Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product R6300 NETGEAR
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NETGEAR, Inc. 350 East Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134, USA April 2012 Technical Support Thank you for selecting NETGEAR products. After installing your device, locate the serial number on the label of your product and use it to register your product at www.
You can use this diagram to connect your router or follow the detailed instructions in this booklet. 1. Prepare your modem. 4. Connect 3. Power on the router. 5. Launch a browser. 2. Connect your modem. Unplug your modem. If it has a battery backup, remove the battery.
1 Contents Install Your Router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Prepare your modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Connect your modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 Install Your Router Make sure that your Internet service is active before you install the router. Follow steps 1 through 5. 1. Prepare your modem. a.
3 3. Power on the router. a. Connect the power adapter to the router and plug the power adapter into an outlet. b. Before going to Step 4, wait for the wireless LED on the front panel of the router to turn on. If none of the LEDs on the front panel are on, press the Power On/Off button on the rear panel of the router.
4 5. Launch a browser. If a web page does not open, close and reopen the browser and type http://routerlogin.net in the address bar, or see Troubleshooting on page 9. Preset Wireless Security This product has a unique WiFi network name (SSID) and network key (password).
5 Wireless Network Settings Record the default preset wireless settings that are printed on the label in the space below for easy reference. If you change the default settings, record them here for easy reference, and then store this booklet in a safe place: To retrieve or update your wireless password, type www.
6 Add Wireless Devices to the Network Choose either the manual or Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) method to add wireless computers and other devices to your wireless network.
7 Access the Router to Make More Changes After you use NETGEAR Genie to set up the router, you can log in to the router to view its settings or make changes. To log in to the router: 1. Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless devices that is connected to the router.
8 To change the password for the router user name: 1. Log in to the router. 2. Select Administration > Set Password to display the Set Password screen: 3. Type your old password, and type the new password twice. NETGEAR recommends that you use the password recovery feature when you change your password.
9 Troubleshooting If the browser does not display the web page : • Make sure that the PC is connected to one of the four LAN Ethernet ports, or wirelessly to the router. • Make sure that the router is fully up and running. Its WiFi LED should turn on.
10 On Mac systems, do this: 1. Select Go > Connect to Server . 2. Enter smb://readyshare as the Server Address. 3. Click Connect . The readyshareconnect.
11 • From the ReadySHARE tab of the Desktop NETGEAR Genie. NOTE: • You must install this utility before you can use the ReadySHARE Printer feature. • For the ReadySHARE Printer feature to work, this utility must be run in the background. Step 4: Follow the instructions to install the NETGEAR USB Control Center utility.
12 Step 5: After you have installed the utility, select the language. Step 6: If this is the first time you are accessing the utility, you are asked to select the printer and click the Connect button. Once the connection is established, the status changes to Manually connected by xxx .
13 Step 7: Click the Disconnect button at any time to release the connection. The status then changes to Available. Once the Connect button has been clicked once on all computers in the network, the utility on each of them automatically handles the printing queue and handling.
14 • The USB Control Center utility must be running for the computer to be able to print to the USB printer attached to the router. If you exit the utility, printing does not work. • Some firewall software, such as Comodo, blocks the ReadySHARE Print utility from accessing the USB printer.
15 Other Features For additional features, including Live Parental Controls, Traffic Metering, ReadySHARE, Guest Access, and more, please log into your router at http://routerlogin.net . Download the free Desktop NETGEAR Genie from www.NETGEAR.com/genie .
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