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NETGEAR RangeMax™
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
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© 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. Product updates and Web support are always available at http://www.netgear.com/support. 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 Knowledge Base o
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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 printed
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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 WNR3500 RangeMax Wireless-N Gigabit Router WNR3500 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 Warnin
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Product and Publication Details Model Number: WNR3500 Publication Date: March 2008 Product Family: Wireless Router Product Name: RangeMax Wireless-N Gigabit Router WNR3500 Home or Business Product: Home Language: English Publication Part Number: 202-10305-01 vi v1.0, March 2008
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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™ Wireless-N Gigabit Router WNR3500 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-Defin
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NETGEAR RangeMax™ Wireless-N Gigabit Router WNR3500 User Manual How Port Forwarding Changes the Communication Process ..................................5-5 How Port Forwarding Differs from Port Triggering ...................................................5-6 Configuring Port Forwarding to Local Servers ................................................................5-6 Adding a Custom Service .........................................................................................5-7 Editing o
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NETGEAR RangeMax™ Wireless-N Gigabit Router WNR3500 User Manual Problems with Date and Time .........................................................................................7-9 Solving Wireless Connection Problems ..........................................................................7-9 Using Your Wireless Card Setup Program ...............................................................7-9 Setting Up and Testing Basic Wireless Connectivity ..........................................
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About This Manual ® The user manual provides information for configuring the features of the NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless-N Gigabit Router WNR3500 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 conventio
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NETGEAR RangeMax™ Wireless-N Gigabit Router WNR3500 User Manual Danger: This is a safety warning. Failure to take heed of this notice might result in personal injury or death. • Scope. This manual is written for the WNR3500 router according to these specifications: Product Version RangeMax Wireless-N Gigabit Router WNR3500 Manual Publication Date March 2008 For more information about network, Internet, firewall, and VPN technologies, click the links to the NETGEAR website in Appendix B, “Rela
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NETGEAR RangeMax™ Wireless-N Gigabit Router WNR3500 User Manual • Printing from PDF. Your computer must have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader installed for you to view and print PDF files. The Acrobat Reader is available on the Adobe website 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 viewi
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NETGEAR RangeMax™ Wireless-N Gigabit Router WNR3500 User Manual xiv v1.0, March 2008
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Chapter 1 Configuring Basic Connectivity This chapter describes the settings 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 settings are specified 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 furt
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NETGEAR RangeMax™ Wireless-N Gigabit Router WNR3500 User Manual Logging In to Your Wireless Router When the wireless router is connected to your network, you can access and configure the router using your browser. To access the Web Configuration Manager: 1. Connect to the wireless router by typing http://www.routerlogin.net or the router’s LAN IP address (the default is 192.168.1.1) in the address field of your browser, and then press Enter. A login window opens: Figure 1-1 Tip: You can con
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NETGEAR RangeMax™ Wireless-N Gigabit Router WNR3500 User Manual The Checking for Firmware Updates screen appears unless you previously cleared the Check for Updated Firmware Upon Log-in check box. Figure 1-2 If the router discovers a newer version of software, you are asked if you want to upgrade to the new software (see “Upgrading the Router Software” on page 6-8 for details). If no new firmware is available, the following message displays. Figure 1-3 3. In the main menu on the left, select
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NETGEAR RangeMax™ Wireless-N Gigabit Router WNR3500 User Manual Figure 1-4 Note: If the Check for New Version Upon Log-in check box is selected, the home page is the Router Upgrade screen. Otherwise, it is the Basic Settings screen. If the wireless router is connected to the Internet, you can select Knowledge Base or Documentation under Web Support in the main menu to view support information or the documentation for the wireless router. If you do not click Logout, the wireless router will w
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NETGEAR RangeMax™ Wireless-N Gigabit Router WNR3500 User Manual Configuring Your Internet Connection Using the Smart Setup Wizard You can manually configure your Internet connection using the Basic Settings screen, or you can allow the Smart Setup Wizard to determine your Internet Service Provider (ISP) configuration. The Smart Setup Wizard searches your Internet connection for servers and protocols to determine your ISP configuration. This feature is not the same as the Smart Wizard configu
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NETGEAR RangeMax™ Wireless-N Gigabit Router WNR3500 User Manual ISP does not require login Figure 1-5 – Account Name (might also be called Host Name). The account name is provided to the ISP during a DHCP request from your router. In most cases, this setting is not required, but some ISPs require it for access to ISP services such as mail or news servers. – Domain Name. The domain name is provided by your router to computers on your LAN when the computers request DHCP settings from your rout
