Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product MBRN3000-100NAS NETGEAR
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December 2010 202-10578-02 v1.0 350 East Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134 USA Mob ile Br oadband W ir ele ss -N R out er MBRN3000 User M anua l.
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T able of Contents | 3 Ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s Chapter 1 Connecting to the Internet Hardware Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Router Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 4 | T able of Content s Restoring the Configuration from a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Erasing the Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mobile Broadband Wireless-N Router MBRN3000 T able of Content s | 5 Appendix A Factory Default Settings and Technical Specifications Factory Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Technical Specifications .
Chapter 1: Connecti ng to the Internet | 6 1. Co nnecting t o the In te r net 1 This chapter describes how to config ure your NETGEAR Mobile Broadband Wireless-N Router MBRN3000 Internet connection. For help wit h installation, see the Mobile Broadba nd Wireless-N Router MBRN3000 Installation Guide.
Chapter 1: Connecting to the Internet | 7 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 T able 1. LED and Front Panel Button Descriptions LED LED Activity Description Power Solid green Solid green.
8 | Chapter 1: Connectin g to the Internet Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Ro uter Back P anel The back panel of the router contains port conn ections. Figure 2 Back p anel R outer Label The label on the bottom of the router sh ows the router ’ s MAC address, serial number , security PIN, and factory default login information.
Chapter 1: Connecting to the Internet | 9 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Using the R outer Stand Y ou can use the stand to po sition your router upright. 1. I nsert the t abs of the stand into the slot s on the bottom of your router . 2.
10 | Chapter 1: Connectin g to the Internet Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 T o log in to the router: 1. Ty p e http://www .routerlogin.net in the address field of your browser , and then press Enter . A login window displays: 2. Enter admin for the user name and your password (or the default, p assword ).
Chapter 1: Connectin g to the Internet | 11 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Accessing the Setup Wizard After Installation 1. Log in to the router as described in “Logging In to Y our Router” on page 9 . 2. Select Setup Wizard: 3. Click Next .
12 | Chapter 1: Connectin g to the Internet Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 T able 2. Broadband Settings fields Fields and Checkboxes Description Username Internet ac count login username.
Chapter 2: Wireless Ne twork Configuration | 13 2. Wir e les s N et w ork Co n f ig u r at ion 2 For a wireless connection, the SSID, also called the wireless network name, and the wireless security setting must be the same for the router and wireless computers or wireless adapters.
14 | Chapter 2: Wireless Ne t work Configuration Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Wireless Placement and R ange Guidelines The range of your wireless connection can vary significantly based on the physical p lacement of the router.
Chapter 2: Wireless Ne twork Configuration | 15 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 There are several ways you can e nhance the security of your wireless network: Figure 4 Wireless Security • Restrict Access Based on MAC Address . Y ou can allow only trusted PCs to connect so that unknown PCs cannot wirelessly connect t o the router.
16 | Chapter 2: Wireless Ne t work Configuration Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 T o view or manually configure the wireless settings: 1. Log in to the ro uter as describe d in “Logging In to Y our Router” on page 9. 2. Select Wirele ss Settings from the main menu.
Chapter 2: Wireless Ne twork Configuration | 17 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Wireless Guest Networks A wireless guest network allows yo u to provide guests access to you r wireless network without prior authorization of each individ ual g uest.
18 | Chapter 2: Wireless Ne t work Configuration Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Configuring WEP Note: If you use a wireless computer to configure wireless security settings, you will be disconnected when you clic k Ap ply .
Chapter 2: Wireless Ne twork Configuration | 19 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 points in your network. Enter 10 hexadecimal digit s (any combination of 0 – 9, a – f, or A – F). 7. Select which of the four keys will be the default. Data transmissio ns are always encrypted using the default key .
20 | Chapter 2: Wireless Ne t work Configuration Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 • NETGEAR’ s Push 'N' Connect feature is based on the WPS standard. All ot her Wi-Fi-certified and WPS-cap able products should be comp atible with NETGEAR products that implement Push 'N' Connect.
Chapter 2: Wireless Ne twork Configuration | 21 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 T o access the Internet from any computer co nnected to your router, launch a browser such as Microsoft Int ernet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. Y ou should see the router’s Internet L ED blink, indicating communication to the ISP .
22 | Chapter 2: Wireless Ne t work Configuration Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Adding Wireless Computers that Do Not Support WPS If you set up your network with WPS, and now you want to add a computer that does not support WPS, you must manually configu re that computer .
Chapter 3: Protecting Y our Network | 23 3. Pr ot ectin g Y our Ne t w or k 3 This chapter describes how to use the basic firewall features of the router to protect your network. Note: For information about the advanced content filtering features port forwarding and port triggering, see “Port Forwa rding and Port T riggering” on page 46 .
24 | Chapter 3: Protecting Y our Network Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Default Configuration and Passwor d” on page 62 . 2. From the main menu, under the Maintenance heading, select Set Password: 3. T o change th e p assword, first enter the old password, and then enter the ne w p assword twice.
Chapter 3: Protect ing Y our Network | 25 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 • Blocking unwanted traf fic from the Internet to your LAN. The router allows you to restrict access to Inte rnet content based on Web addresses and Web a ddress keywords.
26 | Chapter 3: Protecting Y our Network Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 5. T o delete a keyword or domain, select it from the list, click Delete Keyword , and then click Apply . 6. T o specify a trusted user , enter that computer ’s IP address in the T rusted IP Address field, and then click Apply .
Chapter 3: Protect ing Y our Network | 27 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 4. Click Add and the following screen displays: 5. Either select a service from the Service T ype drop-down list, or use the Service/T ype User Defined field to create a custom service.
28 | Chapter 3: Protecting Y our Network Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 2. On the main menu below Content Filtering, select Schedule: 3. Select your time zone. This setting will be us ed for the blocking schedule according to your local time zone and for time-stamping log entries.
Chapter 3: Protect ing Y our Network | 29 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 protect you from identity thef t and scams, Live Parental Control blocks up to 50 categories of Internet content. Live Parent al Controls is an excellent solution for keeping your family safe online, but like all Web filtering to ols, it isn't perfect.
Chapter 4: Managing Y our Network | 30 4. Managing Y our Ne t w or k 4 This chapter describes how to perform network management t asks with your Mobile Broadband Wireless-N Router. Backing Up, R estoring , or Erasing Y our Settings The configuration sett ings of the router are stored in a configuration file in the router.
Chapter 4: Managing Y our Network | 31 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 R estoring the Configuration from a File T o restore the configuration: 1. Log in to the router. T ype http://www .routerlogin.net in the address field of your Internet browser .
32 | Chapter 4: Managing Y our Network Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 The Web b rowser used to upload new firmware into the rou ter must support HTTP uploads. NETGEAR recommends usi ng Microsof t Internet Explorer 5.0 or newer , or Mozilla Firefox 2.
Chapter 4: Managing Y our Network | 33 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 R outer Status From the main menu, below th e Maintenance heading, select Router S tatus to view this screen. Y ou can use this screen to view the stat us of the router , to show st atistics, or to view the connection statu s.
34 | Chapter 4: Managing Y our Network Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 W AN Port Connection S tatus The status of the Internet connection . IP Address The IP address used by t he modem. If no address is shown, the router cannot connect to the Internet.
Chapter 4: Managing Y our Network | 35 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Showing Statistics Click the Show St atistics button on the Router S tatus screen to display router usage statistics: This following table explai ns the statistic fields.
36 | Chapter 4: Managing Y our Network Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Connection Status Click the Connection S tatus button on the Router S tatus scre en: This screen shows the following statistics: T able 6. Connection St atus Fields for HSDP A St atus Field Descriptio n Connection S tatus The status of the Internet connection.
Chapter 4: Managing Y our Network | 37 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Viewing Attached Devices The Attache d Devices screen shows all IP devic es that the rou ter discovered on the local network.
38 | Chapter 4: Managing Y our Network Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Log entries and action buttons are de scribed in the following table. Selecting Which Information to Lo g Besides the standard information listed p rev iously , you can choose to log additional information.
Chapter 4: Managing Y our Network | 39 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Activation and Administration Tue, 2002-05-21 18:48:39 - NETGEAR activated [This entry indicates a power-up or reboo t with initial time entry .] Tue, 2002-05-21 18:55:00 - Administrator login successful - IP:192.
40 | Chapter 4: Managing Y our Network Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 T o receive alert s and logs by e-mail: 1. Select the T urn E-mail Notification On check box. 2. Fill in the fields to send alert s and logs through email. • Y our Outgoing Mail Server .
Chapter 4: Managing Y our Network | 41 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 • Display the routing t able to identify what other routers the router is communicating with. • Reboot the router to enable new network configurat ions to take ef fect or to clear problems with the router’ s network connection.
42 | Chapter 4: Managing Y our Network Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Tip : Be sure to change the router default p assword to a very secure password. The ideal password should cont ain no dictionary words from any language, and should be a mixture of let ters (both upper-case and lower-case), numbers, and symbols.
Chapter 5: Advanced | 43 5. Advan c ed 5 This chapter describes how to configure th e advanced features of your Mobile Broadband Wireless-N Router. Advanced Wireless Settings From the main menu, select Advanced Wireless Settings to display the followin g screen: T able 8.
44 | Chapter 5: Advanced Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Wireless Station Access Control By default, any wireless PC th at is configured with the correct SSID and wireless securit y settings is allowed access to your wirele ss network.
Chapter 5: Advanced | 45 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 R estricting Access by MA C Address For increased security , you can restrict access to the wireless network to allow only specific PCs based on their MAC addresses.
46 | Chapter 5: Advanced Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 P ort Forwarding and P ort T riggering Port forwarding and port triggering are advanced features that affect the behavior of the firewall in your router.
Chapter 5: Advanced | 47 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 P ort T riggering T o set up port triggering: 1. F rom the main menu, under th e Advanced Heading, select Port Forwarding/ Port T riggering. 2. Select th e Port T riggering radio button to display the following screen: 3.
48 | Chapter 5: Advanced Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Setting Up a Default DMZ Server WA R N I N G ! For security reasons, you should avo id using the default DMZ server feature.
Chapter 5: Advanced | 49 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 T o assign a computer or server to be a default DMZ serve r: 1. Go to th e W AN Setup screen as described in the previous section. 2. Select th e Default DMZ Server check box. 3. T ype the IP address for that server .
50 | Chapter 5: Advanced Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 DHCP Settings By default, the router functions a s a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server , allowing it to assign IP , DNS server , and default gateway addresses to all comp uters connected to the router’ s LAN.
Chapter 5: Advanced | 51 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 The router delivers the following parameters to any LAN device that requests DHCP: • An IP address from the range you have defined . • Subnet mask. • Gateway IP Address is the router’s LAN IP address.
52 | Chapter 5: Advanced Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Dynamic DNS If your network has a permanently assigned IP address, you can register a domain name and have that name linked with yo ur IP address by public Domain Name Servers (DNS).
Chapter 5: Advanced | 53 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 6. If your dynamic DNS provider allows the use of wildcards in resolving your URL, you can select the Use wildcards check box to activate this feature. For example, the wildcard feature will cause *.
54 | Chapter 5: Advanced Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 T o configure st atic routes: 1. From the ma in me nu, under the Advanced heading, select S tatic Routes to view the S tatic Routes screen: 2. Click Add or Edit to display the following screen: 3.
Chapter 5: Advanced | 55 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 1. Select UPnP on the main menu to display the UPnP screen: 2. Fill in the settings on the UPnP screen: • Tu r n U P n P O n . UPnP can be enabled or disabled for automatic device configuration.
56 | Chapter 5: Advanced Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 T o monitor traffic on your router: 1. Under the Ad vanced heading on the router menu, select T raffic Meter . 2. T o enable the T raffic Meter , select the Enable T raffic Meter check box.
Chapter 6: T roubleshooting | 57 6. T r oubles hooti ng 6 This chapter gives information about trou bleshoot ing your Mobile Broadband Wireless-N Router. After each problem description, instructions are provided to help yo u diagnose and solve the problem.
58 | Chapter 6: T roubleshooting Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 If any of these conditions d oes not occur , refer to the following t able.
Chapter 6: T roubleshooting | 59 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 • Make sure your computer ’ s IP address is on the same subnet as the router . If you are using the recommended ad dressing scheme, your computer ’ s address should be in the range of 192.
60 | Chapter 6: T roubleshooting Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 T roubleshooting Internet Browsing If your router can obt ain an IP address but your computer is unable to load any W eb pages from the Internet: • The T raffic meter is enabled and the limit might ha ve been reached.
Chapter 6: T roubleshooting | 61 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Pinging <IP address> with 32 by tes of data If the p ath is working, you see this me ssage: Reply from < IP addre.
62 | Chapter 6: T roubleshooting Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 broadband modem, but some ISPs additionally re strict a ccess to the MAC address of a single PC connected to that modem. If this is t he case, you must configure your router t o clone or spoof the MAC address from the authorized PC.
Appendix A: Factory Default Settings and T echnical Specifications | 63 A. F ac to r y De f ault Se t ting s and T ec hni cal Sp ecificat ion s A Factory Default Settings Y ou can use the Restore Factory Settings button located on the bottom of your router to reset all settings to their factory default s.
64 | Appendix A: Factory Default Setti ngs and T echnical Specifications Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Firewall Inbound communication from the Internet Disabled (except traffic on port .
App endix A: Factory Default Setti ngs and T echnical Specifications | 65 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 T echnical Specifications • North America: 120V AC, 60 Hz, input • United Kingdom, Australia : 240V AC, 50 Hz, input • Europe: 230V AC, 50 Hz, input • Japan: 100V AC, 50/60 Hz, input • All regions (output): 12 V DC @ 1.
Appendix B: Related Document s | 66 B. R ela ted Doc umen ts B This appendix provides links to reference document s you can use to gain a more complete understanding of the technologies used in your NETGEAR product. Document L ink Windows XP and Vista Wireless Configuration Utilities Application Note http://documentation.
Appendix C: Notification of Compliance | 67 C. Notif ica tion o f Com plian ce C Regulatory Compliance Information Note: This section includes user requiremen ts for operating this product in ac co rdance with National l aws for usage of radio spectrum and operation of radio devices.
68 | Appendix C: Notification of Compliance Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 EDOC in Languages of the European Community Cesky [Czech] NETGEAR Inc. tímto prohlašuje, že tento Radiolan je ve shode se základ ními požadavky a dalšími príslušnými ustanoveními smernice 1999/5 /ES.
Appendix C: Notification of Compliance | 69 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 This device is a 2.4 GHz wideband tran smission system (tra nsceiver), intended for use in all EU member states and EFT A countries, except in France and Italy where restrictive use applies.
70 | Appendix C: Notification of Compliance Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 FCC Radio Frequency Interference W arnings & Instructions This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digit al device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Index | 71 Inde x A access 3-23 restricting by MAC address 2-15 , 5-45 router p assword 3-23 access control 5-44 B backup configuration 4-30 blocking keywords 3-24 services 3-26 sites 3-24 broadband s.
72 | Index Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 restore factory settings 4-31 Restore Factory Settings button 1-8 roaming 1-12 router back panel 1-8 router front panel 1-6 LEDs 1-7 Wireless bu.
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