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NETGEAR R6300 manual

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  • Page 1

    NETGEAR, Inc. 350 East Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134, USA April 2012 Technical Support Thank you for selecting NETGEAR products. 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. Registration is required before you can use our telephone support se[...]

  • Page 2

    You can use this diagram to connect your router or follow the detailed instructions in this booklet. 1. Prepare your modem. 4. Connect 3. Power on the router. 5. 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 modem to the router [...]

  • Page 3

    1 Contents Install Your Router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Prepare your modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Connect your modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Power on the router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Connect [...]

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    2 Install Your Router Make sure that your Internet service is active before you install the router. Follow steps 1 through 5. 1. Prepare your modem. a. Unplug your modem’s power. b. If the modem has a battery backup, remove its batteries. c. If your modem was already connected to another router, disconnect the cable between your modem and that ro[...]

  • Page 5

    3 3. Power on the router. a. Connect the power adapter to the router and plug the power adapter into an outlet. b. Before going to Step 4, wait for the wireless LED on the front panel of the router to turn on. If none of the LEDs on the front panel are on, press the Power On/Off button on the rear panel of the router. 4. Connect a computer. You can[...]

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    4 5. Launch a browser. If a web page does not open, close and reopen the browser and type http://routerlogin.net in the address bar, or see Troubleshooting on page 9. Preset Wireless Security This product has a unique WiFi network name (SSID) and network key (password). The default SSID and network key (password) are uniquely generated for every de[...]

  • Page 7

    5 Wireless Network Settings Record the default preset wireless settings that are printed on the label in the space below for easy reference. If you change the default settings, record them here for easy reference, and then store this booklet in a safe place: To retrieve or update your wireless password, type www.routerlogin.net in a web browser and[...]

  • Page 8

    6 Add Wireless Devices to the Network Choose either the manual or Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) method to add wireless computers and other devices to your wireless network. WPS Method If your wireless device supports WPS—NETGEAR calls this method Push 'N' Connect—you might be prompted to press the WPS button on the router instead of ent[...]

  • Page 9

    7 Access the Router to Make More Changes After you use NETGEAR Genie to set up the router, you can log in to the router to view its settings or make changes.  To log in to the router: 1. Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless devices that is connected to the router. 2. Type www.routerlogin.net or www.routerlogin.com in the address fiel[...]

  • Page 10

    8  To change the password for the router user name: 1. Log in to the router. 2. Select Administration > Set Password to display the Set Password screen: 3. Type your old password, and type the new password twice. NETGEAR recommends that you use the password recovery feature when you change your password. 4. Select the Enable Password Recovery[...]

  • Page 11

    9 Troubleshooting If the browser does not display the web page : • Make sure that the PC is connected to one of the four LAN Ethernet ports, or wirelessly to the router. • Make sure that the router is fully up and running. Its WiFi LED should turn on. • Close and reopen the browser to make sure that the browser does not cache the previous pag[...]

  • Page 12

    10 On Mac systems, do this: 1. Select Go > Connect to Server . 2. Enter smb://readyshare as the Server Address. 3. Click Connect . The readyshareconnect.exe file (for Windows) is available to download here: www.netgear.com/readyshare ReadySHARE Printer ReadySHARE Printer lets you connect a USB printer to the router’s USB port, and access it wi[...]

  • Page 13

    11 • From the ReadySHARE tab of the Desktop NETGEAR Genie. NOTE: • You must install this utility before you can use the ReadySHARE Printer feature. • For the ReadySHARE Printer feature to work, this utility must be run in the background. Step 4: Follow the instructions to install the NETGEAR USB Control Center utility.[...]

  • Page 14

    12 Step 5: After you have installed the utility, select the language. Step 6: If this is the first time you are accessing the utility, you are asked to select the printer and click the Connect button. Once the connection is established, the status changes to Manually connected by xxx ..[...]

  • Page 15

    13 Step 7: Click the Disconnect button at any time to release the connection. The status then changes to Available. Once the Connect button has been clicked once on all computers in the network, the utility on each of them automatically handles the printing queue and handling. The status of the printer should appear as Available on all of the compu[...]

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    14 • The USB Control Center utility must be running for the computer to be able to print to the USB printer attached to the router. If you exit the utility, printing does not work. • Some firewall software, such as Comodo, blocks the ReadySHARE Print utility from accessing the USB printer. If you do not see the printer in the utility, you can d[...]

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    15 Other Features For additional features, including Live Parental Controls, Traffic Metering, ReadySHARE, Guest Access, and more, please log into your router at http://routerlogin.net . Download the free Desktop NETGEAR Genie from www.NETGEAR.com/genie . Automatically fix common network problems and easily manage your home network connections. Int[...]

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    16 © 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 language in any form or by any means without the written permission of NETGEAR, Inc. DO NOT stack equipment, or place equipment in tight spaces or in drawers. Be sure your equipm[...]