User manual NETGEAR WNR3500

[. . . ] NETGEAR RangeMaxTM Wireless-N Gigabit Router WNR3500 User Manual NETGEAR, Inc. 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA 202-10305-01 March 2008 v1. 0 © 2008 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. [. . . ] Click Apply to save the new configuration. Configuring Static Routes Static routes provide additional routing information to your router. Under usual circumstances, the router has adequate routing information after it has been configured for Internet access, and you do not need to configure additional static routes. You must configure static routes only for unusual cases such as multiple routers or multiple IP subnets located on your network. As an example of when a static route is needed, consider the following case: · · · Your primary Internet access is through a cable modem to an ISP. You have an ISDN router on your home network for connecting to the company where you are employed. Your company's network address is 134. 177. 0. 0. When you first configured your router, two implicit static routes were created. A default route was created with your ISP as the gateway, and a second static route was created to your local network for all 192. 168. 1. x addresses. With this configuration, if you attempt to access a device on the 134. 177. 0. 0 network, your router forwards your request to the ISP. The ISP forwards your request to the company where you are employed, and the request is likely to be denied by the company's firewall. In this case you must define a static route, telling your router that 134. 177. 0. 0 should be accessed through the ISDN router at 192. 168. 1. 100. In this example: · The Destination IP Address and IP Subnet Mask fields specify that this static route applies to all 134. 177. x. x addresses. 4-9 v1. 0, March 2008 Customizing Your Network Settings NETGEAR RangeMaxTM Wireless-N Gigabit Router WNR3500 User Manual · · · The Gateway IP Address field specifies that all traffic for these addresses should be forwarded to the ISDN router at 192. 168. 1. 100. Private is selected only as a precautionary security measure in case RIP is activated. Select Static Routes under Advanced in the main menu. The Static Routes screen displays. Figure 4-4 To add or edit a static route: 1. Select the Private check box if you want to limit access to the LAN only. Select the Active check box to make this route effective. 4-10 v1. 0, March 2008 Customizing Your Network Settings NETGEAR RangeMaxTM Wireless-N Gigabit Router WNR3500 User Manual 5. Type the gateway IP address, which must be a router on the same LAN segment as the WNR3500 router. This represents the number of routers between your network and the destination. Usually, a setting of 2 or 3 works, but if this is a direct connection, set it to 1. Click Apply to have the static route entered into the table. Wireless Repeating (Also Called WDS) The WNR3500 router can be used with a wireless access point (AP) to build large bridged wireless networks. Warning: If you use the wireless repeating function, your options for wireless security are limited to None or WEP. For more information about wireless security, see Chapter 2, "Safeguarding Your Network. " The following figure shows a wireless repeating scenario: This wireless computer is associated with AP 1. This wireless computer is associated with AP 2. Internet PCs AP 2 is in Repeater mode. [. . . ] You must then change the wireless settings of your computer to match the router's new settings. Select Wireless Settings under Advanced in the main menu of the WNR3500 router. Figure 7-2 7-12 v1. 0, March 2008 Troubleshooting NETGEAR RangeMaxTM Wireless-N Gigabit Router WNR3500 User Manual 9. Make sure that the Enable Wireless Router Radio and Enable SSID Broadcast check boxes are selected. Program the wireless adapter of your computer to have the same SSID and channel that you specified in the router, and disable encryption. [. . . ]