Owner's Manual

NETGEAR RangeMax™ Wireless-N Gigabit Router WNR3500v2 User Manual
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v1.0, May 2009
Contents
About This Manual
Conventions, Formats, and Scope ................................................................................... xi
How to Print This Manual .................................................................................................xii
Revision History ...............................................................................................................xiii
Chapter 1
Configuring Your Internet Connection
Using the Setup Manual .................................................................................................1-1
Logging In to Your Wireless Router ................................................................................1-2
Using the Setup Wizard ..................................................................................................1-5
Viewing or Manually Configuring Your ISP Settings .......................................................1-5
Chapter 2
Safeguarding Your Network
Planning Your Wireless Network ....................................................................................2-1
Wireless Placement and Range Guidelines .............................................................2-2
Wireless Security Options ........................................................................................2-3
Manually Configuring Your Wireless Settings .................................................................2-4
Configuring WEP Wireless Security .........................................................................2-6
Configuring WPA, WPA2, or WPA/WPA2 Wireless Security ....................................2-8
Using Push ‘N’ Connect to Configure Your Wireless Network ........................................2-9
Using the WPS Button to Configure Your Network and Add a Client .....................2-10
Using a PIN to Configure Your Network and Add a Client ..................................... 2-11
Configuring Advanced WPS Settings .....................................................................2-13
Adding Both WPS-Capable Clients and Non-WPS-Capable Clients ............................2-14
Restricting Access to Your Router ................................................................................2-16
Chapter 3
Protecting Your Network
Protecting Access to Your WNR3500v2 Router .............................................................3-1
Changing the Built-In Password ...............................................................................3-2
Changing the Administrator Login Time-out .............................................................3-2