefault,etuptherouterasaWiFi bridgeandyouwanttodistinguishitfromthenameoftherouterthatisconnected totheInternetmodem,youcould,forexample,changethenametoWiFibridgeor somethingsimilar. 12. TolettherouterthatfunctionsastheWiFibridgegetanIPaddressandDNS addressesdynamicallyfromtherouterthatisconnectedtotheInternetmodem, leavetheGetIPAddressDynamicallyandGetDNSServerAddressDynamically checkboxesselected. WerecommendthatyouleavetheGetIPAddressDynamicallyandGetDNS r,ifyouaresurethat youmustuseastaticIPaddress,usanIPaddressfromtheLANIPaddresspoolof ifyastaticIPaddress fortherouterthatfunctionsastheWiFibridge,dothefollowing: heGetIPAddressDynamicallycheckbox. TheGetDNSServerAddressDynamicallycheckboxisautomaticallycleared. b. EnterallstaticIPaddressinformationand,ifapplicable,staticDNSaddress information. heApplybutton. terrestartswithanewIPaddress. ManagetheAdvancedWiFi Features 182UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 nnect,closeyourbrowser,relaunchit,andlogintotherouterbyentering . WhentherouterfunctionsasaWiFibridge,youcannotchangeitsWiFisettings,that is,thesettingsontheWirelessNetworkpage(BASIC>Wireless)aremaskedout. However,ifyouwanttoreversetheconfiguration,youcandisabletheWiFibridge option(thatis,cleartheuseotheroperationmodecheckbox)ontheAdvanced WirelessSettingspage(ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>AdvancedWireless Settings). UsetheRouterasaWiFiAccessPointOnly Bydefault,therouterfunctionsasbotharouterandaWiFiaccesspoint(AP).Youcan setuptheroutertofunctionasanaccesspointonlyandletitoperateinthesamelocal erouterfunctionsasanaccesspointonly,manyof itsrouter-relatedfeaturesaredisabled. Tip:Ifyouwanttochangetherouter’sfunction,useawiredconnectiontoavoidbeing disconnectedwhenthenewfunctiontakeseffect. Tochangetheroutertoaccesspointmodeonly: 1. UseanEthernetcabletoconnecttheyellowInternetportontherearpanelofthe routertoaLANportontheotherrouter. 2. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 3. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>WirelessAccessPoint. TheWirelessAccessPointpagedisplays. theEnableAccessPointModecheckbox. Thepageexpands. 7. ScrolldownandselecttheradiobuttonfortheIPaddresssettingthatyouwantto use: ManagetheAdvancedWiFi Features 183UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 • errouteronthenetworkassigns isthedefaultsetting. • UsefixedIPAddress(notrecommended).Usethissettingifyouwanttomanually assignaspecificIPaddresstotherouterwhileitfunctionsinaccesspointmode. Usingthisoptioneffectivelyrequiresnetworkexperience. Note:Toavoidinterferencewithotherroutersorgatewaysonyournetwork,we alsoturn offtheWiFiradioontheotherrouterorgatewayandusetherouteronlyforWiFi clientaccess. heApplybutton. TheIPaddressoftherouterchanges,andyouaredisconnected. nnect,closeandrestartyourwebbrowserandenter . ManagetheAdvancedWiFi Features 184UserManual 14 UseVPNtoAccessYourNetwork YoucanuseOpenVPNsoftwaretoremotelyaccessyourrouterusingvirtualprivate networking(VPN).ThischapterexplainshowtosetupanduseVPNaccess. Thechapterincludesthefollowingsections: • • • • SetUpaVPNConnectiononpage186 UseaVPNTunnelonaWindows-BasedComputeronpage193 UseVPNtoAccesstheRouter’sUSBDeviceandMediaFromaWindows-Based Computeronpage195 UseaVPNTunneltoAccessYourInternetServiceatHomeonpage197 185 NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 SetUpaVPNConnection Avirtualprivatenetwork(VPN)letsyouusetheInternettosecurelyaccessyournetwork whenyouaren’thome. videsasecuretunnelbetweenyourhomenetworkandaremotecomputer puteristheclient, heVPNfeature,youmustlogintotherouterand enableVPN,andyoumustinstallandrunVPNclientsoftwareonthecomputer. VPNusesDDNSorastaticIPaddresstoconnectwithyourrouter. TouseaDDNSservice,registerforanaccountwithahostname(sometimescalleda domainname).tersupports theseaccounts:NETGEAR,No-IP,andDyn. IfyourInternetserviceprovider(ISP)assignedastaticWANIPaddress( )thatneverchangestoyourInternetaccount,theVPNcanusethatIPaddress toconnecttoyourhomenetwork. SpecifyVPNServiceintheRouter YoumustspecifytheVPNservicesettingsintherouterbeforeyoucanuseaVPN connection. TospecifytheVPNservice: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe network. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. UseVPNtoAccessYourNetwork186UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 rnameand passwordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>VPNService. TheVPNpagedisplays. theEnableVPNServicecheckbox. getheTUNmodeservicetype,selecttheUCPorTCPradiobutton. getheTUNmodeserviceport,typetheportnumberthatyouwanttouse inthefield. Thedefaultportnumberis12973. getheTAPmodeservicetype,selecttheUCPorTCPradiobutton. getheTAPmodeserviceport,typetheportnumberthatyouwanttouse inthefield. Thedefaultportnumberis12974. heApplybutton. nabledintherouter,butyoumustinstallandset upOpenVPNsoftwareonyourcomputerormobiledevicebeforeyoucanusea VPNconnection. InstallOpenVPNSoftwareonaWindows-BasedComputer YoumustinstallOpenVPNsoftwareoneachcomputerthatyouplantouseforVPN connectionstoyourrouter. ToinstallVPNclientsoftwareonaWindows-basedcomputer: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicedevicethatisconnected tothenetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. rnameand passwordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>VPNService. TheVPNServicepagedisplays. UseVPNtoAccessYourNetwork187UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 rethattheEnableVPNServicecheckboxisselected. Formoreinformation,seeSpecifyVPNServiceintheRouteronpage186. 6. ClicktheForWindowsbuttontodownloadtheOpenVPNconfigurationfiles. Step17providesinformationaboutwhattodowiththedownloadedOpenVPN configurationfiles. loadtheOpenVPNclientutility,visit //download/. 8. IntheWindowsInstallersectionofthepage,double-clickthe k. 9. Downloadthefile. alltheOpenVPNclientutilityonyourcomputer,clickthe e. heNextbutton. eLicenseAgreementandclicktheIAgreebutton. 13. Leavethecheckboxesselectedasshowninthepreviousfigure,andclicktheNext button. UseVPNtoAccessYourNetwork188UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 14. Tospecifythedestinationfolder,clicktheBrowsebutton,selectadestinationfolder, andclicktheNextbutton. heInstallbutton. Thewindowdisplaystheprogressoftheinstallationandthendisplaysthefinal installationwindow. heFinishbutton. 17. UnziptheconfigurationfilesthatyoudownloadedinStep6andcopythemtothe folderinwhichtheOpenVPNclientutilityisinstalledonyourcomputer. IfyourdeviceisaWindows64-bitsystem,theOpenVPNclientutilityisinstalledby defaultintheC:ProgramfilesOpenVPNconfigfolder. 18. ModifytheVPNinterfacenametoNETGEAR-VPN: ows,selectStart>ControlPanel>NetworkandInternet>Network Connections(orNetworkandSharingCenter). Thenetworkinformationdisplays. b. Inthelocalareaconnectionlist,findthelocalareaconnectionwiththedevice nameTAP-WindowsAdapter. thelocalareaconnectionandchangeitsname(notitsdevicename)to NETGEAR-VPN. IfyoudonotchangetheVPNinterfacename,theVPNtunnelconnectionwillfail. UseVPNtoAccessYourNetwork189UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 FormoreinformationaboutusingOpenVPNonaWindows-basedcomputer,visit //open-source/documentation/#quick. InstallOpenVPNSoftwareonaMacComputer YoumustinstallOpenVPNsoftwareoneachcomputerthatyouplantouseforVPN connectionstoyourrouter. ToinstallVPNclientsoftwareonaMaccomputer: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe network. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. rnameand passwordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>VPNService. TheVPNServicepagedisplays. rethattheEnableVPNServicecheckboxisselected. Formoreinformation,seeSpecifyVPNServiceintheRouteronpage186. 6. ClicktheFornon-WindowsbuttontodownloadtheOpenVPNconfigurationfiles. Step9providesinformationaboutwhattodowiththedownloadedOpenVPN configurationfiles. 7. TodownloadtheOpenVPNclientutilityforMacOSX,visit/. 8. Downloadandinstallthefile. 9. UnziptheconfigurationfilesthatyoudownloadedinStep6andcopythemtothe folderinwhichtheOpenVPNclientutilityisinstalledonyourcomputer. Theclientutilitymustbeinstalledbyauserwithadministrativeprivileges. FormoreinformationaboutusingOpenVPNonaMaccomputer,visit //access-server/docs/admin-guides/. UseVPNtoAccessYourNetwork190UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 InstallOpenVPNSoftwareonaniOSDevice YoumustinstallthissoftwareoneachiOSdevicethatyouplantouseforVPNconnections toyourrouter. ToinstallVPNclientsoftwareonaniOSdevice: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe network. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. rnameand passwordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>VPNService. TheVPNServicepagedisplays. rethattheEnableVPNServicecheckboxisselected. 6. SpecifyanyVPNservicesettingsonthepage. Formoreinformation,seeSpecifyVPNServiceintheRouteronpage186. 7. ClicktheForSmartPhonebuttontodownloadtheOpenVPNconfigurationfiles. 8. OnyouriOSdevice,downloadandinstalltheOpenVPNConnectappfromtheApple appstore. 9. Onyourcomputer,unziptheconfigurationfilesthatyoudownloadedandsendthe filestoyouriOSdevice. le,theOpenVPN le. FormoreinformationaboutusingOpenVPNonyouriOSdevice,visit /en/howto_#ios. UseVPNtoAccessYourNetwork191UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 InstallOpenVPNSoftwareonanAndroidDevice YoumustinstallthissoftwareoneachAndroiddevicethatyouplantouseforVPN connectionstoyourrouter. ToinstallVPNclientsoftwareonanAndroiddevice: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe network. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. rnameand passwordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>VPNService. TheVPNServicepagedisplays. rethattheEnableVPNServicecheckboxisselected. 6. SpecifyanyVPNservicesettingsonthepage. Formoreinformation,seeSpecifyVPNServiceintheRouteronpage186. 7. ClicktheForSmartPhonebuttontodownloadtheOpenVPNconfigurationfiles. 8. OnyourAndroiddevice,downloadandinstalltheOpenVPNConnectappfromthe GooglePlayStore. 9. Onyourcomputer,unziptheconfigurationfilesthatyoudownloadedandsendthe filestoyourAndroiddevice. 10. OpenthefilesonyourAndroiddevice. 11. leusingtheOpenVPNConnectapp. FormoreinformationaboutusingOpenVPNonyourAndroiddevice,visit /en/howto_#android. UseVPNtoAccessYourNetwork192UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 UseaVPNTunnelonaWindows-Based Computer AfteryousetuptheroutertouseVPNandinstalltheOpenVPNapplicationonyour computer,youcanopenaVPNtunnelfromyourcomputertoyourrouteroverthe Internet. FortheVPNtunneltowork,thelocalLANIPaddressoftheremoteroutermustusea differentLANIPschemefromthatofthelocalLANwhereyourVPNclientcomputeris networksusethesameLANIPscheme,whentheVPNtunnelis established,youcannotaccessyourhomerouteroryourhomenetworkwiththe OpenVPNsoftware. tcommonIP ,,xperienceaconflict,changethe IPschemeeitherforyourhomenetworkorforthenetworkwiththeclientVPNcomputer. Forinformationaboutchangingthesesettings,seeManagetheLANIPAddressSettings onpage139. UseVPNtoAccessYourNetwork193UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ToopenaVPNtunnel: theOpenVPNapplicationwithadministratorprivileges. TheOpenVPNicondisplaysintheWindowstaskbar. Tip:YoucancreateashortcuttotheVPNprogram,thenusetheshortcuttoaccess erytimeyou usethisshortcut,OpenVPNautomaticallyrunswithadministratorprivileges. -clicktheOpenVPNicon. Connect. dothefollowing: • • Launchawebbrowserandlogintoyourrouter. UseWindowsfilemanagertoaccesstherouter’sUSBdeviceanddownloadfiles. UseVPNtoAccessYourNetwork194UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 UseVPNtoAccesstheRouter’sUSBDevice andMediaFromaWindows-Based Computer ToaccessaUSBdeviceanddownloadfiles: 1. InWindowsfilemanager,selecttheNetworkfolder. dySHAREiconisintheComputersection andtheremoteReadyDLNA:R6900v2iconisintheMediaDevicessection(ifDLNA isenabledintherouter). 2. Iftheiconsdonotdisplay,clicktheRefreshbuttontoupdatethepage. IfthelocalLANandtheremoteLANareusingthesameIPscheme,theremote ReadyDLNA:R6900v2icondoesnotdisplayintheMediaDevicessectionandthe R6900v2(Gateway)icondoesnotdisplayintheNetworkInfrastructuresection. sstheUSBdevice,clicktheReadySHAREicon. ssmediaontherouter’snetwork,clicktheReadyDLNA:R6900v2icon. UseVPNtoAccessYourInternetServiceat Home WhenyouareawayfromhomeandyouaccesstheInternet,youusuallyusealocal mple,atacoffeeshopyoumightbegivenacodethat letsyouusethecoffeeshop’sInternetserviceaccounttosurftheweb. UseVPNtoAccessYourNetwork195UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 TherouterletsyouuseaVPNconnectiontoaccessyourownInternetservicewhenyou htwanttodothisifyoutraveltoageographiclocation mple,your Netflixaccountmightworkathomebutnotinadifferentcountry. SetUpVPNClientInternetAccessintheRouter Bydefault,therouterissetuptoallowVPNconnectionsonlytoyourhomenetwork, ingtheInternetremotely throughaVPNmightbeslowerthanaccessingtheInternetdirectly. ToallowVPNclientstouseyourhomeInternetservice: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicedevicethatisconnected tothenetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. rnameand passwordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>VPNService. TheVPNpagedisplays. rethattheEnableVPNServiceradiobuttonisselected. ForinformationaboutconfiguringtheTUNandTAPmodeoptions,seeSpecifyVPN ServiceintheRouteronpage186. downtotheClientswillusethisVPNconnectiontoaccesssection,andselect theAllsitesontheInternet&HomeNetworkradiobutton. WhenyouaccesstheInternetwiththeVPNconnection,insteadofusingalocal Internetservice,youusetheInternetservicefromyourhomenetwork. Note:Bydefault,theAutoradiobuttonisselected,whichletstherouterusean automaticdetectionsystemthatenablesVPNaccessonlyfornecessaryservicesand sitesandmightnotincludefullInternetaccess. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. UseVPNtoAccessYourNetwork196UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 BlockVPNClientInternetAccessintheRouter Bydefault,therouterissetuptoallowVPNconnectionsonlytoyourhomenetwork, hangedthissettingtoallow Internetaccess,youcanchangeitback. ToallowVPNclientstoaccessonlyyourhomenetwork: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicedevicethatisconnected tothenetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. rnameand passwordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>VPNService. TheVNPpagedisplays. rethattheEnableVPNServiceradiobuttonisselected. downtotheClientswillusethisVPNconnectiontoaccesssection,andselect theHomeNetworkonlyradiobutton. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. UseaVPNTunneltoAccessYourInternetServiceatHome ToaccessyourInternetservice: heroutertoallowVPNaccesstoyourInternetservice. Formoreinformation,seeSetUpVPNClientInternetAccessintheRouteronpage 196. computer,launchtheOpenVPNapplication. Formoreinformation,seeSpecifyVPNServiceintheRouteronpage186. TheOpenVPNicondisplaysintheWindowstaskbar. -clicktheiconandselectConnect. eVPNconnectionisestablished,launchyourwebbrowser. UseVPNtoAccessYourNetwork197UserManual 15 ManagePortForwardingandPort Triggering YoucanuseportforwardingandporttriggeringtosetuprulesforInternettrafficfor dnetworkingknowledgetosetupthesefeatures. Thischapterincludesthefollowingsections: • • ManagePortForwardingtoaLocalServerforServicesandApplicationsonpage 199 ManagePortTriggeringforServicesandApplicationsonpage204 198 NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ManagePortForwardingtoaLocalServer forServicesandApplications Ifaserverispartofyournetwork,youcanallowcertaintypesofincomingtraffictoreach mple,youmightwanttomakealocalwebserver,FTPserver,orgame servervisibleandavailabletotheInternet. Theroutercanforwardincomingtrafficwithspecificprotocolstocomputersonyour specifytheserversforapplicationsandyoucanalsospecifya defaultDMZservertowhichtherouterforwardsallotherincomingprotocols(seeSet UpaDefaultDMZServeronpage135). ForwardIncomingTrafficforaDefaultServiceorApplication Youcanforwardtrafficforadefaultserviceorapplicationtoacomputeronyournetwork. Toforwardincomingtrafficforadefaultserviceorapplication: 1. Decidewhichtypeofservice,application,orgameyouwanttoprovide. 2. FindthelocalIPaddressofthecomputeronyournetworkthatwillprovidethe service. ifythissetting, ageReservedLANIPAddresseson page143. 3. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 4. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. 6. SelectADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>PortForwarding/PortTriggering. ThePortForwarding/PortTriggeringpagedisplays. rethatthePortForwardingradiobuttonisselected. eServiceNamemenu,selecttheserviceorapplication. ManagePortForwardingand PortTriggering 199UserManual
2024年10月17日发(作者：荀静槐)
NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2
BackUpWindows-BasedComputersWith
ReadySHAREVault
YourroutercomeswithfreebackupsoftwareforallWindows-basedcomputersinyour
taUSBharddiskdrive(HDD)totherouterforcentralized,continuous,
andautomaticbackup.
ThefollowingoperatingsystemssupportReadySHAREVault:
•
•
•
•
Windows7
Windows8
Windows8.1
Windows10
TobackupyourWindows-basedcomputer:
taUSBstoragedevicetotherouter’sUSBport.
2.
IfyourUSBdeviceusesapowersupply,connectit.
YoumustusethepowersupplywhenyouconnecttheUSBdevicetotherouter.
Whenyouconnectthestoragedevicetotherouter’sport,itmighttakeuptotwo
ult,thedeviceisavailabletoall
computersonyourlocalareanetwork(LAN).
3.
/readyshareandinstallitoneach
Windows-basedcomputer.
ReadySHAREVault.
dashboardortheBackuptabtosetupandrunyourbackup.
BackUpMacComputersWithTimeMachine
YoucanuseTimeMachinetobackupyourMaccomputersontoaUSBharddrivethat
isconnectedtotherouter’accesstheconnectedstoragedevice
fromyourMacwithawiredorWiFiconnectiontoyourrouter.
SetUpaStorageDeviceonaMac
WerecommendthatyouuseanewUSBHDDstoragedevice,orformatyouroldUSB
ank
ShareaStorageDeviceAttached
totheRouter
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tersupports
GUIDorMBRpartitions.
Toformatyourdeviceandspecifypartitions:
taUSBstoragedevicetoyourMac.
2.
IfyourUSBdeviceusesapowersupply,connectit.
YoumustusethepowersupplywhenyouconnecttheUSBdevicetotheMac.
3.
OnyourMac,openSpotlight(orclickthemagnifyingglassatthetoprightofthe
page)andsearchforDiskUtility.
eDiskUtility,selectyourUSBstoragedevice,clicktheErasetab,andclick
theErasebutton.
hePartitiontab.
6.
InthePartitionLayoutmenu,setthenumberofpartitionsthatyouwanttouse.
heOptionsbutton.
ThePartitionschemesdisplay.
theGUIDPartitionTableorMasterBootRecordradiobutton.
ormatmenu,selectMacOSExtended(Journaled).
heOKbutton.
heApplybutton.
Yoursettingsaresaved.
PreparetoBackUpaLargeAmountofData
BeforeyoubackupalargeamountofdatawithTimeMachine,werecommendthat
youfollowthisprocedure.
Topreparetobackupalargeamountofdata:
1.
UpgradetheoperatingsystemoftheMaccomputer.
2.
Verifyandrepairthebackupdiskandthelocaldisk.
3.
Verifyandrepairthepermissionsonthelocaldisk.
rgySaver:
a.
FromtheApplemenu,selectSystemPreferences.
TheSystemPreferencespagedisplays.
EnergySaver.
TheEnergySaverpagedisplays.
ShareaStorageDeviceAttached
totheRouter
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hePowerAdaptertab.
d.
SelecttheWakeforWi-Finetworkaccesscheckbox.
hebackarrowtosavethechangesandexitthepage.
5.
Modifyyoursecuritysettings:
a.
FromtheSystemPreferencespage,selectSecurity&Privacy.
TheSecurity&Privacypagedisplays.
b.
ClicktheAdvancedbuttonatthebottomofthepage.
IftheAdvancedbuttonisgrayedout,clickthelockiconsothatyoucanchange
thesettings.
c.
CleartheLogoutafterminutesofinactivitycheckbox.
heOKbutton.
Yoursettingsaresaved.
UseTimeMachinetoBackUpOntoaStorageDevice
YoucanuseTimeMachinetobackupyourMaccomputersontoaUSBharddiskdrive
(HDD)thatisconnectedtotherouter’sUSBports.
TobackupyourMacontoaUSBHDD:
1.
PrepareyourUSBHDDwithacompatibleformatandpartitions.
2.
Ifyouplantobackupalargeamountofdata,seePreparetoBackUpaLargeAmount
ofDataonpage101.
tyourUSBHDDtotherouter’sUSBport.
4.
IfyourUSBdeviceusesapowersupply,connectit.
YoumustusethepowersupplywhenyouconnecttheUSBdevicetotherouter.
Whenyouconnectthestoragedevicetotherouter’sport,itmighttakeuptotwo
ult,thedeviceisavailabletoall
computersonyourlocalareanetwork(LAN).
computerthatisconnectedtothenetwork,launchFinderandselectGo
>ConnecttoServer.
TheConnecttoServerwindowdisplays.
6.
Typesmb://clicktheConnectbutton.
ompted,selecttheRegisteredUserradiobutton.
ShareaStorageDeviceAttached
totheRouter
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8.
EnteradminforthenameandpasswordforthepasswordandclicktheConnect
button.
AlistofUSBdevicesconnectedtoyourrouterdisplays.
9.
FromtheApplemenu,selectSystemPreferences.
TheSystemPreferenceswindowdisplays.
TimeMachine.
TheTimeMachinewindowdisplays.
11.
ClicktheSelectBackupDiskbuttonandselectyourUSBdevicefromthelist.
heUseDiskbutton.
Note:IfyoudonotseetheUSBpartitionthatyouwantintheTimeMachinedisk
list,laysintheTimeMachine
list.
ompted,selecttheRegisteredUserradiobutton.
14.
EnteradminforthenameandpasswordforthepasswordandclicktheConnect
button.
backupimmediatelyifyouwant.
ManageAccesstoaStorageDevice
Youcanspecifythedevicename,workgroups,andnetworkfoldersforastoragedevice
connectedtotheUSBportontherouter.
Tospecifythestoragedeviceaccesssettings:
1.
Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe
routernetwork.
2.
Enter.
Aloginwindowopens.
herouterusernameandpassword.
swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime
rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive.
TheBASICHomepagedisplays.
ADVANCED>USBFunctions>ReadySHARE.
ShareaStorageDeviceAttached
totheRouter
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TheUSBStorage(AdvancedSettings)pagedisplays.
ThepreviousfigureshowsoneUSBdeviceattachedtotherouter.
5.
TospecifyanamethatisusedtoaccesstheUSBdeviceordevicesthatareconnected
totherouter,intheNetwork/DeviceNamefield,enteraname.
Bydefault,thenameisreadyshare.
6.
TospecifyanamefortheworkgroupthattheUSBdeviceordevicesaremembers
of,intheWorkgroupfield,enteraname.
Bydefault,eworksonlyinanoperatingsystem
thatsupportsNetBIOS,reusingaWindows
workgroupratherthanadomain,theworkgroupnameisdisplayedhere.
ordisableaccessmethodsbyselectingorclearingthecorrespondingcheck
boxesandspecifyingaccesstothestoragedeviceasdescribedinthefollowing
table.
AccessMethod
NetworkConnection
Description
typereadysharetoaccessthestoragedevicewithin
hangethenameintheNetwork/DeviceNamefieldfrom
readysharetoanothername,enable
passwordprotection.
type/sharesto
URL,readyshareisthenamethatisspecifiedintheNetwork/DeviceNamefield.
IfyouchangethenameintheNetwork/DeviceNamefieldfromreadyshareto
anothername,thelinkchangesaccordingly.
edportisnumber
enablepasswordprotection.
HTTPS(viainternet)nablethisfeature,remoteuserscantype
router(forexample,1.1.10.102).
aultportisnumber443,which
rdprotectionisenabledbydefault.
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totheRouter
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AccessMethod
FTP
Description
typeftp:///sharesto
URL,readyshareisthenamethatisspecifiedintheNetwork/DeviceNamefield.
IfyouchangethenameintheNetwork/DeviceNamefieldfromreadyshareto
anothername,thelinkchangesaccordingly.
edportisnumber
enablepasswordprotection.
FTP(viainternet)nablethisfeature,remoteuserscantypeftp:// IPaddress>/sharestoaccesstheUSBdeviceovertheInternetanddownloador uploadfiles. totherouter(forexample,1.1.10.102). Thedefaultportisnumber21,rdprotectionis enabledbydefault. IfyousetupDynamicDNS(seeManageDynamicDNSandAccessStorageDevices ThroughtheInternetonpage112), example,ifyourdomainnameisMyNameandyouusetheNETGEARDDNS server,youcantypeftp://ccesstheUSBdevice overtheInternetanddownloadoruploadfiles. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. EnableFTPAccessWithinYourNetwork FileTransferProtocol(FTP)letsyoudownload(receive)andupload(send)largefiles faster. Note:ForinformationaboutusingFTPtoaccessastoragedevicethroughtheInternet, seeAccessStorageDevicesThroughtheInternetonpage116. ToenableFTPaccesswithinyournetwork: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. ShareaStorageDeviceAttached totheRouter 105UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>USBFunctions>ReadySHARE. TheUSBStorage(AdvancedSettings)pagedisplays. ThepreviousfigureshowsaUSBdeviceattachedtotherouter. theFTPcheckbox. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. ViewNetworkFoldersonaDevice YoucanvieworchangethenetworkfoldersonaUSBstoragedeviceconnectedtothe router. Toviewnetworkfolders: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>USBFunctions>ReadySHARE. TheUSBStorage(AdvancedSettings)pagedisplays. ThepreviousfigureshowsaUSBdeviceattachedtotherouter. 5. TheAvailableNetworksFoldersectionshowsthefollowingsettings: • • aultsharenameisUSB_Storage. missionsandaccesscontrolsonthe –nopassword(thedefault)allowsalluserstoaccessthenetwork swordforadministhesameonethatyouusetologintothe router. thofthenetworkfolder. 106UserManual • ShareaStorageDeviceAttached totheRouter NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 • • namefromthestoragedevice. rentutilizationofthestoragedevice. AddaNetworkFolderonaStorageDevice YoucanaddnetworkfoldersonastoragedeviceconnectedtotheUSBportonthe router. Toaddanetworkfolder: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>USBFunctions>ReadySHARE. TheUSBStorage(AdvancedSettings)pagedisplays. ThepreviousfigureshowsaUSBdeviceattachedtotherouter. vailableNetworkFolderstable,selectadevice. IfasingledeviceisattachedtotheUSBport,theradiobuttonisselected automatically. heCreateNetworkFolderbutton. TheCreateNetworkFolderwindowopens. Ifthispop-upwindowdoesnotdisplay,yourwebbrowsermightbeblockingpop-ups. Ifitis,changethebrowsersettingstoallowpop-ups. eUSBDevicemenu,selecttheUSBdrive. Note:WerecommendthatyoudonotattachmorethanonedrivetooneUSBport (forexample,throughaUSBhub). 8. ClicktheBrowsebuttonandintheFolderfield,selectthefolder. 9. IntheShareNamefield,typethenameoftheshare. ShareaStorageDeviceAttached totheRouter 107UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 eReadAccessmenuandtheWriteAccessmenu,selectthesettingsthat youwant. All–nopassword(thedefault)er passwordforadministhesameonethatyouusetologintotherouter. heApplybutton. Thefolderisaddedonthestoragedevice. heCloseWindowbutton. Thepop-upwindowcloses. ChangeaNetworkFolder,IncludingRead andWriteAccess,onaUSBDrive YoucanchangenetworkfoldersonastoragedevicethatisconnectedtotheUSBport ontherouter. Tochangeanetworkfolder: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>USBFunctions>ReadySHARE. TheUSBStorage(AdvancedSettings)pagedisplays. ThepreviousfigureshowsaUSBdeviceattachedtotherouter. vailableNetworkFolderstable,selectadevice. IfasingledeviceisattachedtotheUSBport,theradiobuttonisselected automatically. heEditbutton. TheEditNetworkFolderpagedisplays. ShareaStorageDeviceAttached totheRouter 108UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 7. Changethesettingsinthefieldsasneeded. Formoreinformationaboutthesettings,seeAddaNetworkFolderonaStorage Deviceonpage107. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. heCloseWindowbutton. Thepop-upwindowcloses. ApproveUSBDevices Formoresecurity,youcansetuptheroutertoshareonlyUSBdevicesthatyouapprove. ToallowonlyapprovedUSBdevicestoconnecttotherouterandspecifywhich USBdevicesareapproved: rethattheUSBdevicethatyouwanttoapproveisattachedtotherouter. 2. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 3. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>USBSettings. TheUSBSettingspagedisplays. theNoradiobutton. ttingletsyouconnectandaccess allyourUSBdevices. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. heApprovedDevicesbutton. TheUSBDriveApprovedDevicespagedisplays. ShareaStorageDeviceAttached totheRouter 109UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 vailableUSBDevicestable,selecttheUSBdevicethatyouwanttoapprove. IfasingledeviceisattachedtotheUSBport,theradiobuttonisselected automatically. heAddbutton. TheUSBdeviceisaddedtotheApprovedUSBDevicestable. theAllowonlyapproveddevicescheckbox. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. ToapproveanotherUSBdevicethatisnotattachedtoaUSBport,firstremovethe attachedUSBdevicefromtheUSBport(seeSafelyRemoveaUSBDeviceonpage110), attachtheotherUSBdevice,andrepeatthisprocedure. SafelyRemoveaUSBDevice BeforeyouphysicallydisconnectaUSBdevicefromtheUSBportontherouter,login totherouterandtakethedriveoffline. ToremoveaUSBdevicesafely: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>USBFunctions>ReadySHARE. TheUSBStorage(AdvancedSettings)pagedisplays. ThepreviousfigureshowsaUSBdeviceattachedtotherouter. vailableNetworkFolderstable,selectadevice. IfasingledeviceisattachedtotheUSBport,theradiobuttonisselected automatically. 6. ClicktheSafelyRemoveUSBDevicebutton. Thedevicegoesofflineandapop-upwindowopens. ShareaStorageDeviceAttached totheRouter 110UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 heOKbutton. allydisconnecttheUSBdevice. ShareaStorageDeviceAttached totheRouter 111UserManual 8 ManageDynamicDNSandAccess StorageDevicesThroughthe Internet WithDynamicDNS,youcanusetheInternetandapersonaldomainnametoaccessa USBstoragedevicethatisattachedtoaUSBportontherouterwhenyouarenothome. IfyouknowtheIPaddressoftherouter(andtheIPaddressdidnotchange),youcan alsoaccesstheUSBstoragedevicebyusingtheIPaddress. Thischapterincludesthefollowingsections: • • • SetUpandManageDynamicDNSonpage113 AccessStorageDevicesThroughtheInternetonpage116 RemotelyAccessaUSBDeviceUsingReadyCLOUDonpage119 Note:Forinformationabouthowtoconnectthedeviceandspecifyitssettings,see ShareaStorageDeviceAttachedtotheRouteronpage95. 112 NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 SetUpandManageDynamicDNS Internetserviceproviders(ISPs)assignnumberscalledIPaddressestoidentifyeach ansthatthe usetheIPaddresstoaccessyournetwork remotely,butmostpeopledonotknowwhattheirIPaddressisorwhenthisaddress changes. Tomakeiteasiertoconnect,youcangetafreeaccountwithaDynamicDNSservice hisaccount,you erouternotifiestheDynamicDNS uaccessyourDynamicDNS account,theservicefindsthecurrentIPaddressofyourhomenetworkandautomatically connectsyou. ),theDynamic DNSservicedoesnotworkbecauseprivateaddressesarenotroutedontheInternet. YourPersonalFTPServer WithyourcustomizedfreeURL,youcanuseFTPtoaccessyournetworkwhenyouare pyourFTPserver,youmustregisterfora NETGEARDynamicDNS(DDNS)serviceaccountandspecifytheaccountsettings. TosetupyourpersonalaccountanduseFTP: rNETGEARDynamicDNSdomainname. Formoreinformation,seeSetUpaNewDynamicDNSAccountonpage114. rethatyourInternetconnectionisworking. otconnecttoadifferent routertoaccesstheInternet. 3. ConnectaUSBstoragedevicetooneoftheUSBportsoftherouter. 4. IfyourUSBdeviceusesapowersupply,connectit. YoumustusethepowersupplywhenyouconnecttheUSBdevicetotherouter. Whenyouconnectthestoragedevicetotherouter’sport,itmighttakeuptotwo ult,thedeviceis availabletoallcomputersonyourlocalareanetwork(LAN). TPaccessontherouter. Formoreinformation,seeSetUpFTPAccessThroughtheInternetonpage117. ManageDynamicDNSand AccessStorageDevicesThrough theInternet 113UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 otecomputerwithInternetaccess,youcanuseFTPtoaccessyourrouter usingftp://,inwhichyournameisyourspecificdomain name. Formoreinformation,seeUseFTPtoAccessStorageDevicesThroughtheInternet onpage118. SetUpaNewDynamicDNSAccount NETGEARoffersyoutheopportunitytosetupandregisterforafreeDynamicDNS account. TosetupDynamicDNSandregisterforafreeNETGEARaccount: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>DynamicDNS. TheDynamicDNSpagedisplays. theUseaDynamicDNSServicecheckbox. eServiceProvidermenu,selectNETGEAR. theNoradiobutton. 8. IntheHostNamefield,enterthenamethatyouwanttouseforyourURL. eeURLincludesthe mple,enter . 9. IntheEmailfield,entertheemailaddressthatyouwanttouseforyouraccount. 10. InthePassword(6-32characters)field,enterthepasswordthatyouwanttouse foryouraccount. heRegisterbutton. 12. FollowtheonscreeninstructionstoregisterforyourNETGEARDynamicDNSservice. ManageDynamicDNSand AccessStorageDevicesThrough theInternet 114UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 SpecifyaDNSAccountThatYouAlreadyCreated IfyoualreadycreatedaDynamicDNSaccountwithNETGEAR,No-IP,orDyn,youcan setuptheroutertouseyouraccount. TosetupDynamicDNSifyoualreadycreatedanaccount: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>DynamicDNS. TheDynamicDNSpagedisplays. theUseaDynamicDNSServicecheckbox. eServiceProvidermenu,selectyourprovider. theYesradiobutton. 8. IntheHostNamefield,enterthehostname(sometimescalledthedomainname) foryouraccount. 9. Dependingonthetypeofaccount,specifyyourusernameoremailaddress: • ForaNo-IPorDynaccount,intheUserNamefield,entertheusernameforyour account. • ForaNETGEARaccount,intheEmailfield,entertheemailaddressforyour account. 10. InthePassword(6~32characters)field,enterthepasswordforyourDDNSaccount. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. 12. ToverifythatyourDynamicDNSserviceisenabledintherouter,clicktheShow Statusbutton. AmessagedisplaystheDynamicDNSstatus. ManageDynamicDNSand AccessStorageDevicesThrough theInternet 115UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ChangetheDynamicDNSSettings YoucanchangethesettingsforyourDynamicDNSaccount. Tochangeyoursettings: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>DynamicDNS. TheDynamicDNSpagedisplays. yourDDNSaccountsettingsasnecessary. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. AccessStorageDevicesThroughtheInternet IfyouconnectaUSBstoragedevicetotherouter,youcanaccesstheUSBdevicethrough ougainaccess,youcanuseFTPtoshare filesontheUSBdevice. AccessStorageDevicesFromaRemoteComputer Fromaremotecomputer,youcanaccessstoragedevicesthatareattachedtotherouter onyourhomenetwork. Toaccessdevicesfromaremotecomputer: awebbrowseronacomputerthatisnotonyourhomenetwork. ttotherouteronyourhomenetwork: •ToconnectwithDynamicDNS,typetheDNSname. TouseaDynamicDNSaccount,youmustentertheaccountinformationonthe DynamicDNSpage(seeSetUpandManageDynamicDNSonpage113). •ToconnectwithoutDynamicDNS,typetherouter’sInternetportIPaddress. ManageDynamicDNSand AccessStorageDevicesThrough theInternet 116UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 Youcanviewtherouter’sInternetIPaddressontheBASICHomepage. SetUpFTPAccessThroughtheInternet Ifyouattachastoragedevicetotherouter,youcanaccessthestoragedevicefromyour network(seeEnableFTPAccessWithinYourNetworkonpage105).Youcanalsosetup FTPaccessthroughtheInternetsothatyoucanaccessthestoragedevicefromoutside yourlocalnetwork,forexample,whenyouarenotathome. TosetupFTPaccessthroughtheInternet: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>USBFunctions>ReadySHARE. TheUSBStorage(AdvancedSettings)pagedisplays. theFTP(viainternet)checkbox. Adminpasswordprotectionisenabledbydefault. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. 7. Tolimitaccesstotheadminuser,dothefollowing: vailableNetworkFolderslist,selectadevice. IfasingledeviceisattachedtotheUSBport,theradiobuttonisselected automatically. heEditbutton. TheEditNetworkFolderpagedisplays. eadAccessmenu,selectadmin. ThedefaultsettingisAll-nopassword. riteAccessmenu,selectadmin. ThedefaultsettingisAll-nopassword. ManageDynamicDNSand AccessStorageDevicesThrough theInternet 117UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. f. ClicktheCloseWindowbutton. Thepop-upwindowcloses. UseFTPtoAccessStorageDevicesThroughtheInternet Ifyouattachedastoragedevicetotherouter,beforeyoucanaccessthestoragedevice throughtheInternetwithFTP,youmustfirstsetupFTPaccess(seeSetUpFTPAccess ThroughtheInternetonpage117). ToaccessaUSBdevicewithFTPfromaremotecomputertodownloadorupload afile: 1. Takeoneofthefollowingactions: • Todownloadafilefromastoragedeviceconnectedtotherouter,launchaweb browser. • Touploadafiletoastoragedeviceconnectedtotherouter,launchanFTPclient suchasFilezilla. 2. Typeftp://andtheInternetportIPaddressintheaddressfieldofthebrowser. Forexample,ifyourIPaddressis10.1.65.4,typeftp://10.1.65.4. IfyouareusingDynamicDNS,mple,type ftp://,inwhichMyNameisyourDNSname. ompted,login: • Tologinasadmin,intheusernamefield,enteradminandinthepassword field,enterthesamepasswordthatyouusetologintotherouter. • Tologinasaguest,intheusernamefield,enterguest. Theguestusernamedoesnotneedapassword. example,youmightseeshare/partition1/directory1. tetoalocationontheUSBdevice. 5. Downloadoruploadthefile. ManageDynamicDNSand AccessStorageDevicesThrough theInternet 118UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 RemotelyAccessaUSBDeviceUsing ReadyCLOUD NETGEARReadyCLOUD ® forroutersletsyouremotelyaccessfilesstoredonaUSB youcanuseReadyCLOUD,you mustcreateaReadyCLOUDaccountandregisteryourrouter. AReadyCLOUDappisalsoavailableforWindows-basedcomputers,Androidmobile devices,einformationaboutsettingupReadyCLOUD, seetheNETGEARReadyCLOUDforRoutersUserManual,whichisavailableonlineat . CreateaReadyCLOUDAccount TocreateaReadyCLOUDaccount: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevice. . TheReadyCLOUDWelcomepagedisplays. heSignInlink. TheSignInpagedisplays. heCreateAccountlink. TheCreateaMyNETGEARaccountpagedisplays. 5. Completethefieldstosetupyouraccount,andclicktheCreatebutton. YouarenowreadytoregisteryourrouterwithyourReadyCLOUDaccount. RegisterYourRouterWithReadyCLOUD AfteryoucreateaReadyCLOUDaccount,youmustregisteryourrouterwithyour ReadyCLOUDaccount. ToregisteryourrouterwithyourReadyCLOUDaccount: 1. /app/answers/detail/a_id/27323/andchecktoseeifyourouter supportsReadyCLOUD. taUSBstoragedevicetoaUSBportontherouter. IfyourUSBdeviceusesapowersupply,tusethepowersupply whenyouconnecttheUSBdevicetotherouter. ManageDynamicDNSand AccessStorageDevicesThrough theInternet 119UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 WhenyouconnecttheUSBstoragedevicetotherouter’sUSBport,itmighttakeup ult,theUSBstoragedeviceis availabletoallcomputersonyourlocalareanetwork(LAN). 3. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe network. 4. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. rnameand passwordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ReadySHARE. TheUSBStorage(BasicSettings)pagedisplays. theReadyCLOUDradiobutton. TheReadyCLOUDpagedisplays. ourReadyCLOUDusernameandpasswordandclicktheRegisterbutton. IfyoudidnotcreateaReadyCLOUDaccount,seeCreateaReadyCLOUDAccount onpage119. TherouterisregisteredwithReadyCLOUD. Note:Iftherouter’sInternetconnectionmodeissettoDialonDemand,therouter angeisrequired forReadyCLOUDtoremotelyaccesstheUSBstoragedevice. 9. Afterregistration,. heSignInlink,enteryourReadyCLOUDusernameandpassword,andclick theSignInbutton. TheReadyCLOUDpagedisplaystherouterthatyouregisteredandthecontentsof theUSBstoragedevicethatisconnectedtotherouter. ManageDynamicDNSand AccessStorageDevicesThrough theInternet 120UserManual 9 UsetheRouterasaMediaServer alsosetup theroutertoplaymusicfromiTunesServer. Thischaptercontainsthefollowingsections: • • SpecifyReadyDLNAMediaServerSettingsonpage122 PlayMusicFromaStorageDeviceWithiTunesServeronpage123 121 NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 SpecifyReadyDLNAMediaServerSettings TheroutercanfunctionasaReadyDLNAmediaserver,whichletsyouviewmoviesand photosonDLNA/UPnPAV-compliantmediaplayers,suchasXbox360,Playstation,and NETGEARmediaplayers. Tospecifymediaserversettings: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe network. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. rnameand passwordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>USBFunctions>ReadySHARE. TheUSBStorage(AdvancedSettings)pagedisplays. heMediaServertab. TheMediaServer(Settings)pagedisplays. theEnableMediaServercheckbox. ForinformationaboutenablingiTunesServer,seePlayMusicFromaStorageDevice WithiTunesServeronpage123. 7. Tochangethemediaservername,intheMediaServerNamefield,typeanew mediaservernamefortherouter. Bydefault,ryouusethedefaultmedia servernameofanothername,themediaservernameisappendedbyasemicolon followedbythedevicenameoftherouter,whichis,bydefault,themodelnumber oftherouter. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. 9. Torescanmediafiles,clicktheRescanmediafilesbutton. UsetheRouterasaMediaServer122UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 PlayMusicFromaStorageDeviceWith iTunesServer iTunesServerletsyouplaymusicwithyourWindowsorMaciTunesappfromastorage alsousetheAppleRemoteappfroman iPhoneoriPadtoplaymusiconanyAirPlaydevices,suchasAppleTVor AirPlay-supportedreceivers. siconaUSBdevicewithiTunes SupportedmusicfileformatsareMP3,AAC,imumnumberofmusic filessupportedis10,000. TospecifytheiTunesServersettings: 1. OnyouriPhoneoriPad,findandconnecttotheWiFinetwork. theRemoteapp. heAddaDevicebutton. Apasscodedisplays. 4. Specifythepasscodeintherouter: a. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedto thenetwork. b. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. UsetheRouterasaMediaServer123UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 herouterusernameandpassword. rnameand passwordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>USBFunctions>ReadySHARE. TheUSBStorage(AdvancedSettings)pagedisplays. heMediaServertab. f. SelecttheEnableiTunesServer(MusicOnly)checkbox. g. IftheEnterPasscodedisplayedontheRemoteAppfieldismasked,clickthe Applybutton. hepasscode. heAllowControlbutton. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. OnyouriPhoneoriPad,theReadySHAREmusiclibrarydisplaysintheRemoteapp. YoucanplaythismusiconAirPlaydevices. UsetheRouterasaMediaServer124UserManual 10 ShareaUSBPrinter TheReadySHAREPrinterutilityletsyoushareaUSBprinterthatisconnectedtotheUSB sharethisUSBprinteramongtheWindowsandMac computersonyournetwork. Thischaptercontainsthefollowingsections: • • • • • • • InstallthePrinterDriverandCablethePrinteronpage126 DownloadtheReadySHAREPrinterUtilityonpage126 InstalltheReadySHAREPrinterUtilityonpage126 UsetheSharedPrinteronpage128 VieworChangetheStatusofaPrinteronpage129 UsetheScanFeatureofaMultifunctionUSBPrinteronpage130 ManagetheNETGEARUSBControlCenterSettingsonpage132 125 NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 InstallthePrinterDriverandCablethePrinter SomeUSBprintermanufacturers(forexample,HPandLexmark)requestthatyoudo notconnecttheUSBcableuntiltheinstallationsoftwarepromptsyoutodoso. Toinstallthedriverandcabletheprinter: computeronyournetworkthatsharestheUSBprinter,installthedriver softwarefortheUSBprinter. Iftheprinterdriverisnotinstalled,contacttheprintermanufacturer. BprintercabletoconnecttheUSBprintertotherouterUSB3.0portonthe frontpanel. DownloadtheReadySHAREPrinterUtility TheutilityworksonWindows-basedcomputers,Maccomputers,smartphones,and tablets. TodownloadtheReadySHAREPrinterutility: /readyshare. 2. ScrolldowntothePrintFromtheComfortofYourHomeNetworksectionatthe bottomofthepage. 3. Clickoneofthefollowinglinks: • theutilityforWindows-based computers. • theutilityforMACcomputers. • theutilityforsmartphones andtablets. theonscreeninstructionstodownloadtheReadySHAREPrinterutilitysetup file. InstalltheReadySHAREPrinterUtility YoumustinstalltheReadySHAREPrinterutilityoneachcomputerthatwillsharethe ouinstallit,theutilitydisplaysasNETGEARUSBControlCenteronyour computer. ShareaUSBPrinter126UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 Toinstalltheutility: 1. Ifnecessary,unziptheReadySHAREPrinterutilitysetupfile. 2. Double-clicktheReadySHAREPrinterutilitysetupfilethatyoudownloaded. thewizardinstructionstoinstallNETGEARUSBControlCenter. AftertheInstallShieldWizardcompletestheinstallation,theNETGEARUSBControl Centerpromptsyoutoselectalanguage. ShareaUSBPrinter127UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 4. SelectalanguagefromthemenuandclicktheOKbutton. Somefirewallsoftware,suchasComodo,blocksNETGEARUSBControlCenterfrom onotseetheUSBprinterdisplayedonscreen,you candisablethefirewalltemporarilytoallowtheutilitytowork. theprinterandclicktheConnectbutton. ythe computerthatyouareusingcanusethisprinter. heDisconnectbutton. computersonthenetworkcanusethe printer. theutility,selectSystem>Exit. UsetheSharedPrinter Foreachcomputer,afteryouclicktheConnectandDisconnectbuttonsonce,theutility ult,theutilitystartsautomatically wheneveryoulogontoWindowsandrunsinthebackground. ManuallyConnectandPrint Foreachcomputer,afteryouclicktheConnectandDisconnectbuttonsonce,theutility ult,theutilitystartsautomatically wheneveryoulogontoWindowsandrunsinthebackground. Tomanuallyconnectandprint: 1. ClicktheNETGEARUSBControlCentericon Themainpagedisplays. heConnectbutton. ShareaUSBPrinter128UserManual . NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ythe computerthatyouareusingcanusethisprinter. 3. Usetheprintfeatureinyourapplicationtoprintyourdocument. asetheprintersothatallcomputersonthenetworkcanuseit,clickthe Disconnectbutton. PrintandReleasethePrinter Toprintandreleasetheprintertoanycomputeronthenetwork: 1. Toprintyourdocument,usetheprintfeatureinyourapplication. TheNETGEARUSBControlCenterautomaticallyconnectsyourcomputertothe hercomputerisalreadyconnectedto theprinter,yourprintjobgoesintoaqueuetowaittobeprinted. 2. Ifyourdocumentdoesnotprint,usetheNETGEARUSBControlCentertocheckthe status. SeeVieworChangetheStatusofaPrinteronpage129. VieworChangetheStatusofaPrinter Tovieworchangethestatus: 1. ClicktheNETGEARUSBControlCentericon. TheStatuscolumnshowsthestatusforeachdevice: • • • • usetheUSBprinterfromany computerinthenetwork. mputerisconnectedtotheprinterandwillbereleasedwhen yourprintjobisdone. econnectedcomputercanusetheprinter. mputerisnotconnectedtothesharedprinteryet. 2. ToprintfromyourcomputerwhenthestatusshowsManuallyconnectedbyanother computer,clicktheDisconnectbutton. ShareaUSBPrinter129UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 TheprinterisreleasedfromtheconnectionandthestatuschangestoAvailable. 3. ToprintfromyourcomputerwhenthestatusshowsWaitingtoConnect,dothe following: heConnectbutton. y yourcomputercanusetheprinter. wtheprintertobeshared,clicktheDisconnectbutton. TheprinterisreleasedfromtheconnectionandthestatuschangestoAvailable. UsetheScanFeatureofaMultifunctionUSB Printer IfyourUSBprintersupportsscanning,youcanalsousetheUSBprinterforscanning. Forexample,theUSBprinterdisplayedintheWindowsPrintersandFaxeswindowis readyforprintjobs. rsandFaxeswindow TousethescanfeatureofamultifunctionUSBprinter: 1. ClicktheNETGEARUSBControlCentericon. rethattheprinterstatusshowsasAvailable. ShareaUSBPrinter130UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 heNetworkScannerbutton. ThescannerpagedisplayssothatyoucanusetheUSBprinterforscanning. ShareaUSBPrinter131UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ManagetheNETGEARUSBControlCenter Settings YoucanstoptheNETGEARUSBControlCenterfromstartingautomaticallywhenyou alsochangethelanguageandspecifythetime-outtorelease theprinterconnection. TurnOffAutomaticStartupoftheNETGEARUSBControl Center YoucanstoptheNETGEARUSBControlCenterfromstartingautomaticallywhenyou logintoWindows. ToturnofftheautomaticstartupoftheNETGEARUSBControlCenter: 1. ClicktheNETGEARUSBControlCentericon. 2. SelectTools>Configuration. heAutomaticallyexecutewhenloggingonWindowscheckbox. heOKbutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. ShareaUSBPrinter132UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ChangetheNETGEARUSBControlCenterLanguage Tochangethelanguage: 1. ClicktheNETGEARUSBControlCentericon Themainpagedisplays. . 2. SelectTools>Configuration. TheControlCenter-Configurationpagedisplays. eLanguagemenu,selectalanguage. heOKbutton. ThenexttimetheNETGEARUSBControlCenterstarts,thelanguagechanges. SpecifytheUSBControlCenterTime-Out Tospecifythetime-out: 1. ClicktheNETGEARUSBControlCentericon Themainpagedisplays. . 2. SelectTools>Configuration. TheControlCenter-Configurationpagedisplays. 3. IntheTimeoutfield,typethenumberofminutes. Thetime-outisthenumberofminutesthatacomputerholdsitsconnectiontothe printerwhentheconnectionisnotbeingused. heOKbutton. YoursettingsaresavedandtheControlCenter-Configurationpagedisplays. ShareaUSBPrinter133UserManual 11 ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings ThischapterdescribeshowyoucanmanagetheWANandLANnetworksettingsofthe router. Thechapterincludesthefollowingsections: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ManagetheWANSecuritySettingsonpage135 SetUpaDefaultDMZServeronpage135 ManageIGMPProxyingonpage136 ManageVPNPass-Throughonpage137 ManageNATFilteringonpage138 ManagetheSIPApplication-LevelGatewayonpage139 ManagetheLANIPAddressSettingsonpage139 ManagetheRouterInformationProtocolSettingsonpage140 ManagetheDHCPServerAddressPoolonpage141 ManageReservedLANIPAddressesonpage143 DisabletheBuilt-InDHCPServeronpage145 ChangetheRouter’sDeviceNameonpage146 SetUpandManageCustomStaticRoutesonpage146 SetUpaBridgeforaPortGrouporVLANTagGrouponpage149 134 NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ManagetheWANSecuritySettings TheWANsecuritysettingsincludeportscanprotectionanddenialofservice(DoS) protection,whichcanprotectyourLANagainstattackssuchasSynflood,SmurfAttack, PingofDeath,ult,DoSprotectionisenabledandaportscan isrejected. YoucanalsoenabletheroutertorespondtoapingtoitsWAN(Internet) thisfeatureonlyasadiagnostictool orifaspecificreasonexists. TochangethedefaultWANsecuritysettings: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Setup>WANSetup. TheWANSetuppagedisplays. leaportscananddisableDoSprotection,selecttheDisablePortScanand DoSProtectioncheckbox. letheroutertorespondtoaping,selecttheRespondtoPingonInternet Portcheckbox. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. SetUpaDefaultDMZServer ThedefaultDMZserverfeatureishelpfulwhenyouareusingsomeonlinegamesand videoconferencingapplicationsthatareincompatiblewithNetworkAddressTranslation (NAT).Therouterisprogrammedtorecognizesomeoftheseapplicationsandtowork correctlywiththem,cases,one localcomputercanruntheapplicationcorrectlyiftheIPaddressforthatcomputeris enteredasthedefaultDMZserver. ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 135UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 WARNING:terdesignatedasthedefault DMZserverlosesmuchoftheprotectionofthefirewallandisexposedtoexploitsfrom romised,theDMZservercomputercanbeusedtoattackother computersonyournetwork. TherouterusuallydetectsanddiscardsincomingtrafficfromtheInternetthatisnota responsetooneofyourlocalcomputersoraserviceorapplicationforwhichyouset dofdiscardingthistraffic,youcan mputer iscalledthedefaultDMZserver. TosetupadefaultDMZserver: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Setup>WANSetup. TheWANSetuppagedisplays. 5. SelecttheDefaultDMZServercheckbox. 6. EntertheIPaddressoftheserver. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. ManageIGMPProxying IGMPproxyingallowsacomputeronthelocalareanetwork(LAN)toreceivethemulticast onotneedthisfeature,leaveitdisabled, whichisthedefaultsetting. ToenableIGMPproxying: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 136UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Setup>WANSetup. TheWANSetuppagedisplays. heDisableIGMPProxyingcheckbox. Bydefault,theDisableIGMPProxyingcheckboxisselectedandIGMPproxying isdisabled. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. ManageVPNPass-Through VPNpass-throughallowsacomputeronthelocalareanetwork(LAN)toreceiveVPN trafficfromtheInternetoveranIPSec,PPTP,ormal circumstances,leaveVPNpass-throughenabled, disableVPNpass-through,VPNtrafficisblocked. TodisableVPNpass-through: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Setup>WANSetup. TheWANSetuppagedisplays. PNPassthroughsection,selectoneormoreDisabledradiobuttons. Bydefault,theEnabledradiobuttonsareselectedandVPNpass-throughisenabled forIPSec,PPTP,andL2TP. ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 137UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. ManageNATFiltering NetworkAddressTranslation(NAT)determineshowtherouterprocessesinbound dNATprotectscomputersontheLANfromattacksfromtheInternetbut mightpreventsomeInternetgames,point-to-pointapplications,ormultimedia Tprovidesamuchlesssecuredfirewallbutallows dNATisthedefaultsetting. TochangethedefaultNATfilteringsettings: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Setup>WANSetup. TheWANSetuppagedisplays. aNATFilteringradiobutton: • esasecuredfirewalltoprotectthecomputersontheLANfrom attacksfromtheInternetbutmightpreventsomeInternetgames,point-to-point applications,ult,theSecured radiobuttonisselected. • esamuchlesssecuredfirewallbutallowsalmostallInternet applicationstofunction. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 138UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ManagetheSIPApplication-LevelGateway Theapplication-levelgateway(ALG)fortheSessionInitiationProtocol(SIP)isenabled r,sometypesofVoIPand sreason,therouter providestheoptiontodisabletheSIPALG. TochangethedefaultSIPALGsetting: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Setup>WANSetup. TheWANSetuppagedisplays. bletheSIPALG,selecttheDisableSIPALGcheckbox. TheSIPALGisenabledbydefault. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. ManagetheLANIPAddressSettings TherouterispreconfiguredtouseprivateIPaddressesontheLANsideandtoactas ter’sdefaultLANIPconfigurationisasfollows: • • LANIPaddress.192.168.1.1() Subnetmask.255.255.255.0 Theseaddressesarepartofthedesignatedprivateaddressrangeforuseinprivate ddressandsubnetmaskidentify whichaddressesarelocaltoaspecificdeviceandwhichmustbereachedthrougha htwanttochangethesesettingsifyouneedaspecificIP ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 139UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 subnetthatoneormoredevicesonthenetworkuse,orifcompetingsubnetsusethe sameIPscheme. TochangetheLANIPaddresssettings: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Setup>LANSetup. TheLANSetuppagedisplays. 5. IntheIPAddressfields,entertheLANIPaddressfortherouter. 6. IntheIPSubnetMaskfields,entertheLANsubnetmaskfortherouter. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. IfyouchangedtheLANIPaddressoftherouter,youaredisconnectedwhenthe changestakeeffect. Toreconnect,closeyourbrowser,relaunchit,andlogintotherouteratitsnewLAN IPaddress. ManagetheRouterInformationProtocol Settings RouterInformationProtocol(RIP)letstherouterexchangeroutinginformationwithother ult,RIPisenabledinbothdirections(inandout)withoutaparticularRIP version. TomanagetheRIPsettings: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 140UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Setup>LANSetup. TheLANSetuppagedisplays. eRIPDirectionmenu,selecttheRIPdirection: •terbroadcastsitsroutingtableperiodicallyandincorporates thedefaultsetting. •terbroadcastsitsroutingtableperiodicallybutdoesnot incorporatetheRIPinformationthatitreceives. • terincorporatestheRIPinformationthatitreceivesbutdoesnot broadcastitsroutingtable. eRIPVersionmenu,selecttheRIPversion: • thedefaultsetting. • equateformostnetworks,unless youareusinganunusualnetworksetup. • P-2BandRIP-2Msendthe -2Muses multicasting. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. ManagetheDHCPServerAddressPool Bydefault,therouteractsasaDynamicHostConfigurationProtocol(DHCP) routerassignsIP,DNSserver,anddefaultgatewayaddressestoallcomputersthatare igneddefaultgatewayaddressisthe LANaddressoftherouter. TheseaddressesmustbepartofthesameIPaddresssubnetastherouter’sLANIP aultDHCPaddresspoolis192.168.1.2–192.168.1.254. TherouterdeliversthefollowingparameterstoanyLANdevicethatrequestsDHCP: • • AnIPaddressfromtherangethatyoudefine Subnetmask 141UserManualManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 • • GatewayIPaddress(therouter’sLANIPaddress) DNSserverIPaddress(therouter’sLANIPaddress) TospecifythepoolofIPaddressesthattherouterassigns: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Setup>LANSetup. TheLANSetuppagedisplays. rethattheUseRouterasDHCPServercheckboxisselected. Thischeckboxisselectedbydefault. 6. SpecifytherangeofIPaddressesthattherouterassigns: • IntheStartingIPAddressfield,enterthelowestnumberintherange. ult,thestarting IPaddressis192.168.1.2. IntheEndingIPAddressfield,enterthenumberattheendoftherangeofIP addresses. ult,theending IPaddressis192.168.1.254. • heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 142UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ManageReservedLANIPAddresses WhenyouspecifyareservedIPaddressforacomputerontheLAN,thatcomputer alwaysreceivesthesameIPaddresseachtimeitaccessestherouter’sDHCPserver. ReserveaLANIPAddress YoucanassignareservedIPaddresstoacomputerorserverthatrequirespermanent IPsettings. ToreserveanIPaddress: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Setup>LANSetup. TheLANSetuppagedisplays. ddressReservationsection,clicktheAddbutton. TheAddressReservationpagedisplays. 6. EitherselectadevicefromtheAddressReservationTablebyselectingthe correspondingradiobuttonorspecifythereservedIPaddressinformation: • IntheIPAddressfield,entertheIPaddresstoassigntothecomputerordevice. ChooseanIPaddressfromtherouter’sLANsubnet,suchas192. • IntheMACAddressfield,entertheMACaddressofthecomputerordevice. • IntheDeviceNamefield,enterthenameofthecomputerordevice. heAddbutton. ThereservedaddressisenteredintothetableontheLANSetuppage. Thereservedaddressisnotassigneduntilthenexttimethecomputerordevice contactstherouter’thecomputerordevice,oraccessitsIP configurationandforceaDHCPreleaseandrenew. ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 143UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ChangeaReservedIPAddress YoucanchangeareservedIPaddressentry. TochangeareservedIPaddressentry: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Setup>LANSetup. TheLANSetuppagedisplays. 5. IntheAddressReservationsection,selecttheradiobuttonforthereservedaddress. heEditbutton. TheAddressReservationpagedisplays. thesettings. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. RemoveaReservedIPAddressEntry YoucanremoveareservedIPaddressentry. ToremoveareservedIPaddressentry: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 144UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ADVANCED>Setup>LANSetup. TheLANSetuppagedisplays. 5. IntheAddressReservationsection,selecttheradiobuttonforthereservedaddress. heDeletebutton. Theaddressentryisremoved. DisabletheBuilt-InDHCPServer Bydefault,terassignsIP,DNSserver, igned defaultgatewayaddressistheLANaddressoftherouter. YoucanuseanotherdeviceonyournetworkastheDHCPserverorspecifythenetwork settingsofallyourcomputers. Note:IfyoudisabletheDHCPserverandnootherDHCPserverisavailableonyour network,youmustsetyourcomputerIPaddressesmanuallysothattheycanaccessthe router. Todisablethebuilt-inDHCPserver: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Setup>LANSetup. TheLANSetuppagedisplays. heUseRouterasDHCPServercheckbox. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 145UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ChangetheRouter’sDeviceName Therouter'sdefaultdevicenameisitsmodelnumber. Thisdevicenamedisplaysinafilemanagerwhenyoubrowseyournetwork. Tochangetherouter’sdevicename: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Setup>LANSetup. TheLANSetuppagedisplays. 5. TypeanewnameintheDeviceNamefield. heApplybutton. Apop-upwindowdisplays. heYesbutton. Therouterrestarts. SetUpandManageCustomStaticRoutes lly,youdonot tconfigurestaticroutesonlyforunusualcasessuch aswhenyouusemultipleroutersormultipleIPsubnetsonyournetwork. Asanexampleofwhenastaticrouteisneeded,considerthefollowingcase: • • • YourprimaryInternetaccessisthroughanADSLmodemtoanISP. YouuseanISDNrouteronyourhomenetworkforconnectingtothecompanywhere uter’saddressonyourLANis192.168.1.100. Yourcompany’snetworkaddressis134.177.0.0. ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 146UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 Whenyoufirstconfiguredyourrouter,lt routewascreatedwithyourISPasthegatewayandasecondstaticroutewascreated isconfiguration,ifyouattempt toaccessadeviceonthe134.177.0.0network,yourrouterforwardsyourrequestto forwardsyourrequesttothecompanywhereyouareemployed,and therequestislikelytobedeniedbythecompany’sfirewall. Inthiscase,youmustdefineastaticroute,instructingyourrouterthat134.177.0.0is anexample: • • • ThroughthedestinationIPaddressandIPsubnetmask,specifythatthisstaticroute sses. ThroughthegatewayIPaddress,specifythatalltrafficfortheseaddressesis forwardedtotheISDNrouterat192.168.1.100. Ametricvalueof1worksfinebecausetheISDNrouterisontheLAN. SetUpaStaticRoute YoucanaddastaticroutetoadestinationIPaddressandspecifythesubnetmask, gatewayIPaddress,andmetric. Tosetupastaticroute: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>StaticRoutes. TheStaticRoutespagedisplays. heAddbutton. Thepageadjusts. therouteprivate,selectthePrivatecheckbox. AprivatestaticrouteisnotreportedinRIP. 7. TopreventtheroutefrombecomingactiveafteryouclicktheApplybutton,clear theActivecheckbox. ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 147UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 Insomesituations,youmightwanttosetupastaticroutebutkeepitdisableduntil ult,theActivecheckboxisselectedandaroutebecomesactive afteryouclicktheApplybutton. 8. Enterthesettingsasdescribedinthefollowingtable. Field DestinationIP Address IPSubnet Mask GatewayIP Address Metric EntertheIPsubnetmaskforthefinaldestinationoftheroute. Ifthedestinationisasinglehost,enter255.255.255.255. EntertheIPaddressofthegateway. TheIPaddressofthegatewaymustbeonthesameLANsegmentastherouter. Enteranumberfrom1through15. Thisvaluerepresentsthenumberofroutersbetweenyournetworkandthe y,asettingof2or3works,butifthisisadirectconnection,set itto1. Description EntertheIPaddressforthefinaldestinationoftheroute. heApplybutton. ticrouteisaddedtothetableontheStaticRoutes page. ChangeaStaticRoute Youcanchangeanexistingstaticroute. Tochangeastaticroute: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>StaticRoutes. TheStaticRoutespagedisplays. ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 148UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 5. IntheStaticRoutestable,selecttheradiobuttonfortheroute. heEditbutton. Thepageadjusts. 7. Changethesettingsfortheroute. Formoreinformationaboutthesettings,seeSetUpaStaticRouteonpage147. heApplybutton. TherouteisupdatedinthetableontheStaticRoutespage. RemoveaStaticRoute Youcanremoveanexistingstaticroutethatyounolongerneed. Toremoveastaticroute: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>StaticRoutes. TheStaticRoutespagedisplays. 5. IntheStaticRoutestable,selecttheradiobuttonfortheroute. heDeletebutton. TherouteisremovedfromthetableontheStaticRoutespage. SetUpaBridgeforaPortGrouporVLAN TagGroup Somedevices,suchasanIPTV,cannotfunctionbehindtherouter’sNetworkAddress Translation(NAT)nwhatyourInternetserviceprovider(ISP) requires,forthedevicetoconnecttotheISP’snetworkdirectly,youcanenablethe ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 149UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 bridgebetweenthedeviceandtherouter’sInternetportoraddnewVLANtaggroups tothebridge. Note:IfyourISPprovidesdirectionsonhowtosetupabridgeforIPTVandInternet service,followthosedirections. SetUpaBridgeforaPortGroup Ifthedevicesthatareconnectedtotherouter’sEthernetLANportorWiFinetwork includeanIPTVdevice,yourISPmightrequireyoutosetupabridgeforaportgroup fortherouter’sInternetinterface. AbridgewithaportgrouppreventspacketsthataresentbetweentheIPTVdeviceand therouter’sInternetportfrombeingprocessedthroughtherouter’sNetworkAddress Translation(NAT)service. Toconfigureaportgroupandenablethebridge: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. 4. SelectADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>VLAN/BridgeSettings. TheVLAN/BridgeSettingspagedisplays. theEnableVLANTagcheckbox. Thepageexpands. theBybridgegroupradiobutton. Thepageadjusts. aWiredPortscheckboxoraWirelesscheckbox. • IfyourdeviceisconnectedtoanEthernetportontherouter,selecttheWired DevicescheckboxthatcorrespondstotheEthernetportontheroutertowhich thedeviceisconnected. • Ifyourdeviceisconnectedtoyourrouter’sWiFinetwork,selecttheWirelesscheck boxthatcorrespondstotherouter’sWiFinetworktowhichthedeviceisconnected. ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 150UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 Note: selectmorethanonecheckbox. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. SetUpaBridgeforaVLANTagGroup Ifthedevicesthatareconnectedtotherouter’sEthernetLANportsorWiFinetwork includeanIPTVdevice,yourISPmightrequireyoutosetupabridgeforaVLANtag groupfortherouter’sInternetinterface. IfyouaresubscribedtoIPTVservice,theroutermightrequireVLANtagstodistinguish ewithaVLANtaggroupprevents packetsthataresentbetweentheIPTVdeviceandtherouter’sInternetportfrombeing processedthroughtherouter’sNetworkAddressTranslation(NAT)service. YoucanaddVLANtaggroupstoabridgeandassignVLANIDsandpriorityvaluesto eachVLANtaggroup. ToaddaVLANtaggroupandenablethebridge: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. 4. SelectADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>VLAN/BridgeSettings. TheVLAN/BridgeSettingspagedisplays. theEnableVLANTagcheckbox. Thepageexpands. theByVLANtaggroupradiobutton. Thepageadjusts. TherouterincludesadefaultVLANtaggroupwiththenameInternet. heAddbutton. TheVLAN/I{TVSetuppagedisplays. ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 151UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 8. Specifythesettingsasdescribedinthefollowingtable. Field Name Description EnteranamefortheVLANtaggroup. Thenamecanbeupto10characters. VLANID Priority Enteravaluefrom1to4094. Enteravaluefrom0to7. SelectthecheckboxforawiredLANportorWiFiport. IfyourdeviceisconnectedtoanEthernetportontherouter,selecttheLANportcheckboxthat cordeviceis connectedtoyourrouter’sWiFinetwork,selecttheWiFicheckboxthatcorrespondstotherouter’sWiFi networktowhichthedeviceisconnected. selectmorethanoneport. heAddbutton. TheVLANtaggroupisadded. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. ManagetheWANandLAN NetworkSettings 152UserManual 12 ManagetheRouterandMonitorthe Traffic Thischapterdescribeshowyoucanmanagethesettingsforadministeringand maintainingyourrouterandmonitorthenetwork. Thechapterincludesthefollowingsections: • • • • • • • • • • • UpdatetheFirmwareoftheRouteronpage154 ChangetheadminPasswordonpage156 SetUpPasswordRecoveryonpage157 RecovertheadminPasswordonpage158 ManagetheConfigurationFileoftheRouteronpage159 DisableLEDBlinkingorTurnOffLEDsonpage160 ReturntheRoutertoItsFactoryDefaultSettingsonpage161 ViewtheStatusandStatisticsoftheRouteronpage163 ManagetheActivityLogonpage166 ViewDevicesCurrentlyontheNetworkonpage167 MonitorandMeterInternetTrafficonpage168 153 NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 UpdatetheFirmwareoftheRouter Therouterfirmwareisstoredinflashmemory. Youcanchecktoseeifnewfirmwareisavailableandupdatetheroutertothenew alsovisittheNETGEARsupportwebsite,downloadthefirmware manually,andupdatetheroutertothenewfirmware. CheckforNewFirmwareandUpdatetheRouter Foryoutocheckfornewfirmware,theroutermustbeconnectedtotheInternet. Tocheckfornewfirmwareandupdateyourrouter: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Administration>FirmwareUpdate TheFirmwareUpdatepagedisplays. heCheckbutton. Therouterdetectsnewfirmwareifanyisavailableanddisplaysamessageaskingif youwanttodownloadandinstallit. 6. Todownloadandinstallthenewfirmware,clicktheYesbutton. Therouterlocatesthefirmware,downloadsit,andbeginstheupdate. WARNING:Toavoidtheriskofcorruptingthefirmware,donotinterrupttheupdate. Forexample,donotclosethebrowser,clickalink,urn tiltherouterfinishesrestartingandthePowerLEDturnssolid white. mware euploadiscomplete,yourrouter restarts. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 154UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 7. Verifythattherouterisrunningthenewfirmwareversion: a. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedto thenetwork. b. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. rnameand passwordarecase-sensitive. mwareversionisstatedinthetopright, undertheLogoutbutton. 8. Readthenewfirmwarereleasenotestodeterminewhetheryoumustreconfigure therouterafterupdating. ManuallyUploadNewFirmwareandUpdatetheRouter Downloadingfirmwareandupdatingtherouteraretwoseparatetasksthatarecombined inthefollowingprocedure. Todownloadnewfirmwaremanuallyandupdateyourrouter: 1. ,locatethesupportpageforyourproduct,and downloadthenewfirmware. 2. Readthenewfirmwarereleasenotestodeterminewhetheryoumustreconfigure therouterafterupdating. 3. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 4. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Administration>FirmwareUpdate. TheFirmwareUpdatepagedisplays. 7. Locateandselectthefirmwarefileonyourcomputer: heBrowse(orChooseFile)button. b. Navigatetothefirmwarefile. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 155UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 . c. Selectthefirmwarefile. heUploadbutton. WARNING:Toavoidtheriskofcorruptingthefirmware,donotinterrupttheupload. Forexample,donotclosethebrowser,clickalink,urn tiltherouterfinishesrestartingandthePowerLEDturnssolid white. mware euploadiscomplete,yourrouter restarts. 9. Verifythattherouterrunsthenewfirmwareversion: a. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedto therouternetwork. b. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. sionfirmwareisstatedinthetopright, undertheLogoutbutton. ChangetheadminPassword Youcanchangethedefaultpasswordthatisusedtologintotherouterwiththeuser sswordisnottheonethatyouuseforWiFiaccess. Note:Besuretochangethepasswordfortheusernameadmintoasecurepassword. Theidealpasswordcontainsnodictionarywordsfromanylanguageandcontains uppercaseandlowercaseletters,numbers,eupto30characters. Tosetthepasswordfortheusernameadmin: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 156UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Administration>SetPassword. TheSetPasswordpagedisplays. eoldpassword,andtypethenewpasswordtwice. letorecoverthepassword,selecttheEnablePasswordRecoverycheck box. Werecommendthatyouenablepasswordrecovery. 7. Ifyouenablepasswordrecovery,selecttwosecurityquestionsandprovideanswers tothem. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. SetUpPasswordRecovery Werecommendthatyouenablepasswordrecoveryifyouchangethepasswordforthe recoveryprocessissupportedinInternetExplorer,Firefox,andChromebrowsersbut notintheSafaribrowser. Tosetuppasswordrecovery: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Administration>SetPassword. TheSetPasswordpagedisplays. theEnablePasswordRecoverycheckbox. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 157UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 twosecurityquestionsandprovideanswerstothem. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. RecovertheadminPassword Torecoveryourpassword: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. heCancelbutton. Ifpasswordrecoveryisenabled,youarepromptedtoentertheserialnumberofthe router. Theserialnumberisontherouterlabel. 4. Entertheserialnumberoftherouter. heContinuebutton. Awindowopensrequestingtheanswerstoyoursecurityquestions. hesavedanswerstoyoursecurityquestions. heContinuebutton. Awindowopensanddisplaysyourrecoveredpassword. heLoginagainbutton. Aloginwindowopens. urrecoveredpassword,logintotherouter. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 158UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ManagetheConfigurationFileoftheRouter Theconfigurationsettingsoftherouterarestoredwithintherouterinaconfiguration backup(save)thisfiletoyourcomputerorrestoreit. BackUptheSettings Youcansaveacopyofthecurrentconfigurationsettings. Tobackuptherouter’sconfigurationsettings: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Administration>BackupSettings. TheBackupSettingspagedisplays. heBackUpbutton. 6. Choosealocationtostorethefileonyourcomputer. . 7. Followthedirectionsofyourbrowsertosavethefile. RestoretheSettings Ifyoubackeduptheconfigurationfile,youcanrestoretheconfigurationfromthisfile. Torestoreconfigurationsettingsthatyoubackedup: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 159UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Administration>BackupSettings. TheBackupSettingspagedisplays. 5. ClicktheBrowsebuttonandnavigatetoandselectthesavedconfigurationfile. . heRestorebutton. erestorationiscomplete,the ocesstakesabouttwominutes. WARNING:Toavoidtheriskofcorruptingthefirmware,donotinterruptthe mple,donotclosethebrowser,clickalink,orloadanewpage. tiltherouterfinishesrestartingandthePowerLED turnssolidwhite. DisableLEDBlinkingorTurnOffLEDs disable LEDblinkingfornetworkcommunications,orturnoffallLEDsexceptthePowerLED. TodisableLEDblinkingorturnofftheLEDs: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>LEDControlSettings. TheLEDControlSettingspagedisplays. Bydefault,thefirstradiobuttonisselected,whichallowsstandardLEDbehavior. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 160UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 FormoreinformationaboutLEDs,seeLEDsandButtonsontheTopPanelonpage 14. bleblinking,selecttheDisableblinkingonInternetLED,LANLED,Wireless LEDandUSBLEDwhendatatrafficisdetectedradiobutton. 6. ToturnoffallLEDsexceptthePowerLED,selecttheTurnoffallLEDsexceptPower LEDradiobutton. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. ReturntheRoutertoItsFactoryDefault Settings Undersomecircumstances(forexample,ifyoulosttrackofthechangesthatyoumade totheroutersettingsoryoumovetheroutertoadifferentnetwork),youmightwantto erasetheconfigurationandresettheroutertofactorydefaultsettings. IfyoudonotknowthecurrentIPaddressoftherouter,firsttrytouseanIPscanner applicationtodetecttheIPaddressbeforeyouresettheroutertofactorydefaultsettings. Toresettheroutertofactorydefaultsettings,youcanuseeithertheResetbuttonon r,ifyoucannotfindtheIPaddress orlostthepasswordtoaccesstherouter,youmustusetheResetbutton. Afteryouresettheroutertofactorydefaultsettings,theusernameisadmin,the passwordispassword,theLANIPaddressis192.168.1.1(whichisthesameas ),stoffactorydefault settings,seeFactorySettingsonpage223. UsetheResetButton CAUTION:Thisprocesserasesallsettingsthatyouconfiguredintherouter. Toresettheroutertofactorydefaultsettings: 1. Onthebackoftherouter,locatetheResetbutton. 2. Usingastraightenedpaperclip,pressandholdtheResetbuttonforatleastfive seconds. etheResetbutton. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 161UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ThePowerLEDstartsblinkingamberandtheconfigurationisresettofactorydefault eresetiscomplete,ocesstakesabout twominutes. WARNING:Toavoidtheriskofcorruptingthefirmware,donotinterruptthereset. Forexample,ifyouareconnectedtotherouter’swebpage,donotclosethebrowser, clickalink,tiltherouterfinishes restartingandthePowerLEDturnssolidwhite. ErasetheSettings CAUTION:Thisprocesserasesallsettingsthatyouconfiguredintherouter. Toerasethesettings: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Administration>BackupSettings. TheBackupSettingspagedisplays. heErasebutton. eresetiscomplete, ocesstakesabouttwominutes. WARNING:Toavoidtheriskofcorruptingthefirmware,donotinterruptthereset. Forexample,donotclosethebrowser,clickalink,urn tiltherouterfinishesrestartingandthePowerLEDturnssolid white. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 162UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ViewtheStatusandStatisticsoftheRouter YoucanviewinformationabouttherouteranditsportsandthestatusoftheInternet tion,youcanviewtrafficstatisticsforthevarious ports. ViewInformationAbouttheRouterandtheInternetand WiFiSettings Youcanviewrouterinformation,theInternetportstatus,andWiFisettings. ToviewinformationabouttherouterandtheInternet,modem,andWiFisettings: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. heADVANCEDtab. TheADVANCEDHomepagedisplays. Theinformationonthispageusesthefollowingcolorcoding: • • • AgreenflagindicatesthattheInternetconnectionisfineandnoproblems Finetwork,thenetworkisenabledandsecured. AredXindicatesthatconfigurationproblemsexistfortheInternetconnection Finetwork,thenetworkisdisabledordown. AnamberexclamationmarkindicatesthattheInternetportisconfiguredbut cannotgetanInternetconnection(forexample,becausethecableis disconnected),thataWiFinetworkisenabledbutunprotected,orthatanother situationthatrequiresyourattentionoccurred. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 163UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 DisplayInternetPortStatistics TodisplayInternetportstatistics: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. heADVANCEDtab. TheADVANCEDHomepagedisplays. nternetPortpane,clicktheShowStatisticsbutton. TheShowStatisticswindowopens. Thefollowinginformationdisplays: • • eelapsedsincetherouterwaslastrestarted. tisticsfortheWAN(Internet),LAN(Ethernet)ports,andWLAN(WiFi) hport,thepop-upwindowdisplaysthefollowinginformation: - - - - - kstatusoftheport. berofpacketstransmittedontheportsinceresetormanual clear. berofpacketsreceivedontheportsinceresetormanual clear. berofcollisionsontheportsinceresetormanualclear. TxB/berofBytespersecondtransmittedontheportsincereset sinformation,theLANportsaretreatedasasingle port. RxB/berofBytespersecondreceivedontheportsinceresetor sinformation,theLANportsaretreatedasasingleport. eelapsedsincetheportacquiredthelink. ervalatwhichthestatisticsareupdatedinthiswindow. - - - ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 164UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 6. Tochangethepollingfrequency,enteratimeinsecondsinthePollIntervalfield andclicktheSetIntervalbutton. thepollingentirely,clicktheStopbutton. ChecktheInternetConnectionStatus TochecktheInternetconnectionstatus: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. heADVANCEDtab. TheADVANCEDHomepagedisplays. nternetPortpane,clicktheConnectionStatusbutton. ase(stop)theInternetconnection,clicktheReleasebutton. w(restart)theInternetconnection,clicktheRenewbutton. ethewindow,clicktheCloseWindowbutton. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 165UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ManagetheActivityLog Thelogisadetailedrecordofthewebsitesthatusersonyournetworkaccessedor 256entriesarestoredinthe managewhichactivitiesarelogged. View,Email,orCleartheLogs Inadditiontoviewingthelogs,youcanemailthemandclearthem. Toview,email,orclearthelogs: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Administration>Logs. TheLogspagedisplaysthefollowinginformation: 5. Torefreshthelogentriesonscreen,clicktheRefreshbutton. rthelogentries,clicktheClearLogbutton. lthelogimmediately,clicktheSendLogbutton. Therouteremailsthelogstotheaddressthatyouspecified(seeSetUpSecurity EventEmailNotificationsonpage74). SpecifyWhichActivitiesAreLogged ctivitiesdisplayinthelogandare forwardedtothesyslogserverifyouenabledthesyslogserverfunction. Tomanagewhichactivitiesarelogged: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 166UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>Administration>Logs. TheLogspagedisplays. thecheckboxesthatcorrespondtotheactivitiesthatyouwanttobelogged. Bydefault,allcheckboxesareselected. hecheckboxesthatcorrespondtotheactivitiesthatyoudonotwanttobe logged. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. ViewDevicesCurrentlyontheNetwork YoucanviewtheactivewiredandWiFidevicesinboththenetworktowhichtherouter onotrecognizeaWiFidevice,itmightbe anintruder. TodisplaythewiredandWiFidevices: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. AttachedDevices. TheAttachedDevicespagedisplays. vicesare connectedtotherouterthroughtheWiFinetwork,ineitherthe2.4GHzbandor oneofthe5GHzbands. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 167UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 Thefollowingtabledescribesthefieldsthatcanbedisplayed. Field Status SSID IPAddress Description Thestatusofthedeviceinthenetwork(AllowedorBlocked). ThenameoftheWiFinetworktowhichthedeviceisconnected. The addresscanchangewhenadeviceisdisconnectedandrejoinsthenetwork. addressdoesnotchangeandisusuallyshownon theproductlabel. DeviceName Connection Type Thedevicename,ifdetected. Thetypeofconnectionforthedevice. 5. Torefreshtheinformationonscreen,clicktheRefreshbutton. Theinformationonscreenisupdated. MonitorandMeterInternetTraffic TrafficmeteringallowsyoutomonitorthevolumeofInternettrafficthatpassesthrough etrafficmeterutility,youcansetlimitsfortrafficvolume, setamonthlylimit,andgetaliveupdateoftrafficusage. StarttheTrafficMeterWithoutTrafficVolumeRestrictions Youcanmonitorthetrafficvolumewithoutsettingalimit. Tostartorrestartthetrafficmeterwithoutconfiguringtrafficvolumerestrictions: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 168UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 4. SelectADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>TrafficMeter. TheTrafficMeterpagedisplays. 5. SelecttheEnableTrafficMetercheckbox. Bydefault,notrafficlimitisspecifiedandthetrafficvolumeisnotcontrolled. 6. IntheTrafficCountersection,setthetrafficcountertobeginataspecifictimeand date. 7. Tostartthetrafficcounterimmediately,clicktheRestartCounterNowbutton. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresavedandtherouterrestarts. Thee information,seeViewtheInternetTrafficVolumeandStatisticsonpage169. ViewtheInternetTrafficVolumeandStatistics Ifyouenabledthetrafficmeter(seeStarttheTrafficMeterWithoutTrafficVolume Restrictionsonpage168),youcanviewtheInternettrafficvolumeandstatistics. ToviewtheInternettrafficvolumeandstatisticsshownbythetrafficmeter: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. 4. SelectADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>TrafficMeter. TheTrafficMeterpagedisplays. 5. ScrolldowntotheInternetTrafficStatisticssection. TheInternetTrafficStatisticssectiondisplayswhenthetrafficcounterwasstarted ledisplaysinformationabouttheconnection timeandtrafficvolumeinMB. 6. Torefreshtheinformationonscreen,clicktheRefreshbutton. Theinformationisupdated. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 169UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 7. Todisplaymoreinformationaboutthedatatrafficandtochangethepollinginterval, clicktheTrafficStatusbutton. TheTrafficStatuspop-upwindowdisplays. RestrictInternetTrafficbyVolume usefulwhenyourISP measuresyourtrafficinvolume. TorecordandrestricttheInternettrafficbyvolume: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. 4. SelectADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>TrafficMeter. TheTrafficMeterpagedisplays. 5. SelecttheEnableTrafficMetercheckbox. 6. SelecttheTrafficvolumecontrolbyradiobutton. ecorrespondingmenu,selectanoption: • trictionisappliedtoincomingtrafficonly. • trictionisappliedtobothincomingandoutgoingtraffic. 8. IntheMonthlyLimitfield,enterhowmanyMBytes(MB)permonthareallowed. 9. IfyourISPchargesyouforextradatavolumewhenyoumakeanewconnection, entertheextradatavolumeinMBintheRoundupdatavolumeforeachconnection byfield. 10. IntheTrafficCountersection,setthetrafficcountertobeginataspecifictimeand date. 11. IntheTrafficControlsection,enteravalueinminutestospecifywhentherouter issuesawarningmessagebeforethemonthlylimitinhoursisreached. terissuesawarningwhenthebalancefallsbelow ult,thevalueis0andnowarning messageisissued. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 170UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 12. Selectoneormoreofthefollowingactionstooccurwhenthelimitisreached: • TurntheInternetLEDtoflashingwhite/ thetrafficlimitisreached,theInternetLEDblinksalternatingwhiteandamber. • thetrafficlimitisreached,theInternetconnectionisdisconnectedanddisabled. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresavedandtherouterrestarts. Thee information,seeViewtheInternetTrafficVolumeandStatisticsonpage169. RestrictInternetTrafficbyConnectionTime usefulwhenyourISP measuresyourconnectiontime. TorecordandrestricttheInternettrafficbyconnectiontime: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. 4. SelectADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>TrafficMeter. TheTrafficMeterpagedisplays. 5. SelecttheEnableTrafficMetercheckbox. theConnectiontimecontrolradiobutton. Note:TheroutermustbeconnectedtotheInternetforyoutobeabletoselectthe Connectiontimecontrolradiobutton. 7. IntheMonthlyLimitfield,enterhowmanyhourspermonthareallowed. Note:TheroutermustbeconnectedtotheInternetforyoutobeabletoenter informationintheMonthlyLimitfield. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 171UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 8. IntheTrafficCountersection,setthetrafficcountertobeginataspecifictimeand date. 9. IntheTrafficControlsection,enteravalueinminutestospecifywhentherouter issuesawarningmessagebeforethemonthlylimitinhoursisreached. terissuesawarningwhenthebalancefallsunderthe ult,thevalueis0andnowarningmessage isissued. 10. Selectoneormoreofthefollowingactionstooccurwhenthelimitisreached: • TurntheInternetLEDtoflashingwhite/ thetrafficlimitisreached,theInternetLEDalternatesblinkingwhiteandamber. • thetrafficlimitisreached,theInternetconnectionisdisconnectedanddisabled. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresavedandtherouterrestarts. Thee information,seeViewtheInternetTrafficVolumeandStatisticsonpage169. UnblocktheTrafficMeterAftertheTrafficLimitIsReached IfyouconfiguredthetrafficmetertodisconnectanddisabletheInternetconnection afterthetrafficlimitisreached,youcannotaccesstheInternetuntilyouunblockthe trafficmeter. CAUTION:IfyourISPsetatrafficlimit,yourISPmightchargeyoufortheoveragetraffic. Tounblockthetrafficmeter: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. 4. SelectADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>TrafficMeter. TheTrafficMeterpagedisplays. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 172UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 5. IntheTrafficControlsection,cleartheDisconnectanddisabletheInternet connectioncheckbox. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresavedandtherouterrestarts. ManagetheRouterandMonitor theTraffic 173UserManual 13 ManagetheAdvancedWiFi Features ThischapterdescribeshowyoucanmanagetheadvancedWiFifeaturesoftherouter. ForinformationaboutthebasicWiFisettings,seeManagetheBasicWiFiNetwork Settingsonpage76. Thechapterincludesthefollowingsections: • • • • • • SetUpaWiFiScheduleonpage175 ManagetheWPSSettingsonpage176 ManageAdvancedWiFiSettingsonpage177 SpecifyHowtheRouterManagesWiFiClientsonpage178 SetUpaWiFiBridgeBetweentheRouterandAnotherDeviceonpage180 UsetheRouterasaWiFiAccessPointOnlyonpage183 Forinformationaboutsettingupanaccesscontrollist(ACL)andmanagingWiFiaccess forenhancedsecurity,seeManageNetworkAccessControlListsonpage62. 174 NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 SetUpaWiFiSchedule YoucanusethisfeaturetoturnofftheWiFisignalfromyourrouterattimeswhenyou mple,youmightturnitofffortheweekendif setupaseparateWiFischeduleforeachWiFiband. Note:YoucansetupaWiFischeduleonlyiftherouterisconnectedtotheInternet einformation aboutwhethertheroutersynchronizesitsclock,seeSetUpaScheduleforKeyword BlockingandOutboundFirewallRulesonpage73. TosetuptheWiFischeduleforaWiFiband: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>AdvancedWirelessSettings. TheAdvancedWirelessSettingspagedisplays. 5. IntheAdvancedWirelessSettingssectionforthe2.4GHzbandorthe5GHzband, clicktheAddanewperiodbutton. TheWhentoturnoffwirelesssignalpagedisplays. menus,radiobuttons,andcheckboxestosetupaperiodduringwhichyou wanttoturnofftheWiFisignalandspecifywhetherthescheduleisrecurrent. heApplybutton. TheAdvancedWirelessSettingspagedisplays. 8. SelecttheTurnoffwirelesssignalbyschedulecheckboxtoactivatetheschedule. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. ManagetheAdvancedWiFi Features 175UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ManagetheWPSSettings Wi-FiProtectedSetup(WPS)letsyoujointheWiFinetworkwithouttypingtheWiFi changetheWPSdefaultsettings. TomanageWPSsettings: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>AdvancedWirelessSettings. TheAdvancedWirelessSettingspagedisplays. 5. ScrolldowntotheWPSSettingssectioninthelowerpartofthepage. TheRouter’sPINfielddisplaysthefixedPINthatyouusetoconfiguretherouter’s WiFisettingsfromanotherplatformthroughWPS. blethePIN,cleartheEnableRouter’sPINcheckbox. Bydefault,theEnableRouter’sPINcheckboxisselectedandtherouter’sPINis ancedsecurity,youcandisabletherouter’sPINbyclearingthe EnableRouter’r,whenyoudisabletherouter’sPIN,WPS isnotdisabledbecauseyoucanstillusethephysicalWPSbutton. Note:ThePINfunctionmighttemporarilybedisabledautomaticallyiftherouter detectssuspiciousattemptstobreakintotherouter’sWiFisettingsbyusingthe router’configurethenumberoftimesafailedPIN connectionisallowedbeforethePINfunctionisdisabled. wtheWiFisettingstobechangedautomaticallywhenyouuseWPS,clear oneorbothoftheKeepExistingWirelessSettingscheckboxes. Bydefault, learacheckbox,the nexttimeanewWiFiclientusesWPStoconnecttotherouter,therouter’sassociated WiFisettingschangetoanautomaticallygeneratedrandomSSIDandpassphrase. ManagetheAdvancedWiFi Features 176UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ForinformationaboutviewingthisSSIDandpassphrase,seeVieworChangethe BasicWiFiSettingsandWiFiSecuritySettingsonpage77. ClearaKeepExistingWirelessSettingscheckboxonlyifyouwanttoallowthe WPSprocesstochangetheassociatedSSIDandpassphraseforWiFiaccess. WARNING:IfyouclearaKeepExistingWirelessSettingscheckboxanduseWPS toaddacomputerormobiledevicetotherouter’sWiFinetwork,theassociated SSIDandpassphraseareautomaticallygeneratedandotherWiFidevicesthatare alreadyconnectedtotherouter’sWiFinetworkmightbedisconnected. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. ManageAdvancedWiFiSettings FormostWiFinetworks,theadvancedWiFisettingsworkfineandyoudonotneedto changethesettings. Tip:IfyouwanttochangetheWiFisettingsoftherouter’smainnetwork,useawired connectiontoavoidbeingdisconnectedwhenthenewWiFisettingstakeeffect. TomanagetheadvancedWiFisettings: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>AdvancedWirelessSettings. TheAdvancedWirelessSettingspagedisplays. 5. Enterthesettingsasdescribedinthefollowingtable. ThedescriptionsinthetableapplytoboththeWirelessNetwork(2.4GHzb/g/n) sectionandtheWirelessNetwork(5GHza/n/ac)section. ManagetheAdvancedWiFi Features 177UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 Field FragmentationLength (256-2346) CTS/RTSThreshold(1-2347) PreambleMode Description Thefragmentationlength(thedefaultis2346),theCTS/RTSthreshold(the defaultis2347),andthepreamblemode(thedefaultisLongPreamble)are reservedforWiFitestingandadvancedconfigurationonly. DonotchangethesesettingsunlessdirectedbyNETGEARsupportorunless ectsettingsmightdisablethe WiFifunctionoftherouterunexpectedly. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. SpecifyHowtheRouterManagesWiFi Clients AWiFiclientisanycomputerormobiledevicethatconnectstotherouter’sWiFinetwork. Therouterusesairtimefairness,implicitbeamforming,andMU-MIMOtomanageits efairnessandimplicitbeamformingareenabledbydefault,butyou -MIMOisdisabledbydefault,butyoucanenableit. ManageAirtimeFairness Ak resourcesaredividedbytime,soiffiveclientsareconnected,theyeachgetone-fifth antageofthisfeatureisthatyourslowestclientsdonot atureisenabledbydefault,butyoucandisable it. Todisableairtimefairness: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>AdvancedWirelessSettings. ManagetheAdvancedWiFi Features 178UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 TheAdvancedWirelessSettingspagedisplays. 5. ScrolltothebottomofthepageandcleartheEnableAIRTIMEFAIRNESScheck box. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. IfyouconnectedoverWiFitothenetwork,youaredisconnectedfromthenetwork andmustreconnect. ManageImplicitBeamforming Implicitbeamformingcontrastswithexplicitbeamforming,whichmeansthattherouter activelytracksclientsanddirectspowertotherouterantennaclosesttotheclient. Eit beamformingmeansthattheroutercanuseinformationfromclientdevicesthatsupport atureisenabledbydefault,butyou candisableit. Todisableimplicitbeamforming: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>AdvancedWirelessSettings. TheAdvancedWirelessSettingspagedisplays. 5. ScrolltothebottomofthepageandcleartheEnableImplicitBEAMFORMING checkbox. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. IfyouconnectedoverWiFitothenetwork,youaredisconnectedfromthenetwork andmustreconnect. ManagetheAdvancedWiFi Features 179UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ManageMU-MIMO Multiusermultipleinput,multipleoutput(MU-MIMO)improvesperformancewhen ients mustsupportMU-MIMO,ature isdisabledbydefault,butyoucanenableit. ToenableMU-MIMO: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>AdvancedWirelessSettings. TheAdvancedWirelessSettingspagedisplays. 5. ScrolltothebottomofthepageandselecttheEnableMU-MIMOcheckbox. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. IfyouconnectedoverWiFitothenetwork,youaredisconnectedfromthenetwork andmustreconnect. SetUpaWiFiBridgeBetweentheRouter andAnotherDevice YoucanusetherouterasaWiFibridgeandconnectmultipledeviceswithWiFi,for example,is,youneedanotherWiFirouteror accesspoint(AP)inadditiontotherouter:OnedeviceisconnectedtotheInternetover connect theroutertotheInternetmodemandusetherouterorAPasaWiFibridge(assuming thattherouterorAPiscapableoffunctioningasaWiFibridge),ortheotherway around—connecttherouterorAPtotheInternetmodem,andusetherouterasaWiFi bridge. ManagetheAdvancedWiFi Features 180UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 SettingupaWiFibridgewithtworoutersoffersthefollowingbenefits: • • • • YoucantakeadvantageofgigabitWiFispeedsoncurrentdevices. UsegigabitWiFiforapplicationssuchasvideoandgaming. ConnectmultipledevicessuchasaNAS,SmartTV,NeoTV,Blu-rayplayer,andgame consolesatgigabitWiFispeedsusingaWiFilink. AvoidtheneedforseparateWiFiadaptersforeachdevice. Forexample,youcouldinstallthefirstrouterinaroomsuchasahomeofficewhere yourInternetconnectionislocated. ThensetupthesecondrouterasaWiFibridgeandplaceitinadifferentroomsuchas herouterthat functionsasaWiFibridgetoyourSmartTV,DVR,gameconsole,orBlu-rayplayer,and useits802.11acWiFiconnectiontothefirstrouter. TherouterthatisconnectedtotheInternetmodemdoesnotrequireanyspecialsetup becausetherouterthatfunctionsasaWiFibridgeconnectstoanexistingSSIDasa WiFiclient,justlikeanyotherWiFiclients. TosetuptherouterasaWiFibridge: 1. MakeanoteoftheWiFisettingsoftheotherrouterthatisconnectedtotheInternet modem. YoumustknowtheSSID,WiFisecuritymode,WiFipassword,andoperating frequency(either2.4GHzor5GHz). 2. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe networkoftherouterthatyouaresettingupasaWiFibridge. 3. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. rnameand passwordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>AdvancedWirelessSettings. TheAdvancedWirelessSettingspagedisplays. totheverybottomandselecttheUseotheroperationmodecheckbox. theEnableBridgemoderadiobutton. Thebridgemodesettingsdisplaysonthepage. hesetupbridgemodewirelesssettingsbutton. ManagetheAdvancedWiFi Features 181UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 TheWirelessSettingspagedisplays. 9. EntertheWiFisettingsoftherouterthatisconnectedtotheInternetmodem(that is,theotherrouter): eChooseaWirelessNetworkmenu,selecttheWiFibandthattheother router. For802.11acmode,bothroutersmustusethesame5GHzband. b. IntheName(SSID)field,entertheWiFinetworkname(SSID)thattheotherrouter isusing. c. IntheSecurityOptionssection,selecttheradiobuttonfortheWiFisecuritythat theotherrouterisusing. d. Ifprompted,typethepassphrase(theWiFipasswordthatyoumustusetoconnect withWiFitotheotherrouter). heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresavedandthepop-upwindowcloses. 11. Tochangethenameoftherouter,enteranewnameintheDeviceNamefield. Bydefault,etuptherouterasaWiFi bridgeandyouwanttodistinguishitfromthenameoftherouterthatisconnected totheInternetmodem,youcould,forexample,changethenametoWiFibridgeor somethingsimilar. 12. TolettherouterthatfunctionsastheWiFibridgegetanIPaddressandDNS addressesdynamicallyfromtherouterthatisconnectedtotheInternetmodem, leavetheGetIPAddressDynamicallyandGetDNSServerAddressDynamically checkboxesselected. WerecommendthatyouleavetheGetIPAddressDynamicallyandGetDNS r,ifyouaresurethat youmustuseastaticIPaddress,usanIPaddressfromtheLANIPaddresspoolof ifyastaticIPaddress fortherouterthatfunctionsastheWiFibridge,dothefollowing: heGetIPAddressDynamicallycheckbox. TheGetDNSServerAddressDynamicallycheckboxisautomaticallycleared. b. EnterallstaticIPaddressinformationand,ifapplicable,staticDNSaddress information. heApplybutton. terrestartswithanewIPaddress. ManagetheAdvancedWiFi Features 182UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 nnect,closeyourbrowser,relaunchit,andlogintotherouterbyentering . WhentherouterfunctionsasaWiFibridge,youcannotchangeitsWiFisettings,that is,thesettingsontheWirelessNetworkpage(BASIC>Wireless)aremaskedout. However,ifyouwanttoreversetheconfiguration,youcandisabletheWiFibridge option(thatis,cleartheuseotheroperationmodecheckbox)ontheAdvanced WirelessSettingspage(ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>AdvancedWireless Settings). UsetheRouterasaWiFiAccessPointOnly Bydefault,therouterfunctionsasbotharouterandaWiFiaccesspoint(AP).Youcan setuptheroutertofunctionasanaccesspointonlyandletitoperateinthesamelocal erouterfunctionsasanaccesspointonly,manyof itsrouter-relatedfeaturesaredisabled. Tip:Ifyouwanttochangetherouter’sfunction,useawiredconnectiontoavoidbeing disconnectedwhenthenewfunctiontakeseffect. Tochangetheroutertoaccesspointmodeonly: 1. UseanEthernetcabletoconnecttheyellowInternetportontherearpanelofthe routertoaLANportontheotherrouter. 2. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 3. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>WirelessAccessPoint. TheWirelessAccessPointpagedisplays. theEnableAccessPointModecheckbox. Thepageexpands. 7. ScrolldownandselecttheradiobuttonfortheIPaddresssettingthatyouwantto use: ManagetheAdvancedWiFi Features 183UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 • errouteronthenetworkassigns isthedefaultsetting. • UsefixedIPAddress(notrecommended).Usethissettingifyouwanttomanually assignaspecificIPaddresstotherouterwhileitfunctionsinaccesspointmode. Usingthisoptioneffectivelyrequiresnetworkexperience. Note:Toavoidinterferencewithotherroutersorgatewaysonyournetwork,we alsoturn offtheWiFiradioontheotherrouterorgatewayandusetherouteronlyforWiFi clientaccess. heApplybutton. TheIPaddressoftherouterchanges,andyouaredisconnected. nnect,closeandrestartyourwebbrowserandenter . ManagetheAdvancedWiFi Features 184UserManual 14 UseVPNtoAccessYourNetwork YoucanuseOpenVPNsoftwaretoremotelyaccessyourrouterusingvirtualprivate networking(VPN).ThischapterexplainshowtosetupanduseVPNaccess. Thechapterincludesthefollowingsections: • • • • SetUpaVPNConnectiononpage186 UseaVPNTunnelonaWindows-BasedComputeronpage193 UseVPNtoAccesstheRouter’sUSBDeviceandMediaFromaWindows-Based Computeronpage195 UseaVPNTunneltoAccessYourInternetServiceatHomeonpage197 185 NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 SetUpaVPNConnection Avirtualprivatenetwork(VPN)letsyouusetheInternettosecurelyaccessyournetwork whenyouaren’thome. videsasecuretunnelbetweenyourhomenetworkandaremotecomputer puteristheclient, heVPNfeature,youmustlogintotherouterand enableVPN,andyoumustinstallandrunVPNclientsoftwareonthecomputer. VPNusesDDNSorastaticIPaddresstoconnectwithyourrouter. TouseaDDNSservice,registerforanaccountwithahostname(sometimescalleda domainname).tersupports theseaccounts:NETGEAR,No-IP,andDyn. IfyourInternetserviceprovider(ISP)assignedastaticWANIPaddress( )thatneverchangestoyourInternetaccount,theVPNcanusethatIPaddress toconnecttoyourhomenetwork. SpecifyVPNServiceintheRouter YoumustspecifytheVPNservicesettingsintherouterbeforeyoucanuseaVPN connection. TospecifytheVPNservice: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe network. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. UseVPNtoAccessYourNetwork186UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 rnameand passwordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>VPNService. TheVPNpagedisplays. theEnableVPNServicecheckbox. getheTUNmodeservicetype,selecttheUCPorTCPradiobutton. getheTUNmodeserviceport,typetheportnumberthatyouwanttouse inthefield. Thedefaultportnumberis12973. getheTAPmodeservicetype,selecttheUCPorTCPradiobutton. getheTAPmodeserviceport,typetheportnumberthatyouwanttouse inthefield. Thedefaultportnumberis12974. heApplybutton. nabledintherouter,butyoumustinstallandset upOpenVPNsoftwareonyourcomputerormobiledevicebeforeyoucanusea VPNconnection. InstallOpenVPNSoftwareonaWindows-BasedComputer YoumustinstallOpenVPNsoftwareoneachcomputerthatyouplantouseforVPN connectionstoyourrouter. ToinstallVPNclientsoftwareonaWindows-basedcomputer: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicedevicethatisconnected tothenetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. rnameand passwordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>VPNService. TheVPNServicepagedisplays. UseVPNtoAccessYourNetwork187UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 rethattheEnableVPNServicecheckboxisselected. Formoreinformation,seeSpecifyVPNServiceintheRouteronpage186. 6. ClicktheForWindowsbuttontodownloadtheOpenVPNconfigurationfiles. Step17providesinformationaboutwhattodowiththedownloadedOpenVPN configurationfiles. loadtheOpenVPNclientutility,visit //download/. 8. IntheWindowsInstallersectionofthepage,double-clickthe k. 9. Downloadthefile. alltheOpenVPNclientutilityonyourcomputer,clickthe e. heNextbutton. eLicenseAgreementandclicktheIAgreebutton. 13. Leavethecheckboxesselectedasshowninthepreviousfigure,andclicktheNext button. UseVPNtoAccessYourNetwork188UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 14. Tospecifythedestinationfolder,clicktheBrowsebutton,selectadestinationfolder, andclicktheNextbutton. heInstallbutton. Thewindowdisplaystheprogressoftheinstallationandthendisplaysthefinal installationwindow. heFinishbutton. 17. UnziptheconfigurationfilesthatyoudownloadedinStep6andcopythemtothe folderinwhichtheOpenVPNclientutilityisinstalledonyourcomputer. IfyourdeviceisaWindows64-bitsystem,theOpenVPNclientutilityisinstalledby defaultintheC:ProgramfilesOpenVPNconfigfolder. 18. ModifytheVPNinterfacenametoNETGEAR-VPN: ows,selectStart>ControlPanel>NetworkandInternet>Network Connections(orNetworkandSharingCenter). Thenetworkinformationdisplays. b. Inthelocalareaconnectionlist,findthelocalareaconnectionwiththedevice nameTAP-WindowsAdapter. thelocalareaconnectionandchangeitsname(notitsdevicename)to NETGEAR-VPN. IfyoudonotchangetheVPNinterfacename,theVPNtunnelconnectionwillfail. UseVPNtoAccessYourNetwork189UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 FormoreinformationaboutusingOpenVPNonaWindows-basedcomputer,visit //open-source/documentation/#quick. InstallOpenVPNSoftwareonaMacComputer YoumustinstallOpenVPNsoftwareoneachcomputerthatyouplantouseforVPN connectionstoyourrouter. ToinstallVPNclientsoftwareonaMaccomputer: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe network. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. rnameand passwordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>VPNService. TheVPNServicepagedisplays. rethattheEnableVPNServicecheckboxisselected. Formoreinformation,seeSpecifyVPNServiceintheRouteronpage186. 6. ClicktheFornon-WindowsbuttontodownloadtheOpenVPNconfigurationfiles. Step9providesinformationaboutwhattodowiththedownloadedOpenVPN configurationfiles. 7. TodownloadtheOpenVPNclientutilityforMacOSX,visit/. 8. Downloadandinstallthefile. 9. UnziptheconfigurationfilesthatyoudownloadedinStep6andcopythemtothe folderinwhichtheOpenVPNclientutilityisinstalledonyourcomputer. Theclientutilitymustbeinstalledbyauserwithadministrativeprivileges. FormoreinformationaboutusingOpenVPNonaMaccomputer,visit //access-server/docs/admin-guides/. UseVPNtoAccessYourNetwork190UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 InstallOpenVPNSoftwareonaniOSDevice YoumustinstallthissoftwareoneachiOSdevicethatyouplantouseforVPNconnections toyourrouter. ToinstallVPNclientsoftwareonaniOSdevice: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe network. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. rnameand passwordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>VPNService. TheVPNServicepagedisplays. rethattheEnableVPNServicecheckboxisselected. 6. SpecifyanyVPNservicesettingsonthepage. Formoreinformation,seeSpecifyVPNServiceintheRouteronpage186. 7. ClicktheForSmartPhonebuttontodownloadtheOpenVPNconfigurationfiles. 8. OnyouriOSdevice,downloadandinstalltheOpenVPNConnectappfromtheApple appstore. 9. Onyourcomputer,unziptheconfigurationfilesthatyoudownloadedandsendthe filestoyouriOSdevice. le,theOpenVPN le. FormoreinformationaboutusingOpenVPNonyouriOSdevice,visit /en/howto_#ios. UseVPNtoAccessYourNetwork191UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 InstallOpenVPNSoftwareonanAndroidDevice YoumustinstallthissoftwareoneachAndroiddevicethatyouplantouseforVPN connectionstoyourrouter. ToinstallVPNclientsoftwareonanAndroiddevice: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe network. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. rnameand passwordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>VPNService. TheVPNServicepagedisplays. rethattheEnableVPNServicecheckboxisselected. 6. SpecifyanyVPNservicesettingsonthepage. Formoreinformation,seeSpecifyVPNServiceintheRouteronpage186. 7. ClicktheForSmartPhonebuttontodownloadtheOpenVPNconfigurationfiles. 8. OnyourAndroiddevice,downloadandinstalltheOpenVPNConnectappfromthe GooglePlayStore. 9. Onyourcomputer,unziptheconfigurationfilesthatyoudownloadedandsendthe filestoyourAndroiddevice. 10. OpenthefilesonyourAndroiddevice. 11. leusingtheOpenVPNConnectapp. FormoreinformationaboutusingOpenVPNonyourAndroiddevice,visit /en/howto_#android. UseVPNtoAccessYourNetwork192UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 UseaVPNTunnelonaWindows-Based Computer AfteryousetuptheroutertouseVPNandinstalltheOpenVPNapplicationonyour computer,youcanopenaVPNtunnelfromyourcomputertoyourrouteroverthe Internet. FortheVPNtunneltowork,thelocalLANIPaddressoftheremoteroutermustusea differentLANIPschemefromthatofthelocalLANwhereyourVPNclientcomputeris networksusethesameLANIPscheme,whentheVPNtunnelis established,youcannotaccessyourhomerouteroryourhomenetworkwiththe OpenVPNsoftware. tcommonIP ,,xperienceaconflict,changethe IPschemeeitherforyourhomenetworkorforthenetworkwiththeclientVPNcomputer. Forinformationaboutchangingthesesettings,seeManagetheLANIPAddressSettings onpage139. UseVPNtoAccessYourNetwork193UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ToopenaVPNtunnel: theOpenVPNapplicationwithadministratorprivileges. TheOpenVPNicondisplaysintheWindowstaskbar. Tip:YoucancreateashortcuttotheVPNprogram,thenusetheshortcuttoaccess erytimeyou usethisshortcut,OpenVPNautomaticallyrunswithadministratorprivileges. -clicktheOpenVPNicon. Connect. dothefollowing: • • Launchawebbrowserandlogintoyourrouter. UseWindowsfilemanagertoaccesstherouter’sUSBdeviceanddownloadfiles. UseVPNtoAccessYourNetwork194UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 UseVPNtoAccesstheRouter’sUSBDevice andMediaFromaWindows-Based Computer ToaccessaUSBdeviceanddownloadfiles: 1. InWindowsfilemanager,selecttheNetworkfolder. dySHAREiconisintheComputersection andtheremoteReadyDLNA:R6900v2iconisintheMediaDevicessection(ifDLNA isenabledintherouter). 2. Iftheiconsdonotdisplay,clicktheRefreshbuttontoupdatethepage. IfthelocalLANandtheremoteLANareusingthesameIPscheme,theremote ReadyDLNA:R6900v2icondoesnotdisplayintheMediaDevicessectionandthe R6900v2(Gateway)icondoesnotdisplayintheNetworkInfrastructuresection. sstheUSBdevice,clicktheReadySHAREicon. ssmediaontherouter’snetwork,clicktheReadyDLNA:R6900v2icon. UseVPNtoAccessYourInternetServiceat Home WhenyouareawayfromhomeandyouaccesstheInternet,youusuallyusealocal mple,atacoffeeshopyoumightbegivenacodethat letsyouusethecoffeeshop’sInternetserviceaccounttosurftheweb. UseVPNtoAccessYourNetwork195UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 TherouterletsyouuseaVPNconnectiontoaccessyourownInternetservicewhenyou htwanttodothisifyoutraveltoageographiclocation mple,your Netflixaccountmightworkathomebutnotinadifferentcountry. SetUpVPNClientInternetAccessintheRouter Bydefault,therouterissetuptoallowVPNconnectionsonlytoyourhomenetwork, ingtheInternetremotely throughaVPNmightbeslowerthanaccessingtheInternetdirectly. ToallowVPNclientstouseyourhomeInternetservice: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicedevicethatisconnected tothenetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. rnameand passwordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>VPNService. TheVPNpagedisplays. rethattheEnableVPNServiceradiobuttonisselected. ForinformationaboutconfiguringtheTUNandTAPmodeoptions,seeSpecifyVPN ServiceintheRouteronpage186. downtotheClientswillusethisVPNconnectiontoaccesssection,andselect theAllsitesontheInternet&HomeNetworkradiobutton. WhenyouaccesstheInternetwiththeVPNconnection,insteadofusingalocal Internetservice,youusetheInternetservicefromyourhomenetwork. Note:Bydefault,theAutoradiobuttonisselected,whichletstherouterusean automaticdetectionsystemthatenablesVPNaccessonlyfornecessaryservicesand sitesandmightnotincludefullInternetaccess. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. UseVPNtoAccessYourNetwork196UserManual NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 BlockVPNClientInternetAccessintheRouter Bydefault,therouterissetuptoallowVPNconnectionsonlytoyourhomenetwork, hangedthissettingtoallow Internetaccess,youcanchangeitback. ToallowVPNclientstoaccessonlyyourhomenetwork: 1. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicedevicethatisconnected tothenetwork. 2. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. rnameand passwordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. ADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>VPNService. TheVNPpagedisplays. rethattheEnableVPNServiceradiobuttonisselected. downtotheClientswillusethisVPNconnectiontoaccesssection,andselect theHomeNetworkonlyradiobutton. heApplybutton. Yoursettingsaresaved. UseaVPNTunneltoAccessYourInternetServiceatHome ToaccessyourInternetservice: heroutertoallowVPNaccesstoyourInternetservice. Formoreinformation,seeSetUpVPNClientInternetAccessintheRouteronpage 196. computer,launchtheOpenVPNapplication. Formoreinformation,seeSpecifyVPNServiceintheRouteronpage186. TheOpenVPNicondisplaysintheWindowstaskbar. -clicktheiconandselectConnect. eVPNconnectionisestablished,launchyourwebbrowser. UseVPNtoAccessYourNetwork197UserManual 15 ManagePortForwardingandPort Triggering YoucanuseportforwardingandporttriggeringtosetuprulesforInternettrafficfor dnetworkingknowledgetosetupthesefeatures. Thischapterincludesthefollowingsections: • • ManagePortForwardingtoaLocalServerforServicesandApplicationsonpage 199 ManagePortTriggeringforServicesandApplicationsonpage204 198 NighthawkAC1900SmartWiFiRouterModelR6900v2 ManagePortForwardingtoaLocalServer forServicesandApplications Ifaserverispartofyournetwork,youcanallowcertaintypesofincomingtraffictoreach mple,youmightwanttomakealocalwebserver,FTPserver,orgame servervisibleandavailabletotheInternet. Theroutercanforwardincomingtrafficwithspecificprotocolstocomputersonyour specifytheserversforapplicationsandyoucanalsospecifya defaultDMZservertowhichtherouterforwardsallotherincomingprotocols(seeSet UpaDefaultDMZServeronpage135). ForwardIncomingTrafficforaDefaultServiceorApplication Youcanforwardtrafficforadefaultserviceorapplicationtoacomputeronyournetwork. Toforwardincomingtrafficforadefaultserviceorapplication: 1. Decidewhichtypeofservice,application,orgameyouwanttoprovide. 2. FindthelocalIPaddressofthecomputeronyournetworkthatwillprovidethe service. ifythissetting, ageReservedLANIPAddresseson page143. 3. Launchawebbrowserfromacomputerormobiledevicethatisconnectedtothe routernetwork. 4. Enter. Aloginwindowopens. herouterusernameandpassword. swordistheonethatyouspecifiedthefirsttime rnameandpasswordarecase-sensitive. TheBASICHomepagedisplays. 6. SelectADVANCED>AdvancedSetup>PortForwarding/PortTriggering. ThePortForwarding/PortTriggeringpagedisplays. rethatthePortForwardingradiobuttonisselected. eServiceNamemenu,selecttheserviceorapplication. ManagePortForwardingand PortTriggering 199UserManual