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Netgear Centria WNDR4700 manual

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    NETGEAR, Inc. 350 East Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134, USA July 2012 T echnical Support Thank you for selecting NETGEAR products. For indoor use only in all EU countries and Switzerland. After installing your device, locate the serial number on the label of your product and use it to register your product at www .NETGEAR.com/register . Registrat[...]

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    Y ou can use this diagram to cable and connect your router or follow the detailed instructions in this booklet. 1. Prepare your modem. 5. Connect a 4. Power on the router . 6. Launch a browser . 2. Connect your modem. Unplug your modem. If it has a battery backup, remove the battery . Plug in your modem. Put the battery back in. Then cable the mode[...]

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    1 Content s Getting to Know Your Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Install Your Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1. Prepare your modem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2. Connect your modem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4. Power[...]

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    4 Getting to Know Y our Router Most connectors are on the rear p anel. The following figure shows the front and side p anel. The router has buttons on the side and LEDs on the front • WPS . Use WPS to add a wireless computer or device to the network. • WiFi On/Off . Turn the wirele ss radios on and of f. • Backup . Press for 2 secon ds to bac[...]

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    5 T a ble 1. LEDs LED Description Power • Solid amber . The router is starting up. • Blinking a mber . The firmware is upgrading, or the Restore Factory Settings button wa s pressed. • Solid green . The router is ready . • Blinking green . The firmware is corrupted. See www .netgear.com/support . • Off . Power is not supplied to the route[...]

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    6 Install Y our R outer Make sure that your Internet servic e is active before you install the router . Follow step s 1 through 5. 1. Prepar e your modem. a. Unplug your m odem’s power . b. If the modem has a battery backup, remove its batteries. c. If your modem was alr eady connected to another router , disconnect th e cable between yo ur modem[...]

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    7 3. Install a hard disk drive (optional). For deta ils, see Install an HDD (Optional) on page 9 . 3 4. Power on the router . a. Connect the power adapter to the router and plug the powe r adapter into an outlet. b. Before going to S tep 5, wait for the Wireless LED on the front panel of the router to turn on. If none of the LEDs on the front panel[...]

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    8 5. Connect a computer . Y ou can use an Ethernet cable (not included) or connect wirelessly . • Use the Ethernet cable to connect your compute r to an Ethernet port on your router . • Or , connect wirelessly by using the preset wireless security settings located on the label on the bottom of the router . 6. Launch a browser . • If a web pag[...]

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    9 Install an HDD (Optional) Y ou can install a hard disk drive (HDD) in the rout er. The router supports both 1-inch and 0.75-inch SA T A HDDs.  T o inst all a hard disk drive: 1. Make sure the router is turned off. 2. Ope n the router side door and move the internal latch down as shown. This allows you to insert the HDD. 3. If you are inst alli[...]

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    10 4. The SA T A interface is up. Insert the HDD. 5. Close the latch to secure the HDD place. 6. Clo se the side door of the router. Note: If the latch is not in the correct position or the HDD is inserted in the wrong direction, then the side door to the router cannot be closed. If the internal HDD is not formatted, the HDD LED turns red. Format t[...]

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    11 2. Open the router side do or and release the internal latch as shown. 3. Grab the top and bottom of the HDD with your fingers and pull to remove it. 4. If you removed a 0.75- inch HDD, remove the tray from the router . 5. Be sure to place the latch back to the left so that the router side door can be closed.[...]

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    12 P reset Wireless Security This product has a unique WiFi net work name (SSID) and networ k key (password). Th e default SSID and network key (password) are uniquely generated for every device, like a se rial number , to protect and maximize your wireless security . This information is on the label on the bottom of the product. NETGEAR recommends[...]

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    13 Wireless Network Settings Record the default preset wireless settings that are printe d on the label in the space below for easy re ference. If you change the default setting s, record them here for easy reference, and then store this booklet in a safe pla ce: T o retrieve or u pdate your wirele ss password, type  www .routerlogin.net in a we[...]

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    14 Join the Wireless Network Choose the WPS method or the manual method to join your wireless network. WPS Method Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) lets yo u connect to a secure WiFi network without typing its p assword. Instead, you press a bu tton or enter a PIN. NETGEAR calls WPS Push 'N' Connect. Some older WiFi equipme nt is not compatible[...]

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    15 Access the R outer to Make More Changes After you use NETGEAR genie to set up the router , you can log in to the router to view or chang e its settings.  T o log in to the router: 1. Launch a web browser fro m a computer or wireless devices that is connected to the router . 2. Ty p e www .routerlogin.net or www.routerlogin.com in the address [...]

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    16 Change Y our P assword  T o change the p assword for the router user name: 1. Log in to the router . 2. Sel ect Administratio n > Set Password to display the Set Password screen: 3. T ype your old password and type the n ew password twice. NETGEAR recommends that you use the p assword recovery fe ature when you change your password. 4. Sel[...]

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    17 Format the HDD from the R outer Menu 1. Select Advanced > Sto rage > Advanced Settings . 2. Click the Format Internal Hard Drive button. T roubleshooting If you turn off the router when an HDD is inst alled, wait 2 seconds before turning it back on to give the HDD enoug h time to reset. If the HDD LED is red and it used to be green, the HD[...]

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    18 R eadySHARE Access After inst allation and setup, you can insert a USB storage device in to the USB port on the rou te r and share the conten ts with other network users. (If your USB dev ice has spec ial drivers, it is not compatible.) Note: If your U SB device requires a power supply , you must use it when connecting your USB device to a NETGE[...]

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    19 Re a dy S H AR E Pr i nt e r ReadySHARE Printer lets you connect a USB printer to the ro uter ’s USB port, and access it wirelessly .  T o set up ReadySHARE Pr inter: 1. Connect the USB printer to the router ’s USB port with a USB printer cable. 2. On each computer that will share the printer: a. Install the current USB pr inter dr iver s[...]

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    20 NETGEAR genie App The genie app is your home network dashb oard. It lets you easily view , manage, and control your entire home network, and helps you fix common network problems. Y ou can use the genie app or the genie mobile app . Visit the NETGEAR genie web p age at: www .netgear .com/genie . From the genie app, you can do the follo wing: •[...]

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    21 NETGEAR genie Mobile App  T o inst all the genie mobile app: 1. Use your mobile device to navigate to the Apple AppS tore or Google Play for And roid, and search for NETGEAR genie. Y ou can use the following QR codes to speed up th is process: 2. Inst all the app on your iPad or phone. 3. Lau nch the app, and it displays the dashboard screen.[...]

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    22 © 2012 NETGEAR, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any la nguage in any form or by any means without the writt en permission of NETGEAR, Inc. DO NOT st ack equipment, o r place eq uipment in tight sp aces or in drawers. Be sure that [...]