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350 East Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134 USA October 201 1 202-10806-02 v1.0 N600 W ir el es s Dual Ban d Gigab i t R outer P r emi um Ed i t io n W N D R 38 0 0 User M anua l.
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3 Contents Chapter 1 Hardware Setup Premium Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 ReadySHARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Video Mode .
4 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 Guest Network Wireles s Securi ty Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Chapter 4 Genie Advanced Home Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 Router Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Internet Port (WAN) Set up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 Troubleshooting with the LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Power LED Is Off or Blinking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7 1 1. H a rd w a re S e t u p Getting t o kno w yo ur w ir eless r ou ter The N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Rout er Premium Edition WNDR3800 provides high-performance wireless Internet access that is ideal for h igh-demand applications such as streaming HD video and multiplayer games.
Hardware Setup 8 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 P remium Features Y our router includes premium features, which are d escribed in this section. R eadySHARE ReadySHARE makes it easy to access shared files on your network, to upload files remotely , and to share a network pr inter .
Hardware Set up 9 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 busy Wi-Fi channels. ClearChannel Sele ctor is enabled by default on your WNDR3800 router . TiV o S upport This feature allows your T iV o to access medi a files stored on a USB device that is connected to your router .
Hardware Setup 10 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 Unpack Y our New R outer Y our box should cont ain the following items: • N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Pre.
Hardware Set up 11 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 P repare the R outer for Installation 1. Carefully remove the protective film from the top of your router . 2. Set up your router by aligning the arrow on the base with the arrow on the back of the case, and sliding the router onto the base.
Hardware Setup 12 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 The front p anel has status LEDs that you ca n use to monitor and verify various conditions. There are also two buttons on the right (or at the bottom if the router is in its stand).
Hardware Set up 13 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 Back P anel The back pan el has the On/Of f button and the port connections shown h ere and described below . Power AC power On/Off adapter outlet LAN Ethernet port s Internet WA N port USB port Figure 4.
Hardware Setup 14 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 P osition Y our Wireless R outer The router lets yo u access your network from vi rtually anywhere within the operatin g range of your wireless network.
15 2 2. Get ti ng Star ted with N ET GEA R Ge nie Connec ting to t he r oute r This chapter explains how to use NETGEAR Geni e to set up your router af ter you complete cabling as described in the inst allation guid e and in the previous chap ter in this book.
Getting St arted with NETGEAR Genie 16 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 R outer Setup P reparation Y ou can set up your router with the NETGEAR Gen ie automatically , or you can use the Genie menus and screens to set up you r router manually .
Getting St arted with N ETGEAR Genie 17 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 NETGEAR Genie Setup NETGEAR Genie runs on any device with a W eb browser . It is the easiest way to set up the router because it automates many of the step s and verifies that those steps have been successfully completed.
Getting St arted with NETGEAR Genie 18 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 Use NETGEAR Genie after Installation When you first set up your router, NETGEAR Genie automatically st arts when yo u launch an Internet browser on a computer that is connected to the rou ter.
Getting St arted with N ETGEAR Genie 19 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 R outer Dashboard (Basic Home Screen) The router Basic Home screen has a dashboard that lets you see the st atus of your Internet connection and network at a glance.
Getting St arted with NETGEAR Genie 20 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 Add Wireless Devices or Co mputers to Y our Network Choose either the manual or the WPS method to add wireless d evices, and other equipment to your wireless network.
21 3 3. Geni e Basi c Setting s Y our Int er net connec tio n and ne t w or k This chapter explains the features availab le from the Genie Basic Home screen, shown in the following figure: This chapte.
Genie Basic Settings 22 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 Internet Setup The Internet Setup screen is wh ere y ou view or change ISP information.
Genie Basic Settings 23 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 • Internet Service Provider Encap sulation . ISP types. The choices are PPPo E, PPTP , or L2TP . • Login . The login name provided by your ISP . This is often an email address.
Genie Basic Settings 24 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 Attached Devices Y ou can view all computers or devices that are currently co nnected to your network here. From the Basic Home screen, select Att ached Devices to display the following screen: Wired devices are connected to the router with Ethernet cables.
Genie Basic Settings 25 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 Pa r e n t a l C o n t r o l s The first time you select Parent al Contro ls from the Basic Home screen, you are automatically directed to the Internet, where you can learn more about Live Parent al Controls or download the application.
Genie Basic Settings 26 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 This screen displays the following: • Basic.The Basic feature allows you to manage files and folders on a USB storage device that is connected to the USB port of the router.
Genie Basic Settings 27 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 T o view or change basic wireless settings: NETGEAR recommends that you do not change your preset security settings .
Genie Basic Settings 28 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 Wireless Network 2.4 GHz b/g/n and 5.0 GHz a/n The b/g/n and a/n not ation references the 802.1 1 standards of conformance. For instance, the 2.4 b/g/n conforms to 802.
Genie Basic Settings 29 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 Guest Networks Adding a guest network allows visitors at your home to use the Internet without giving them your wireless security key . Y ou can add a g uest network to each wireless network: 2.
Genie Basic Settings 30 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 5. Select a security option from the list. The security options are described in Guest Network Wireless Security Options on p age 30 . 6. Click Apply to save your selections.
Genie Basic Settings 31 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 implemented through software. WP A2-PSK uses a passphrase to authe nticate and generate the initial dat a encryption keys. Then it dynamically varie s the encryption key .
32 4 4. Geni e Ad v anced Home Spec if y ing cu stom settings This chapter explains the features availab le fr om the Genie Advanced Home screen, shown in the following figure: This screen is also displayed through the Administration menu.
Genie Advanced Home 33 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 Setup Wizard The NETGEAR Genie installation pro cess is la unched the first time you set up the router. After setting up t he router the first time, if you want to perf orm this task ag ain, you can run Setup Wizard from the Advanced tab of the Genie.
Genie Advanced Home 34 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 WPS Wizard The WPS Wizard helps you add a WPS-capable cli ent device (a wireless device or computer) to your network. On the client device you ne ed to either press its W PS button or locate its WPS PIN.
Genie Advanced Home 35 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 Within two minutes, go to the client device an d use its WPS sof tware to join the network without entering a p assword. The router attempt s to add the WPS-capab le device.
Genie Advanced Home 36 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 W AN Setup The W AN Setup screen lets you configure a DM Z (demilit arized zone) server , change the Maximum T ransmit Unit (MTU) size, and enable the router to respond to a ping on th e W AN (Internet) port.
Genie Advanced Home 37 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 Default DMZ Server The default DMZ server feature is he lpful when yo u are using some online games and videoconferencing applications that are inco mp atible with Network Address T ranslation (NA T).
Genie Advanced Home 38 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 • Y ou use VPN and have severe performa nce problems. • Y ou used a program to optimize MTU fo r performance reasons, and now you have connectivity or performance problems.
Genie Advanced Home 39 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 LAN Setup The LAN Setup screen allows conf iguration of LAN IP services such as Dynamic Host Configuration Protoco l (DHCP) and Routing Information Protocol (RIP).
Genie Advanced Home 40 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 LAN Setup Screen Settings LAN TCP/IP Setup • IP Address . The LAN IP address of the rou ter.
Genie Advanced Home 41 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 Y ou can specify the pool of IP addre sses to be assigned by setting the st arting IP address and ending IP address. T hese addresses should be p art of the same IP address subnet as the router’ s LAN IP address.
Genie Advanced Home 42 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 Quality of Service (QoS) Setup QoS is an advanced feature tha t can be used to prioritize some types of traf fic ahead of others. The WNDR3800 router ca n provide QoS prioritization over the wireless link and on the Internet connection.
Genie Advanced Home 43 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 QoS for Applications and Online Gaming T o create a QoS policy for applications and online games: 1. I n the QoS Setup screen, select the T urn Internet Access QoS On checkbox.
Genie Advanced Home 44 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 a. If you add a new entry , the Priority Rules screen expands as shown: b. In the QoS Policy for field, enter a d escriptive name for the new application o r game. c.
Genie Advanced Home 45 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 4. From the Priority Category list, select Ethernet LAN Port , as shown in the following figure: 5. From the Ethernet LAN port list, select the LAN port that will have a QoS policy .
Genie Advanced Home 46 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 3. From the Priority Category list, select MAC Address to displa y the following screen: 4. If the device to be prioritized appears in the MAC Device List, select its radio button.
47 5 5. US B Sto r a ge Acce ss and se tup This chapter describes how to access and configure a USB storage drive attached to your router. Be aware that the USB port on the router can be used only to connect USB storage devices like flash drives or hard drives.
USB Storage 48 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 USB Drive R equirements The router works with 1.0 and 1.1 (USB Full S peed) and 2.0 (USB High S peed) standards. The approximate USB bus speeds ar e shown in the following t able.
USB S torage 49 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 File Sharing Scenarios Y ou can share files on the USB drive for a wide variety of business and recreational purposes. The files can be any PC, Mac, or Linux file typ e including text files, Wo rd, PowerPoint, Excel, MP3, pictures, and multimed ia.
USB Storage 50 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 Sharing Large Files over the Internet Sending files that are larger than 5 MB can pose a problem for many email systems. The router allows you to share very large files such as PowerPoint presentatio ns or .
USB S torage 51 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 By default, the USB storage device is ava ilable to all computers on your local area network (LAN).
USB Storage 52 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 3. Y ou can use this screen to select a fold er , to change the share name, or to change the read Access or write access from All – no p assword to admin . The user name (account name) for All – no p assword is guest.
USB S torage 53 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 T o set up a ReadySHARE account: 1. On the ReadySHARE Cloud screen, click the click here link, and the following screen displays : 2. Fill in the fields (scroll down as necessary).
USB Storage 54 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 After you register , the following screen displays: T o access USB content s remotely: 1. From a device wit h a web browser , browse to http://readyshare.netgear .com .
USB S torage 55 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 Registered routers are displa yed in the left frame. Wh en a router is highlighted, the shared USB device is in the frame on the right. By default, USB_S torage is the name that displays for all content s in the USB drive.
USB Storage 56 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 When you launch the USB Control Cent er Utility , a screen similar to the following displays: This is the main screen, which sho ws a device icon, the description for this USB device, and its st atus.
USB S torage 57 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 Control Center Configuration Select T ools >Configuration to display t he following screen: Automatically execute when logging on W indows . Enable this utility to st art automatically when you are logged in to Wind ows.
USB Storage 58 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 Once the printer shows A vailable status, it is no longer grayed out in a Paused state in th e Windows Printers window . This USB printer is ready . The utility does not n eed to always hold the connection of this USB printer .
USB S torage 59 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 USB Storage Advanced Settings Y ou can set up the device n ame, workgroups , and network folders for your USB de vice.
USB Storage 60 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 A vailable Network Folders Y ou might need to scroll down to view this sect ion of the screen: • Share Name . If only 1 device is connected, the default share name is USB_S torage.
USB S torage 61 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 Media Server Settings By default, the router is set up to act as a Ready DLNA media server , which lets you view movies and photos on DLNA/UPnP A V compli ant media players, such as Xbox360, Playstation, and NETGEAR’ s Digital Entertainer Live.
USB Storage 62 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 Play WNDR3800 Media on TiV o with R eadyDLNA Y ou can use the T iV o (Series 2 and above) Home Media Option to play back photos and music that reside on your PC or Mac right in your T iV o user interface.
USB S torage 63 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 2. Click the Approved De vices button. The USB Drive Approved Devices screen displays: This screen shows the approved USB de vice s and the available USB devices. Y ou can remove or add approved USB d evices.
USB Storage 64 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 2. T ype the account name and password that has access rights to the USB drive. The user name (account name) for All – no password is guest . 3. The directories of the USB drive that your account has access to are displayed, for example, share/partition1/directory1.
65 6 6. Sec ur it y K eep ing un wa nted co nt ent o ut o f y our ne t w or k This chapter explains how to use the basic firewall features of th e router to prevent objectionable content from reaching the PCs and other devices conne cted to your network.
Security 66 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 K eyword Blocking of HTTP T raffic Use keyword blocking to prevent cert ain types of HTTP traf fic from accessing your network. The blocking can be always or according to a schedule.
Security 67 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 Block Services (P ort Filtering) Services are functions performed by server com puters at the request o f client computers. For example, W eb servers serve Web p ages, time se rvers serve time and date information, and game host s serve data about ot her players’ moves.
Security 68 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 4. From the Service T ype list, select the application or service to allow or block. The list already displays several common services, but you are not limited to these choices.
Security 69 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 T o schedule blocking: 1. Select Advanced > Security > Schedule to display the following screen: 2. Set up the schedule for blocking keywords and services. • Days to Block .
Security 70 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 T o set up email notifications: 1. Select Advanced > Security > Email to display the following scr een: 2. T o receive email logs and alerts from the ro ut er , select the T urn Em ail Notification On check box.
71 7 7. Ad mi ni str at ion Managi ng y our net wor k This chapter describes the router settings for administering and maintainin g your router and home network.
Administration 72 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 Upgrade the R outer Firmware The router firmware (routing sof tware) is stored in flash memory . Y ou can update the firmware from the Administration menu on the Advanced tab.
Administration 73 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 View R outer Status T o view router status and usag e information, click the Advanced Home button or select Administration > Router S t atus to display the following scre en: Ro ut e r I n fo rm a ti o n Hardware V ersion.
Administration 74 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 Connection . This shows if the router is using a fix ed IP ad dress on the W AN. If the value is DHCP Client, the router obt ains an IP address dynamically from the ISP .
Administration 75 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 Connection Status Button On the Router S tatus screen in t he Internet Connection pa ne, click the Connection S tatus button to view connection st atus information. Figure 8.
Administration 76 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 Wireless Settings (2.4 GHz) and Wireless Settings (5 GHz) Y ou need to scroll down to see all the f ields for this section of the Router S t atus screen: The following settings are displa yed for each network: Name (SSID ).
Administration 77 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 Note: If you have not set up guest netwo rks, this section of the screen shots a yellow triangle. Broadcas t Name is turned of f because the router does not broadcast a guest network name unless you set up a guest network.
Administration 78 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 • T arget address . The name or IP address of the website or news group visited or to which access was attempted. • Action . Wheth er the access was blocked or allowed.
Administration 79 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 T o restore configuration settings that you backed up: 1. Enter the full p ath to the file on your network, or click the Browse button to find the file. 2. When you have located the .
Administration 80 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 3. If you want to be able to recover the password, select the Enable Password Recovery check box.
Administration 81 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 Time Machine T ime Machine works only on Mac computers. It automatically backs up everyth ing on your computer to a USB hard drive that is connected to the Mac.
Administration 82 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 Access the Connected USB Hard Drive After the initial set up explaine d in the previo us section, you can access the connected USB hard drive from Y our Mac or PC. T o access the drive: 1.
Administration 83 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 Y ou are prompted to log in. 5. Enter the password (the same o ne you use to log in to the router a s admin) and backup begins.
Administration 84 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 b. From the View menu, select Energy Saver . c. On the Energy Saver scree n, select W ake for Ethernet network access . d. Click the Back arrow to exit this screen. Y our changes will be saved.
Administration 85 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 Change the P artition Scheme T o run with the router , the partition scheme on your Mac has to be set to either GUID or MBR. T o make sure the p artition scheme is set to one of these supported s chemes: 1.
86 8 8. Advanc e d S et t ings This chapter describes the advanced features of your rou ter. The information is for users with a solid understanding of networking concepts who want to set the router u p for unique situations such as when remo te access from the Internet by IP or domain name is needed.
Advanced Settings 87 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 Advanced Wireless Settings Select Advanced > Advanced Setup > W ireless Settings to display the following screen: The following settings are available in this screen: Enable Wireless Router Radio .
Advanced Settings 88 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 • Disable Router ’ s PIN . Y ou can configure the router's wireless settings or add a wireless client through WPS using the router's PIN onl y when the PIN is enab led.
Advanced Settings 89 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 Wireless repeating is a typ e of Wireless Distri bution System (WDS). A WDS allows a wireless network to be exp anded through multiple access point s instead of using a wired backbone to link them.
Advanced Settings 90 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 enable the wireless base st ation in either radio band and use the other radio band as a wireless router or wireless base station, dua l band concurrent mode is not af fected.
Advanced Settings 91 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 Disable Wireless Clie nt Association . If your router is the repeater , selecting this check box means that wireless clients cann ot associat e with it. Only LAN client associations are allowed.
Advanced Settings 92 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 2. Select Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless Repeating Function to display the Wireless Repeating Function screen.
Advanced Settings 93 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 3. Fill in the Repeater IP Addre s s field. This IP address has to be in the same subnet as the base station, but dif ferent from the LAN IP of the base station. 4.
Advanced Settings 94 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 the Web p age request message to www .example.com, your r ou te r stores the original information and then modifies.
Advanced Settings 95 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 triggering function of your r outer, you can tell the router to open addition al incoming ports when a particular outg oing port originates a session. An example is Internet Relay Chat (IRC).
Advanced Settings 96 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 P ort Forwarding to P ermit External Host Communications In both of the preceding examples, your com puter initiates an application session with a server computer on the Internet.
Advanced Settings 97 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 How P ort Forwarding Differs from P ort T riggering The following points su mmarize the difference s between port forwarding and port triggering: • Port triggering can be used by an y computer on your network, although only o ne computer can use it at a time.
Advanced Settings 98 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 1. Select Advanced Setup > Port Forwarding/Port T riggering to display the following screen: The Port Forwarding radio button is selected as the service type . 2. From the Service Name list, sele ct the service or ga me that you will host on your network.
Advanced Settings 99 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 3. Click the Add Custom Service button to display the fo llowing screen: 4. In the Service Name field, enter a descriptive name. 5. In the Protoco l fie ld, select the protocol.
Advanced Settings 100 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 2. In the Port Forwardin g screen, configure the r ou ter to forward the HT TP service to the local address of your Web server at 192.168.1.33 . HTTP (port 80) is t he standard protocol for Web servers.
Advanced Settings 101 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 2. Select the Port T riggering radio button to display the port triggering inf ormation.
Advanced Settings 102 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 6. Click Add Service t o display the following screen: 7. In the Service Name field, type a descriptive service name. 8. In the Service User field, select Any (the default) to allow this service to be used by any computer on the Internet.
Advanced Settings 103 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 host name that you configure in the rout er. Then, whenever your ISP-assigned IP address changes, your router automatica lly contact s th e Dynamic DNS service provider , logs in to your account, and registers your new IP ad dr ess.
Advanced Settings 104 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 Static R outes S tatic routes provide additional routing information to your router.
Advanced Settings 105 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 T o set up a static route : 1. Select Advanced > Advanced Setup > St atic Routes , and click Add to display the following screen: 2. In the Route Name field, type a name for th is st atic route (for identification purposes only .
Advanced Settings 106 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 Re mo te M an ag e me n t The remote management feature lets you upgrade or check th e st atus of your WNDR3800 router over the Internet. T o set up remote management: 1.
Advanced Settings 107 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 Normal Web b rowser access uses the st andard HTTP service port 80. For greater security , enter a custom port number for the remote management W eb interface. Choose a number between 1024 and 65535, but do not use the number of any common service port.
Advanced Settings 108 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 T o turn on Universal Plug and Play: 1. Select Advanced > Advanced Setup > UPnP . The UPnP screen displays. 2. The available settings and information in this screen are: Tu r n U P n P O n .
Advanced Settings 109 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 IPv6 Y ou can use this feature to set up an IPv6 I nternet connection type if NETGEAR Genie does not detect it automatically . T o set up an IPv6 Internet connection type: 1.
Advanced Settings 11 0 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 T o monitor Internet traffic: 1. Click Advanced > Advanced Setup > T raffic Meter to display the following screen : 2. T o enable the Traf fic Meter , select the Enable T raffic Meter check box.
111 9 9. Tr o u b l e s h o o t i n g This chapter provides info rmation to help you diagnose and solve prob lems you might have with your router. If you do not find the solution here, check the NETGEAR support site at http://support.netgear .com for product and contact information.
T roubleshooting 11 2 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 Quick Tips This section describes tip s for tr oubleshooting some common problems. Sequence to R estart Y our Network Be sure to rest art your network in this sequence: 1.
T roubleshooting 11 3 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 • Wired and wirelessly connected computers need to have networ k (IP) addresses on the same network as the router. The simplest way to do this is to configure each computer to obtain an IP address automatically using DHCP .
T roubleshooting 11 4 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 Internet or Ethernet P ort LEDs Are Off If either the Ethernet port LEDs or the Internet LED does not light when t.
T roubleshooting 11 5 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 Cannot Access the Internet If you can access your router but you are unable to access the Int ernet, first determine whether the router can obt ain an IP address from your Internet service provider (ISP).
T roubleshooting 11 6 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 • Y ou might be running login sof tware that is no longer needed. If your ISP provided a program to log you in to the Internet (such as WinPoET), you no longer need to run that sof tware after inst alling your router.
T roubleshooting 11 7 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabi t Router Premiu m Edition WNDR3800 • If your wireless device finds the network but you cannot join the network, check to make sure that your wireless device is comp atible with the network that you selected (2.
11 8 A A. Supplemental Inf ormati on This appendix provides facto ry default settings , technical specifications for the N60 0 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800, and links to related document s.
Supplement al Information 11 9 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 Factory Default Settings Y ou can restore the factory defa ult configurati on settings to reset the router’ s user name to admin, the p assword to p assword, and the IP address to www .
Supplement al Information 120 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 Broadcast SSID Enabled T ransmission speed Auto * Country/region United S tates in the US; otherwise varies by region RF channel 6 until re gion selected Operating mode • 2.
Supplement al Information 121 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 T echnical Specifications T able 5. WNDR3800 Rout er Specificat ions Feature Specification Data and routin.
122 B B. No tif i cati on of C om pli ance NET GEAR Dual Band - W ir ele ss Regulatory Compliance Information This section includes user requ irement s for operating this p roduct in accordance with National laws for usag e of radio spectrum and operation of radio devices.
Notification of Compliance 123 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 Español [S panish] Por medio de la presente NETGEAR Inc. declara que el Radiolan cumple con lo s requisitos esenciales y cuale squiera otras disposiciones aplicables o exigib les de la Directiva 19 99/5/CE.
Notification of Compliance 124 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 This device is a 2.4 GHz wideband transmi ssion system (transceiver), intended for use in all EU member states and EFT A countries, except in France and Italy where restrictive use applies.
Notification of Compliance 125 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 • This device complies with Part 15 of the F CC Rules.
126 Inde x A access remote 106 viewing logs 77 access points 88 accessing remote computer 93 ACS Channel Switch 88 adding custom service 98 priority rules 43 address reservation 41 advertisement perio.
127 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 described 12 troubleshooting and 11 3 , 114 Ethernet cables, checking 112 F factory default settings, restoring 79 , 119 factory set.
128 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 networks, guest 29 O outgoing mail server 70 P packets, fragmented 37 Parental Controls 25 passphrase, product label 13 passphrases .
129 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 router changes not saved 116 trusted host 66 U Universal Plug and Pla y (UPnP) 107 up time, system 74 upgrading firmware 18 , 72 USB.
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