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NETGEAR RangeMax™
NEXT Wireless Router
WNR834B User Manual
NETGEAR, Inc.
4500 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA
202-10243-01
July 2007
v2.1
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© 2007 by NETGEAR, Inc. All rights reserved. Product Registration, Support, and Documentation Register your product at http://www.NETGEAR.com/register. Registration is required before you can use our telephone support service. Product updates and Web support are always available by going to: http://kbserver.netgear.com/. Setup documentation is available on the CD, on the support website, and on the documentation website. When the wireless router is connected to the Internet, click the Knowled
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NOTE: This product's firmware limits operation to only the channels allowed in a particular Region or Country. Therefore, all options described in this user's guide may not be available in your version of the product. Europe – EU Declaration of Conformity Marking by the above symbol indicates compliance with the Essential Requirements of the R&TTE Directive of the European Union (1999/5/EC). This equipment meets the following conformance standards: EN300 328, EN301 489-17, EN60950 A printe
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Nederlands Hierbij verklaart NETGEAR Inc. dat het toestel Radiolan in overeenstemming is met de [Dutch] essentiële eisen en de andere relevante bepalingen van richtlijn 1999/5/EG. Malti [Maltese] Hawnhekk, NETGEAR Inc., jiddikjara li dan Radiolan jikkonforma mal-htigijiet essenzjali u ma provvedimenti ohrajn relevanti li hemm fid-Dirrettiva 1999/5/EC. Magyar Alulírott, NETGEAR Inc. nyilatkozom, hogy a Radiolan megfelel a vonatkozó alapvetõ [Hungarian] követelményeknek és az 1999/5/EC irányelv
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FCC Declaration Of Conformity We NETGEAR, Inc., 4500 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 95054, declare under our sole responsibility that the model WNR834B RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B complies with Part 15 of FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: • This device may not cause harmful interference, and • This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. FCC Radio Frequency Interference Warnings &
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Product and Publication Details Model Number: WNR834B Publication Date: July 2007 Product Family: Wireless Router Product Name: RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B Home or Business Product: Home Language: English Publication Part Number: 202-10243-01 vi v2.1, July 2007
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Contents About This Manual Conventions, Formats and Scope .....................................................................................xi How to Use This Manual ..................................................................................................xii How to Print this Manual ...................................................................................................xii Revision History ....................................................................................
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NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Chapter 3 Restricting Access From Your Network Content Filtering Overview .............................................................................................3-1 Blocking Access to Internet Sites ...................................................................................3-1 Blocking Access to Internet Services .............................................................................3-3 Configuring a User Defined Se
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NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Configuring Port Triggering .............................................................................................5-9 Using Universal Plug and Play .....................................................................................5-12 Optimizing Wireless Performance ................................................................................5-13 Configuring Quality of Service (QoS) .........................................
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NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Appendix A Technical Specifications Factory Default Settings ................................................................................................ A-1 General Specifications ................................................................................................... A-2 Appendix B Related Documents x Contents v2.1, July 2007
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About This Manual ® The user manual provides information for configuring the features of the NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B beyond initial configuration settings. Initial configuration instructions can be found in the NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual. You should have basic to intermediate computer and Internet skills. Conventions, Formats and Scope The conventions, formats, and scope of this manual are described in the following paragraphs: • Typographical Conventions. Th
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NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Danger: This is a safety warning. Failure to take heed of this notice may result in personal injury or death. • Scope. This manual is written for the WNR834B router according to these specifications: Product Version RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B Manual Publication Date July 2007 For more information about network, Internet, firewall, and VPN technologies, see the links to the NETGEAR website in Appendix B, “Related Documents”.
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NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual • Printing from PDF. Your 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 Web site at http://www.adobe.com. – Printing a PDF Chapter. Use the PDF of This Chapter link at the top left of any page. • Click the PDF of This Chapter link at the top left of any page in the chapter you want to print. The PDF version of the chapter you were viewing
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NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual xiv About This Manual v2.1, July 2007
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Chapter 1 Configuring Basic Connectivity This chapter describes the parameters for your Internet connection and your wireless local area network (LAN) connection. When you perform the initial configuration of your wireless router using the Resource CD as described in the NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual, these parameters are configured automatically for you. This chapter provides further details about these connectivity settings, as well as instructions on how to log in to the router for
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NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual For installation instructions in a language other than English, refer to the language options on the Resource CD, or refer to one of the online versions listed in the following table. Table 1-1. RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B Online Setup Manuals Language Setup Manual URL English http://documentation.netgear.com/wnr834b/enu/208-10070-01/ German http://documentation.netgear.com/wnr834b/deu/208-10132-01/ French http://documentatio
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NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Tip: You can connect to the wireless router by typing either of these URLs in the address field of your browser and then pressing Enter: • http://www.routerlogin.net • http://www.routerlogin.com If these URLs do not work, you must type the IP address of the router, such as: • http://www.192.168.1.1 2. Enter admin for the router user name and your password (or the default, password). To change the password, see “Changing the Administr
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NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Figure 1-3 3. Select Setup > Basic Settings from the menu on the left. The Basic Settings screen will display showing the wireless router’s home page and suggested default settings. Figure 1-4 1-4 Configuring Basic Connectivity v2.1, July 2007
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NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Note: If the Check for New Version Upon Log-in checkbox is selected, the home page will be the Router Upgrade screen. Otherwise, it will be the Basic Settings screen. If the wireless router is connected to the Internet, you can click the Knowledge Base link or the Documentation link under the Web Support menu to view support information or the documentation for the wireless router. If you do not click Logout, the wireless router wil
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NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual No Login Required by ISP. If no login is required by your ISP, the following parameters appear in the Basic Settings menu ISP Does Not Require Login Figure 1-5 – Account Name (may also be called Host Name). The account name will be provided to the ISP during a DHCP request from your router. In most cases, this parameter is not required, but some ISPs require it for access to ISP services such as mail or news servers. – Domain Name. T
