User manual NETGEAR WNR834M Reference Manual

[. . . ] NETGEAR RangeMaxTM NEXT Wireless Router WNR834M Reference Manual NETGEAR, Inc. 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA 202-10187-01 May 2006 © 2006 by NETGEAR, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Other brand and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. Statement of Conditions In the interest of improving internal design, operational function, and/or reliability, NETGEAR reserves the right to make changes to the products described in this document without notice. [. . . ] The current transmission (outbound) bandwidth used on the WAN and LAN ports. The current reception (inbound) bandwidth used on the WAN and LAN ports. 5-4 v1. 3, May 2006 Maintenance NETGEAR RangeMaxTM NEXT Wireless Router WNR834M Reference Manual Table 5-3: Item Up Time Poll Interval Set Interval Router Statistics Items (continued) Description The time elapsed since this port acquired the link. Specifies the intervals at which the statistics are updated in this window. Enter a time and click the Set Interval button to set the polling frequency. Viewing a List of Attached Devices The Attached Devices menu contains a table of all IP devices that the router has discovered on the local network. From the main menu of the browser interface, under the Maintenance heading, select Attached Devices to view the table, shown below. Figure 5-4 For each device, the table shows the IP address, NetBIOS Host Name or Device Name (if available), and Ethernet MAC address. To force the router to look for attached devices, click the Refresh button. Note: If the router is rebooted, the table data is lost until the router rediscovers the devices. Configuration File Management The configuration settings of the WNR834M router are stored within the router in a configuration file. This file can be saved (backed up) to a user's PC, retrieved (restored) from the user's PC, or cleared to factory default settings. Maintenance v1. 3, May 2006 5-5 NETGEAR RangeMaxTM NEXT Wireless Router WNR834M Reference Manual From the main menu of the browser interface, under the Maintenance heading, select the Backup Settings heading to bring up the menu shown below. Figure 5-5 Three options are available, and are described in the following sections. Backing Up and Restoring the Configuration The Restore and Backup options in the Settings Backup menu allow you to save and retrieve a file containing your router's configuration settings. Your browser will extract the configuration file from the router and will prompt you for a location on your computer to store the file. You can give the file a meaningful name at this time, such as pacbell. cfg. To restore your settings from a saved configuration file, enter the full path to the file on your computer or click the Browse button to browse to the file. When you have located it, click the Restore button to send the file to the router. The router will then reboot automatically. Warning: Do not interrupt the reboot process. Erasing the Configuration It is sometimes desirable to restore the router to the original default settings. This can be done using the Erase function, which restores all factory settings. After an erase, the router's username is admin, the password is password, the LAN IP address iswww. routerlogin. net, and the router's DHCP server is enabled. 5-6 v1. 3, May 2006 Maintenance NETGEAR RangeMaxTM NEXT Wireless Router WNR834M Reference Manual To erase the configuration, click the Erase button. To restore the factory default configuration settings without knowing the login password or IP address, you must use the Default Reset button on the rear panel of the router. See "Restoring the Default Configuration and Password" on page 7-8. Upgrading the Router Software Tip: To ensure you are always using the latest firmware, enable the Firmware Upgrade Assistant feature so that the router will automatically detect a new version of the firmware on the Internet and alert you to its availability. This screen appears at login unless you check Do Not Display This Message Again and click Yes. Figure 5-6 Tip: Before upgrading the router software, use the router backup menu to save your configuration settings. A router upgrade may revert the router settings back to the factory defaults. If so, after completing the upgrade, you can restore your settings from the backup. The routing software of the WNR834M router is stored in FLASH memory, and can be upgraded as new software is released by NETGEAR. If the upgrade file is compressed (. ZIP file), you must first extract the file before sending it to the router. [. . . ] From the Windows run menu, type: PING -n 10 <IP address> where <IP address> is the IP address of a remote device such as your ISP's DNS server. If the path is functioning correctly, replies like those shown in the previous section are displayed. If you do not receive replies: -- Check that your computer has the IP address of your router listed as the default gateway. If the IP configuration of your computer is assigned by DHCP, this information will not be visible in your computer's Network Control Panel. [. . . ]