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202-10187-02 January 2007 NETGEAR , Inc. 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT W ireless Router WNR854T User Manual.
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v1.1, January 2007 iii Regulatory Compliance Information This section includes user requirements for operating this product in accordance with National laws for usage of radio spectrum and operation of radio devices.
v1.1, Januar y 2007 iv FCC Requirement s for Operation in the United St ates FCC Information to User This product does not contain any user ser viceab le components and is to be us ed with approved antennas only .
v1.1, January 2007 v FCC Guidelines for Human Exposure This equipment complies with FCC radiat ion exposure limits set forth for an unc on trolled environment. This equipment should be installed and ope rated with minimum distan ce of 20 cm between th e radiator and your body .
v1.1, Januar y 2007 vi Product and Publication Det ails Model Number: WNR854T Publication Date: January 2007 Product Family: Wireless Router Product Name: RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR854 T Home o.
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About This Manual 1-1 v1.1, January 2007 Chapter 1 About This Manual The user manual provides information for c onfiguring the features of the RangeMax NEXT W ireless Router WNR854T be yond initial configuratio n settings. Initial conf iguration instructions can be found in the NETGEAR W ir eless Router Setup Manual .
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 1-2 About This Manual v1.1, Januar y 2007 • Scope. This manual is written for the WNR854T ro uter according to th ese specifications: For.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al About This Manual 1-3 v1.1, January 2007 • Printing from PDF . Y our computer must have the free Adobe Acrobat reader installed in order to view and print PDF files. The Acrobat reader is available on the Adobe W eb site at http://www .
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 1-4 About This Manual v1.1, Januar y 2007.
2-1 v1.1, January 2007 Chapter 2 Configuring Basic Connectivity This chapter describes the parameters for your In ternet connection and your wireless local area network (LAN) connection.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 2-2 Configuring Basic Conne ctivity v1.1, Januar y 2007 For installation instru ctions in a language other than Englis h, refer to the lang uage options on the Resour ce CD , or refer to one of the online vers ions listed in the following table.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Configuring Basic Connectivity 2-3 v1.1, January 2007 2. Enter admin for the router user name and your password (or the default, pa ss wo rd ). To change the password, see “Changing the Administrator Password” on page 3-14 .
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 2-4 Configuring Basic Conne ctivity v1.1, Januar y 2007 If the wireless router is connected to the Inte rnet, you can click the Knowledge Base or the Documentation link un der the W eb Support menu to view support informati on or the documentation for the wireless router.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Configuring Basic Connectivity 2-5 v1.1, January 2007 No Login Required by ISP If no login is required by your ISP , the following parameters appear in the Basic Settings menu.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 2-6 Configuring Basic Conne ctivity v1.1, Januar y 2007 • Domain Name. The domain name will be provid ed by your router to comp uters on your LAN when the computers request DHCP settings from your router .
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Configuring Basic Connectivity 2-7 v1.1, January 2007 Login Required by ISP If you normally must use a log in program such as W inPOET in order to access the Interne t, your Internet connection requires a login.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 2-8 Configuring Basic Conne ctivity v1.1, Januar y 2007 — T elstra Bigpond, an Australian residential cablemodem service.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Configuring Basic Connectivity 2-9 v1.1, January 2007 • Id le T imeout Y our Internet connection will be logged out if there is no data t ransfer during the specified time interval.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 2-10 Configuring Basic Conne ctivity v1.1, Januar y 2007 • From the main menu of the browser interf ace, under Setu p, clic k W ireless Settings. The available settings in this menu are: • Name (SSID) The SSID is also known as the wireless network na me.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Configuring Bas ic Connectivity 2- 11 v1.1, January 2007 • Channel This field determines which oper ating frequency is used. It sh ould not be necessary to change the wireless channel unle ss you notice interfe re nce problems with another nearby wireless network.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 2-12 Configuring Basic Conne ctivity v1.1, Januar y 2007 V iewing the Advanced Wireless Settings T o view the advanced wireless settings: From the main menu of the browser interf ace, under Advanced, click W ireless Settings.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Configuring Bas ic Connectivity 2- 13 v1.1, January 2007 — 1 1b/g/n Mixed Mode Best overall performance be tween multiple mixed 802.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 2-14 Configuring Basic Conne ctivity v1.1, Januar y 2007.
3-1 v1.1, January 2007 Chapter 3 Safeguarding Y our Network The RangeMax NEXT W ireless Router WNR854T provides highly effective security features which are covered in de tail in this chapter .
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 3-2 Safeguarding Your Netwo rk v1.1, Januar y 2007 There are several ways you can enhance the secur ity of your wireless network. In order of increasing effectiveness: • T urn Off the Broadcast of the W i reless Network Name SSID.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Safeguarding You r Network 3-3 v1.1, January 2007 The time it takes to establish a wireless connec tion can vary depending on both your security settings and router placement. WEP connections can take slightly lo nger to establish.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 3-4 Safeguarding Your Netwo rk v1.1, Januar y 2007 2. From the main menu of the browser interface , under Setu p, click W i reless Settings.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Safeguarding You r Network 3-5 v1.1, January 2007 • Security Options These options are the wireless security features you can enable . Ta b l e 3 - 1 identifies the basic wireless security options.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 3-6 Safeguarding Your Netwo rk v1.1, Januar y 2007 Configuring Security in the Ad vanced Wireless Settings Menu T o configure security in the Ad vanced W ireless Settings menu: 1. From the main menu of the browser interface , un der Advanced, click W ireless Settings.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Safeguarding You r Network 3-7 v1.1, January 2007 Information to Gather Before Changing Basic Wireless Settings Before customizing your wireless settings, print th is form and record the following information.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 3-8 Safeguarding Your Netwo rk v1.1, Januar y 2007 • If WP A-PSK or WP A2-PSK Authentication is us ed: – Passphrase : _________ ___ __ __ _________ _____ These characters ar e case sensitive.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Safeguarding You r Network 3-9 v1.1, January 2007 3. Select the Authentication T y pe and Encryption strength. 4. Y ou can manually or automatically program the four data e ncryption keys.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 3-10 Safeguard ing Your Ne twork v1.1, Januar y 2007 See “W ireless Communica tions” in Appendix B for a full explanation of each of these options, as defined by the IEEE 802.1 1 wi reless communication standard.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Safeguarding You r Network 3-1 1 v1.1, January 2007 2. Select one of the WP A-PSK or WP A2-PSK optio ns for the Security T y pe. The third option (WP A-PSK [TKIP] + WP2-PSK [AES]) is the mo st flexible, since it allows clients using either WP A-PSK or WP A2-PSK.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 3-12 Safeguard ing Your Ne twork v1.1, Januar y 2007 Restricting Wireless Access by MAC Address By enabling a wireless card a ccess control list, you c a n restrict access to only trusted computers so that unknown co mputers cannot wirel essly connect to th e WNR854T.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Safeguarding You r Network 3-1 3 v1.1, January 2007 3. Click Add to add a wireless device to the wireless access control list. The Wireless Card Access Setup dialog opens and displays a list of currently active wireless cards and their Ethernet MAC addresses.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 3-14 Safeguard ing Your Ne twork v1.1, Januar y 2007 7. Select the checkbox to T urn Access Control On... 8. Click Apply to save your W ire less Card Access List settings. Now , only devices on this list are allowed to wirelessly connect to the WNR854T.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Safeguarding You r Network 3-1 5 v1.1, January 2007 1. From the main menu of the browser interface , un der the Maintenance heading, select Set Password to display the Set Password menu. 2.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 3-16 Safeguard ing Your Ne twork v1.1, Januar y 2007 Underst anding Y our Firewall Y our RangeMax NEXT W ireless Router WNR854T contains a true firewall to protect your network from attacks and intrusions.
4-1 v1.1, January 2007 Chapter 4 Restricting Access From Y our Network This chapter describes how to u se the content filtering and reporting features of the RangeMax NEXT W ireless Router WNR854T to protect your network. Y ou can find these features by clicking on the Content Filtering heading in the main menu of the browser interface.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 4-2 Restricting Access From Your Network v1.1, Januar y 2007 — If the keyword .com is specified, only W eb sites with other domain suf fix es (such as .
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Restricting Access Fr om Your Network 4-3 v1.1, January 2007 Y ou may specify one T rusted User , which is a comp uter that is exempt fro m blocking an d logging. Since the T rusted User is identified by IP address, you should con figure that computer with a fixed IP address.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 4-4 Restricting Access From Your Network v1.1, Januar y 2007 — T o specify a service for blocking, click Add. The Block Services Setup menu appears. — From the Service T ype list, select the applicati on or service to be allowed or b lock ed.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Restricting Access Fr om Your Network 4-5 v1.1, January 2007 Scheduling Blocking The WNR854T router allows you to specify when blocking is enfo rced. T o schedule blocking: • From the main menu of the browser interf ace, under Content Filtering, click Schedule .
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 4-6 Restricting Access From Your Network v1.1, Januar y 2007 V iewing Logs of W eb Access or Attempted Web Access The log is a detailed record of the W eb sites you have accessed or attempted to access .
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Restricting Access Fr om Your Network 4-7 v1.1, January 2007 Ta b l e 4 - 2 describes the log action buttons. Configuring Email Alert a nd W eb Access Log Notifications In order to receive logs and alerts by email, you must provide your ema il account information.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 4-8 Restricting Access From Your Network v1.1, Januar y 2007 — Y our outgoing mail serv er Enter the name of your ISP’ s outgoi ng (SMTP) mail server (such as mail.myISP .com ). Y ou may be able to find th is information in the configurati on menu of your email program.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Restricting Access Fr om Your Network 4-9 v1.1, January 2007 • Automatically adjust for Daylight Savings T ime Select this checkbox if your region suppo rts daylight savings time.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 4-10 Restricting Acc ess From Yo ur Networ k v1.1, Januar y 2007.
5-1 v1.1, January 2007 Chapter 5 Customizing Y our Network Settings This chapter describes how to configure advanc ed networking features of the RangeMax NEXT W ireless Router WNR854T, including LAN, W AN, and routing settings.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 5-2 Customizing Your Netw ork Settings v1.1, Januar y 2007 • From the main menu of the browser interface, under Advanced , click LAN IP Setup to view the LAN IP Setup menu.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Customizing Your Ne twork Settings 5-3 v1.1, January 2007 • RIP Direction RIP allows a rout er to exch an ge routing information with ot her routers. The RIP Directi on selection controls how the router sends and r eceives RIP packets.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 5-4 Customizing Your Netw ork Settings v1.1, Januar y 2007 • Subnet Mask • Gateway IP Address (the router ’ s LAN IP address) • Pri.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Customizing Your Ne twork Settings 5-5 v1.1, January 2007 Using a Dynamic DNS Service If your Internet Service Provider (ISP) gives you a.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 5-6 Customizing Your Netw ork Settings v1.1, Januar y 2007 T o configure Dynamic DNS: 1. Register for an account with one of the dyn amic DNS service providers whose names appear in the Select Service Provider box.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Customizing Your Ne twork Settings 5-7 v1.1, January 2007 Connecting Automatically , as Required Normally , this option should be sel ected so that an Internet connec tion will be made automatically after each timeout, whenever Internet-bound traf fic is detected.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 5-8 Customizing Your Netw ork Settings v1.1, Januar y 2007 2. Under Default DMZ Server , type the last digit of the IP address for that computer . T o remove the default DMZ server , enter zero.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Customizing Your Ne twork Settings 5-9 v1.1, January 2007 From the main menu of the brow ser interface, under Advanced, clic k Static Routes to view the Static Routes menu. T o add or edit a static route: 1.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 5-10 Customizing Your Netw ork Settings v1.1, Januar y 2007 7. T ype the Gateway IP Address, which must be a router on the same LAN segment as the WNR854T. 8. T ype a number between 1 and 15 as the metric value.
6-1 v1.1, January 2007 Chapter 6 Fine-T uning Y our Network This chapter describes how to modify the config uration of the RangeMax NEXT W ireless Router WNR854T to allow specific applications to access the Internet or to be acce ssed from the Internet, and how to make adjustmen ts to enhance yo ur network’ s performance.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 6-2 Fine-Tun ing Your Ne twork v1.1, Januar y 2007 How Y our Computer Communicates W ith A Remote Computer Throu gh Y our Router When a com.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Fine-Tuning Your Network 6-3 v1.1, January 2007 d. The W eb server at www .example.com composes a return me ssage with the requested W eb page data. The re turn message contains the following address a nd port information: — The source address is the IP address of ww w .
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 6-4 Fine-Tun ing Your Ne twork v1.1, Januar y 2007 a. Y ou open an IRC client p rogram, begi nning a chat session on your compute r .
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Fine-Tuning Your Network 6-5 v1.1, January 2007 How Port Forwarding Changes the Communi cation Process In both of the preceding examples, your computer initiates an application session with a serve r computer on the Internet.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 6-6 Fine-Tun ing Your Ne twork v1.1, Januar y 2007 How Port Forwarding Differs From Port T riggering • Port T riggering can be used by an y computer on y our network, althoug h only one computer may use it at a time.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Fine-Tuning Your Network 6-7 v1.1, January 2007 1. From the main menu of the browser interface, un der Advanced, click on Port Forwarding /Port T rigge rin g to view the port forwardin g menu.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 6-8 Fine-Tun ing Your Ne twork v1.1, Januar y 2007 2. Click Add Custom Service. 3. In the Service Name box, type a descriptive name. 4. In the Service T ype box, select the protocol. If you are unsure, select TCP/UDP .
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Fine-Tuning Your Network 6-9 v1.1, January 2007 1. Assign your W eb server either a fixed IP address or a dynamic IP address using DHCP Address Reservation, as explained in “ Using Address Reservation” on page 5-4 .
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 6-10 Fine-Tun ing Your Ne twork v1.1, Januar y 2007 T o set up Port T riggering: 1. In the main menu, under Advanced , Select Port Forwarding/Port T riggering. 2. Select the Port T riggering radio button .
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Fine-Tuning Your Network 6-11 v1.1, January 2007 5. Click Add Service. 6. In the Service Name box, type a descriptive service na me. 7. Under Service User , se le ct Any (d efault) to allow this service to be used by any computer on the Internet.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 6-12 Fine-Tun ing Your Ne twork v1.1, Januar y 2007 Using Universal Plug and Play Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) helps devices, su ch as Internet appliances and computers, to access the network and connect to other devices as needed.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Fine-Tuning Your Network 6-13 v1.1, January 2007 • Advertisement Period The Advertisement Period is ho w often the router will broadcast its UPnP information. This value can range from 1 to 1440 minutes.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 6-14 Fine-Tun ing Your Ne twork v1.1, Januar y 2007 • Choose placement carefully . For best results, place your router: — Near the center of the area in which your computers will operate.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Fine-Tuning Your Network 6-15 v1.1, January 2007 • Y ou have problems connecting to your ISP , or other Internet service, and either th e technical support of the ISP or of NETGEAR recommends cha nging MTU.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 6-16 Fine-Tun ing Your Ne twork v1.1, Januar y 2007 3. Click Apply to save the new configuration. Optimizing Y our Network Bandwidth As your network grows, it may consist of several segm ents of different networking tech nologies, each providing dif ferent throughput.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Fine-Tuning Your Network 6-17 v1.1, January 2007 Figure 6-6 shows an example network using multiple ne tworking technologies. In this network, the two PCs with gigabit (1 000 Mbps) Ethernet adap ters have a gigabit co nnection through the WNR854T to the storage server .
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 6-18 Fine-Tun ing Your Ne twork v1.1, Januar y 2007 • Powerline For connecting rooms or flo ors that are blocked by obstructions or are di stant vertically , consider networking over your building’ s AC wiring.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Fine-Tuning Your Network 6-19 v1.1, January 2007 • Backing up computers over t he network has become popular due to the availability of inexpensive mass storage. Ta b l e 6 - 2 shows the time to transfer one gigabyte (1 GB) of data using various network ing technologies.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 6-20 Fine-Tun ing Your Ne twork v1.1, Januar y 2007.
7-1 v1.1, January 2007 Chapter 7 Using Network Monitoring T ools This chapter describes how to use the maintena nce features of your RangeMax NEXT W ireless Router WNR854T. These features can be found by clicking on the Main tenance heading in the main menu of the browser interface.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 7-2 Using Network Mo nitoring Tools v1.1, Januar y 2007 • From the main menu of the browser interface, under Maintenance, select Router Status. Ta b l e 7 - 1 describes the router status field s.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Using Network Monitoring Tools 7- 3 v1.1, January 2007 Internet Port These parameters apply to the Internet (WAN) port of the router . MAC Address The Media Access Control address. Th is is the unique physical ad dress being used by the Inte rnet (W AN) port of the router .
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 7-4 Using Network Mo nitoring Tools v1.1, Januar y 2007 Click Connection S tatus to di splay the connection status. Ta b l e 7 - 2 describes the connection status settings... Wireless AP Indicates whether the radio fe ature of the router is enabled.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Using Network Monitoring Tools 7- 5 v1.1, January 2007 Click Show Statistics to disp lay router usage statistics. Ta b l e 7 - 3 describes the router statistics. Figure 7-3 Ta b l e 7 - 3 .
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 7-6 Using Network Mo nitoring Tools v1.1, Januar y 2007 V iewing a List of Att ached Devices The Attached Devices table contains a table of all IP devices that the router has discovered on the local network.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Using Network Monitoring Tools 7- 7 v1.1, January 2007 From the main menu of the br owser interface, under the Mainte nance heading, select Backup Settings . The following sections describ e the three available options.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 7-8 Using Network Mo nitoring Tools v1.1, Januar y 2007 Erasing the Configuration Under some circumstances (for example, if you move the ro.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Using Network Monitoring Tools 7- 9 v1.1, January 2007 The routing software of the WNR8 54T rou ter is stored in FLASH memo ry , and can be upgraded a s new software is released by NETGEAR.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 7-10 Using Network Monitor ing Tools v1.1, Januar y 2007 When the upload is complete, yo ur router will automatically rest art. The upgrade process typically takes about one minute. Read th e new software release notes to determine whether you must reconfigure the router after upgrading.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Using Network Monitoring Tools 7-1 1 v1.1, January 2007 2. Under the heading of Allow Re mote Access By , spec ify what external IP addresses will be allowed to access the router ’ s remote management.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 7-12 Using Network Monitor ing Tools v1.1, Januar y 2007.
8-1 v1.1, January 2007 Chapter 8 T roubleshooting This chapter provides information about troublesh ooting your RangeMax NEXT W ireless Router WNR854T. After each problem des cription, instructions ar e pro vided to help you diagn o se and solve the problem.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 8-2 Troubleshooting v1.1, Januar y 2007 5. T urn on the computers. Make sure the Ethernet cables are securely plugged in.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Troubleshooting 8- 3 v1.1, January 2007 a. The power light is solidly on. b. The Internet light is lit. c. A numbered LAN port light is lit for any local port that is connected to a computer .
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 8-4 Troubleshooting v1.1, Januar y 2007 • Make sure that the Ethernet cable connections are secure at the router and at the modem or computer . • Make sure that power is turned on to th e connec ted mode m or compu ter .
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Troubleshooting 8- 5 v1.1, January 2007 T roubleshooting the W eb Configuration Interface If you are unable to acce ss the router ’ s W.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 8-6 Troubleshooting v1.1, Januar y 2007 T roubleshooting the Internet Connection If you can access your router but you are unable to access the Internet, you should first determine whether the router is able to obtain an IP addr ess from your Internet Servic e Provider (ISP).
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Troubleshooting 8- 7 v1.1, January 2007 • Y our computer may not recognize any DNS server addresses. A DNS server is a host on the Internet that translates Interne t names (such as www addresses) to numeric IP addresses.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 8-8 Troubleshooting v1.1, Januar y 2007 Reply from < IP address >: by tes=32 time=NN ms TTL=xxx If the path is not working, you see t.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Troubleshooting 8- 9 v1.1, January 2007 — If your ISP assigned a host name to yo ur co mputer , enter that host name as the Account Name in the Basic Settings menu. — Y our ISP could be rejecting the Ethernet MAC addresses of all but one of your computers.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 8-10 Troubleshooting v1.1, Januar y 2007 Using Y our Wirel ess Card Setup Program When you install a NETGEAR wire less card in your computer , a Sm art W izard utility program is installed that can provide helpfu l information about your wireless network.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Troubleshooting 8-11 v1.1, January 2007 Follow the instructions below to set up and te st basic wireless c onnectivity . Once you have established basic wireless connectivity , you can enable security settin gs appropriate to your needs.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 8-12 Troubleshooting v1.1, Januar y 2007 This field determines which oper ating frequency is used. It sh ould not be necessary to change the wireless channel unle ss you notice interfe re nce problems with another nearby wireless router or access point.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Troubleshooting 8-13 v1.1, January 2007 Program the wireless adapter of yo ur co mputer to have the same SSID and channel that you configured in the router , and disable encryption.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual 8-14 Troubleshooting v1.1, Januar y 2007.
A-1 v1.1, January 2007 Appendix A T echnical S pecifications This appendix provides tech nical specifications for th e WNR854T wireless router. Factory Default Settings When you first receive your WNR8 54T, the default factory settings are in ef fect, as shown below .
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual A-2 Technical Specifications v1.1, Januar y 2007 General S pecifications Wireless Wireless Router Radio Enabled Wireless Access List (MAC Filtering) All wireless stations allowed SSID NETGEAR 802.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T Us er Manu al Technical Specifications A-3 v1.1, January 2007 Operating humidity: 90% maximum relative h umidity , n oncondensing Electromagnetic Emiss.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual A-4 Technical Specifications v1.1, Januar y 2007.
Related Documents B-1 v1.1, January 2007 Appendix B Related Document s This appendix provides links to reference documents yo u can use to gain a more com plete understanding of the techno logies used in your NETGEAR product.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual B-2 Related Documents v1.1, Januar y 2007.
Index-1 v1.1, January 2007 Index A Account Name 2-5 , 7-2 B backup configuration 7-7 Basic Wireless Connectivity 8-10 Basic Wireles s S et tings 3-11 Bigpond 2-8 C configuration backup 7-7 erasing 7-8.
NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual Index-2 v1.1, Januar y 2007 metric 5-10 MTU 5-8 MTU size 6-14 N NAT 5-7 , 6-2 Network Time Protocol 4-8 , 8-9 NTP 4-8 , 8-9 P Passphrase 3-.
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