User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- 1. Hardware Setup
- 2. Connect to the Network and Access the Cable Modem Router
- 3. Specify Your Internet Settings
- 4. Control Access to the Internet
- Allow or block access to your network
- Use keywords to block Internet sites
- Delete keywords that are used to block Internet sites
- Avoid blocking on a trusted computer
- Block services from the Internet
- Manage network access control lists
- Schedule when to block Internet sites and services
- Set up security event email notifications
- 5. Optimize Performance
- 6. Specify Network Settings
- View or change WAN settings
- Manage Dynamic DNS
- Set up a default DMZ server
- Change the router’s device name
- Change the LAN TCP/IP settings
- Use the router as a DHCP server
- Disable the DHCP server feature in the router
- Manage reserved LAN IP addresses
- Manage custom static routes
- Specify basic WiFi settings
- Change the WiFi password or security level
- Set up a guest WiFi network
- Set up router mode
- Generate a new backhaul password
- 7. Manage Your Network
- Update the router and satellite firmware
- Change the admin password
- Enable admin password reset
- Reset the admin password
- View router status and usage information
- Display Internet port statistics
- Check the Internet connection status
- View satellite status
- View and manage logs of router activity
- View devices connected to the network or edit device information
- View satellites connected to the network or edit satellite information
- Monitor Internet traffic
- Manage the router configuration file
- Remotely access your router using the Orbi app
- 8. Customize Internet Traffic Rules for Ports
- 9. Use VPN to Access Your Network
- 10. Troubleshooting
- 11. Supplemental Information
4.
If you customized advanced home network settings such as the IP address scheme,
check the following:
•
Make sure that the IP address of your computer is on the same subnet as the
cable modem router. If you are using the recommended addressing scheme,
your computer’s address is in the range of 192.168.0.2 to 192.168.0.254.
•
If your computer’s IP address is shown as 169.254.x.x, recent versions of Windows
and Mac OS generate and assign an IP address if the computer cannot reach a
DHCP server. These autogenerated addresses are in the range of 169.254.x.x. If
your IP address is in this range, check the connection from the computer to the
cable modem router, and reboot your computer.
•
If your cable modem router’s IP address was changed and you do not know the
current IP address, clear the cable modem router’s configuration to factory
defaults. This sets the cable modem router’s IP address to 192.168.0.1.
Changes Not Saved
If the cable modem router does not save the changes you that make in the cable modem
router interface, check the following:
•
When entering configuration settings, always click the >Apply button before moving
to another page or tab, or your settings are lost.
•
Click the Refresh or Reload button in the web browser. The changes might be saved,
but the old settings might be in the web browser’s cache.
WiFi Connectivity
If you are having trouble connecting to the cable modem router with WiFi, try to isolate
the problem:
•
The computer or WiFi device that you are using does not find the WiFi network.
This can happen for the following reasons:
-
Someone pressed the WiFi On/Off button on the cable modem router, which
turned off the Wradios.
Check the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz LEDs on the front of the cable modem router. If
they are off, press the WiFi On/Off button to turn the WiFi radios back on.
- Someone logged in to the cable modem router and disabled its WiFi radios or
set up a WiFi schedule.
User Manual105Troubleshooting
Orbi WiFi System