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NETGEAR RangeMax™
NEXT Wireless Router
WNR834B User Manual
NETGEAR, Inc.
4500 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA
202-10171-02
January 2007
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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 Knowle
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Regulatory Compliance Information This section includes user requirements for operating this product in accordance with National laws for usage of radio spectrum and operation of radio devices. Failure of the end-user to comply with the applicable requirements may result in unlawful operation and adverse action against the end-user by the applicable National regulatory authority. NOTE: This product's firmware limits operation to only the channels allowed in a particular Region or Country. Th
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Latviski Ar šo NETGEAR Inc. deklar ē, ka Radiolan atbilst Direkt īvas 1999/5/EK b ūtiskaj ām [Latvian] pras īb ām un citiem ar to saist ītajiem noteikumiem. Lietuvi ų Šiuo NETGEAR Inc. deklaruoja, kad šis Radiolan atitinka esminius reikalavimus ir kitas [Lithuanian] 1999/5/EB Direktyvos nuostatas. 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] Ha
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FCC Guidelines for Human Exposure This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance of 20 cm between the radiator and your body. This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. FCC Declaration Of Conformity We NETGEAR, Inc., 4500 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 95054, declare under our sole responsibility th
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Product and Publication Details Model Number: WNR834B Publication Date: January 2007 Product Family: Wireless Router Product Name: RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B Home or Business Product: Home Language: English Publication Part Number: 202-10171-02 vi v1.2, January 2007
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Contents NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Chapter 1 About This Manual Revision History ..............................................................................................................1-3 Chapter 2 Configuring Basic Connectivity Using the Setup Manual .................................................................................................2-1 Accessing the Wireless Router For Configuration .........................................................
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Blocking Access to Internet Sites ...................................................................................4-1 Blocking Access to Internet Services .............................................................................4-3 Configuring a User Defined Service .........................................................................4-4 Blocking Services by IP Address Range ..................................................................4-4 Scheduling Blocking .....................
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Assessing Your Speed Requirements ....................................................................6-18 Chapter 7 Using Network Monitoring Tools Viewing Wireless Router Status Information ...................................................................7-1 Viewing a List of Attached Devices .................................................................................7-6 Managing the Configuration File .....................................................................................
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Chapter 1 About This Manual The user manual provides information for configuring the features of the 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. Thi
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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 January 2007 For more information about network, Internet, firewall, and VPN technologies, see the links to the NETGEAR website in Appendix B, “Related Document
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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 1-4 About This Manual v1.2, January 2007
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Chapter 2 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 rouer 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 2-1. 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://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 Administrator
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NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual Once you have entered a user name and password, your Web browser displays the wireless router’s home page. Figure 2-2 Note: If the Check for New Version Upon Log-in checkbox is selected, the home page will be the Router Upgrade page. Otherwise, it will be the Basic Settings page. 2-4 Configuring Basic Connectivity v1.2, January 2007
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NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual If the wireless router is connected to the Internet, you can click the Knowledge Base 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 will wait 5 minutes after there is no activity before it automatically logs you out. Configuring Your Internet Connection Using the Smart Setup Wizard You can manually configu
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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 2-3 • 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. 2-6 Configuring B
