NETGEAR MBR624GU Network Router User Manual


 
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v1.0, January 2009
Wireless Security Options ........................................................................................2-3
Manually Configuring Your Wireless Settings .................................................................2-4
Specifying Wireless Security ..........................................................................................2-7
Wireless Station Access Control ..............................................................................2-7
Restricting Access by MAC Address ........................................................................2-8
Configuring WEP ....................................................................................................2-10
Configuring WPA, WPA2, or WPA/WPA2 ............................................................... 2-11
Advanced Wireless Settings .........................................................................................2-12
Using Push 'N' Connect (WPS) to Configure Your Wireless Network ..........................2-13
Using a WPS Button to Add a WPS Client .............................................................2-14
Using PIN Entry to Add a WPS Client ....................................................................2-15
Connecting Additional Wireless Client Devices After WPS Setup ................................2-17
Adding More WPS Clients ......................................................................................2-17
Adding Both WPS and Non-WPS Clients ..............................................................2-17
Chapter 3
Protecting Your Network
Protecting Access to Your Wireless Router ....................................................................3-1
Changing the Built-In Password ...............................................................................3-1
Changing the Administrator Login Time-out .............................................................3-2
Configuring Basic Firewall Services ...............................................................................3-2
Blocking Keywords, Sites, and Services ..................................................................3-3
Firewall Rules .................................................................................................................3-5
Inbound Rules (Port Forwarding) .............................................................................3-6
Outbound Rules (Service Blocking) .........................................................................3-8
Order of Precedence for Rules ..............................................................................3-10
Services ........................................................................................................................3-10
Defining Services ................................................................................................... 3-11
Setting Times and Scheduling Firewall Services ..........................................................3-11
Setting Your Time Zone ..........................................................................................3-12
Scheduling Firewall Services .................................................................................3-13
Chapter 4
Managing Your Network
Backing Up, Restoring, or Erasing Your Settings ...........................................................4-1
Backing Up the Configuration to a File .....................................................................4-1
Restoring the Configuration from a File ...................................................................4-2