NETGEAR MBRN3000-100NAS manuale d’uso

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T able of Contents | 3 Ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s Chapter 1 Connecting to the Internet Hardware Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Router Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Router Back Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 4 | T able of Content s Restoring the Configuration from a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Erasing the Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Upgrading the Rout er Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Mobile Broadband Wireless-N Router MBRN3000 T able of Content s | 5 Appendix A Factory Default Settings and Technical Specifications Factory Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Appen[...]

Chapter 1: Connecti ng to the Internet | 6 1. Co nnecting t o the In te r net 1 This chapter describes how to config ure your NETGEAR Mobile Broadband Wireless-N Router MBRN3000 Internet connection. For help wit h installation, see the Mobile Broadba nd Wireless-N Router MBRN3000 Installation Guide. Hardware Features R outer Front P anel The router[...]

Chapter 1: Connecting to the Internet | 7 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 T able 1. LED and Front Panel Button Descriptions LED LED Activity Description Power Solid green Solid green. Power is supplied to the router. Solid Red POST (Power-On Self-T est) failure or device malfunction Off Power is not supplied to the router Restore Facto[...]

8 | Chapter 1: Connectin g to the Internet Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Ro uter Back P anel The back panel of the router contains port conn ections. Figure 2 Back p anel R outer Label The label on the bottom of the router sh ows the router ’ s MAC address, serial number , security PIN, and factory default login information. Figure[...]

Chapter 1: Connecting to the Internet | 9 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Using the R outer Stand Y ou can use the stand to po sition your router upright. 1. I nsert the t abs of the stand into the slot s on the bottom of your router . 2. Place your router near an AC power outlet in a location where you can connect cables as needed for[...]

10 | Chapter 1: Connectin g to the Internet Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 T o log in to the router: 1. Ty p e http://www .routerlogin.net in the address field of your browser , and then press Enter . A login window displays: 2. Enter admin for the user name and your password (or the default, p assword ). For information about how t o[...]

Chapter 1: Connectin g to the Internet | 11 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Accessing the Setup Wizard After Installation 1. Log in to the router as described in “Logging In to Y our Router” on page 9 . 2. Select Setup Wizard: 3. Click Next . The Setup Wizard prompt s you to set up your Internet connection and wire less network a s[...]

12 | Chapter 1: Connectin g to the Internet Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 T able 2. Broadband Settings fields Fields and Checkboxes Description Username Internet ac count login username Password Internet account password for authenticati on PIN code Pin code of the SIM card, where applicable Network name /APN ISP netwo rk name PDP ty[...]

Chapter 2: Wireless Ne twork Configuration | 13 2. Wir e les s N et w ork Co n f ig u r at ion 2 For a wireless connection, the SSID, also called the wireless network name, and the wireless security setting must be the same for the router and wireless computers or wireless adapters. NETGEAR strongly recommends that you use wireless security . Note:[...]

14 | Chapter 2: Wireless Ne t work Configuration Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Wireless Placement and R ange Guidelines The range of your wireless connection can vary significantly based on the physical p lacement of the router. The latency , data throughput performan ce, and notebook power consumption of wireless adapters also vary [...]

Chapter 2: Wireless Ne twork Configuration | 15 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 There are several ways you can e nhance the security of your wireless network: Figure 4 Wireless Security • Restrict Access Based on MAC Address . Y ou can allow only trusted PCs to connect so that unknown PCs cannot wirelessly connect t o the router. Res[...]

16 | Chapter 2: Wireless Ne t work Configuration Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 T o view or manually configure the wireless settings: 1. Log in to the ro uter as describe d in “Logging In to Y our Router” on page 9. 2. Select Wirele ss Settings from the main menu. The settings for this screen are explained in T able 3 . 3. Select [...]

Chapter 2: Wireless Ne twork Configuration | 17 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Wireless Guest Networks A wireless guest network allows yo u to provide guests access to you r wireless network without prior authorization of each individ ual g uest. Y ou can configure wireless guest networks and specify the security opt ions f or each wi[...]

18 | Chapter 2: Wireless Ne t work Configuration Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Configuring WEP Note: If you use a wireless computer to configure wireless security settings, you will be disconnected when you clic k Ap ply . Reconfigure your wireless computer to match th e new settings, or access the router from a wired computer to mak[...]

Chapter 2: Wireless Ne twork Configuration | 19 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 points in your network. Enter 10 hexadecimal digit s (any combination of 0 – 9, a – f, or A – F). 7. Select which of the four keys will be the default. Data transmissio ns are always encrypted using the default key . The other keys can be used only to[...]

20 | Chapter 2: Wireless Ne t work Configuration Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 • NETGEAR’ s Push 'N' Connect feature is based on the WPS standard. All ot her Wi-Fi-certified and WPS-cap able products should be comp atible with NETGEAR products that implement Push 'N' Connect. • If your wireless network will [...]

Chapter 2: Wireless Ne twork Configuration | 21 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 T o access the Internet from any computer co nnected to your router, launch a browser such as Microsoft Int ernet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. Y ou should see the router’s Internet L ED blink, indicating communication to the ISP . Note: If no WPS-cap able[...]

22 | Chapter 2: Wireless Ne t work Configuration Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Adding Wireless Computers that Do Not Support WPS If you set up your network with WPS, and now you want to add a computer that does not support WPS, you must manually configu re that computer . T o view the wireless settings for the router , see “Manuall[...]

Chapter 3: Protecting Y our Network | 23 3. Pr ot ectin g Y our Ne t w or k 3 This chapter describes how to use the basic firewall features of the router to protect your network. Note: For information about the advanced content filtering features port forwarding and port triggering, see “Port Forwa rding and Port T riggering” on page 46 . P rot[...]

24 | Chapter 3: Protecting Y our Network Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Default Configuration and Passwor d” on page 62 . 2. From the main menu, under the Maintenance heading, select Set Password: 3. T o change th e p assword, first enter the old password, and then enter the ne w p assword twice. 4. Click Apply to save your changes.[...]

Chapter 3: Protect ing Y our Network | 25 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 • Blocking unwanted traf fic from the Internet to your LAN. The router allows you to restrict access to Inte rnet content based on Web addresses and Web a ddress keywords. 1. L og in to the router as described in “Logging In to Y our Router” on page 9. 2. O[...]

26 | Chapter 3: Protecting Y our Network Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 5. T o delete a keyword or domain, select it from the list, click Delete Keyword , and then click Apply . 6. T o specify a trusted user , enter that computer ’s IP address in the T rusted IP Address field, and then click Apply . Y ou can specify one trusted user[...]

Chapter 3: Protect ing Y our Network | 27 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 4. Click Add and the following screen displays: 5. Either select a service from the Service T ype drop-down list, or use the Service/T ype User Defined field to create a custom service. 6. Click Add to create the service, and it will be listed in the Service T ab[...]

28 | Chapter 3: Protecting Y our Network Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 2. On the main menu below Content Filtering, select Schedule: 3. Select your time zone. This setting will be us ed for the blocking schedule according to your local time zone and for time-stamping log entries. If your time zone is currently in day light savings ti[...]

Chapter 3: Protect ing Y our Network | 29 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 protect you from identity thef t and scams, Live Parental Control blocks up to 50 categories of Internet content. Live Parent al Controls is an excellent solution for keeping your family safe online, but like all Web filtering to ols, it isn't perfect. NETGE[...]

Chapter 4: Managing Y our Network | 30 4. Managing Y our Ne t w or k 4 This chapter describes how to perform network management t asks with your Mobile Broadband Wireless-N Router. Backing Up, R estoring , or Erasing Y our Settings The configuration sett ings of the router are stored in a configuration file in the router. This file can be backed up[...]

Chapter 4: Managing Y our Network | 31 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 R estoring the Configuration from a File T o restore the configuration: 1. Log in to the router. T ype http://www .routerlogin.net in the address field of your Internet browser . Enter admin for the user name and yo ur password (or the default, p assword ) . 2. Unde[...]

32 | Chapter 4: Managing Y our Network Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 The Web b rowser used to upload new firmware into the rou ter must support HTTP uploads. NETGEAR recommends usi ng Microsof t Internet Explorer 5.0 or newer , or Mozilla Firefox 2.0 or newer . 2. Log in to the router. T ype http://www .routerlogin.net in the address[...]

Chapter 4: Managing Y our Network | 33 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 R outer Status From the main menu, below th e Maintenance heading, select Router S tatus to view this screen. Y ou can use this screen to view the stat us of the router , to show st atistics, or to view the connection statu s. • For information about the fields on[...]

34 | Chapter 4: Managing Y our Network Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 W AN Port Connection S tatus The status of the Internet connection . IP Address The IP address used by t he modem. If no address is shown, the router cannot connect to the Internet. Protocol The protocol for the Internet connection, which is PPP (Point-to-Point). IP[...]

Chapter 4: Managing Y our Network | 35 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Showing Statistics Click the Show St atistics button on the Router S tatus screen to display router usage statistics: This following table explai ns the statistic fields. T able 5. Router St atistics Fields Field Description S tatus The link status. Note that LAN2, [...]

36 | Chapter 4: Managing Y our Network Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Connection Status Click the Connection S tatus button on the Router S tatus scre en: This screen shows the following statistics: T able 6. Connection St atus Fields for HSDP A St atus Field Descriptio n Connection S tatus The status of the Internet connection. • S[...]

Chapter 4: Managing Y our Network | 37 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Viewing Attached Devices The Attache d Devices screen shows all IP devic es that the rou ter discovered on the local network. From the main menu, under the Maintenance heading, sele ct Attached Devices: For each device, the tab le shows the IP address , device name [...]

38 | Chapter 4: Managing Y our Network Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Log entries and action buttons are de scribed in the following table. Selecting Which Information to Lo g Besides the standard information listed p rev iously , you can choose to log additional information. Those optional sele ctions are as follows: • Attempted ac[...]

Chapter 4: Managing Y our Network | 39 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Activation and Administration Tue, 2002-05-21 18:48:39 - NETGEAR activated [This entry indicates a power-up or reboo t with initial time entry .] Tue, 2002-05-21 18:55:00 - Administrator login successful - IP:192.168.0.2 Thu, 2002-05-21 18:56:58 - Administrator logo[...]

40 | Chapter 4: Managing Y our Network Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 T o receive alert s and logs by e-mail: 1. Select the T urn E-mail Notification On check box. 2. Fill in the fields to send alert s and logs through email. • Y our Outgoing Mail Server . Enter the name or IP address of the outgoing SMTP mail server of your ISP (su[...]

Chapter 4: Managing Y our Network | 41 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 • Display the routing t able to identify what other routers the router is communicating with. • Reboot the router to enable new network configurat ions to take ef fect or to clear problems with the router’ s network connection. From the main menu, under th e M[...]

42 | Chapter 4: Managing Y our Network Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Tip : Be sure to change the router default p assword to a very secure password. The ideal password should cont ain no dictionary words from any language, and should be a mixture of let ters (both upper-case and lower-case), numbers, and symbols. Y our password can b[...]

Chapter 5: Advanced | 43 5. Advan c ed 5 This chapter describes how to configure th e advanced features of your Mobile Broadband Wireless-N Router. Advanced Wireless Settings From the main menu, select Advanced Wireless Settings to display the followin g screen: T able 8. Ad vanced Wireles s Settings Field Description Enable Wireless Router R adio [...]

44 | Chapter 5: Advanced Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Wireless Station Access Control By default, any wireless PC th at is configured with the correct SSID and wireless securit y settings is allowed access to your wirele ss network. Y ou can use Wireless Access Point settings in the Wireless Setting screen to fu rther restrict wirel[...]

Chapter 5: Advanced | 45 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 R estricting Access by MA C Address For increased security , you can restrict access to the wireless network to allow only specific PCs based on their MAC addresses. Y ou can restrict access to only trusted PCs so that unknown PCs cannot wirelessly co nnect to the Mobile Broadban[...]

46 | Chapter 5: Advanced Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 P ort Forwarding and P ort T riggering Port forwarding and port triggering are advanced features that affect the behavior of the firewall in your router. In the Port Forwarding / Port T riggering screen, you can make local computers or servers available to th e Inter net for diff[...]

Chapter 5: Advanced | 47 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 P ort T riggering T o set up port triggering: 1. F rom the main menu, under th e Advanced Heading, select Port Forwarding/ Port T riggering. 2. Select th e Port T riggering radio button to display the following screen: 3. Click Add Se rvice and fill in the fields in the Add Servi[...]

48 | Chapter 5: Advanced Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Setting Up a Default DMZ Server WA R N I N G ! For security reasons, you should avo id using the default DMZ server feature. When a computer is designated as the default DMZ server , it loses much of the protection of the firewall, and is exposed to many exploit s from the Intern[...]

Chapter 5: Advanced | 49 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 T o assign a computer or server to be a default DMZ serve r: 1. Go to th e W AN Setup screen as described in the previous section. 2. Select th e Default DMZ Server check box. 3. T ype the IP address for that server . 4. Click App ly to save your changes. LAN IP Settings The LAN [...]

50 | Chapter 5: Advanced Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 DHCP Settings By default, the router functions a s a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server , allowing it to assign IP , DNS server , and default gateway addresses to all comp uters connected to the router’ s LAN. The assigned default gateway address is the LAN addre[...]

Chapter 5: Advanced | 51 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 The router delivers the following parameters to any LAN device that requests DHCP: • An IP address from the range you have defined . • Subnet mask. • Gateway IP Address is the router’s LAN IP address. • Primary DNS server , if you entered a primary DNS add ress in the B[...]

52 | Chapter 5: Advanced Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Dynamic DNS If your network has a permanently assigned IP address, you can register a domain name and have that name linked with yo ur IP address by public Domain Name Servers (DNS). However , if your Internet account uses a dyna mically assigned IP addre ss, you will not know in[...]

Chapter 5: Advanced | 53 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 6. If your dynamic DNS provider allows the use of wildcards in resolving your URL, you can select the Use wildcards check box to activate this feature. For example, the wildcard feature will cause *.yourhost. dyndns.org to be aliased to the same IP address as yourhost.dyndns.org.[...]

54 | Chapter 5: Advanced Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 T o configure st atic routes: 1. From the ma in me nu, under the Advanced heading, select S tatic Routes to view the S tatic Routes screen: 2. Click Add or Edit to display the following screen: 3. Fill in or change the fields: • Route Na me. The route name is for identification[...]

Chapter 5: Advanced | 55 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 1. Select UPnP on the main menu to display the UPnP screen: 2. Fill in the settings on the UPnP screen: • Tu r n U P n P O n . UPnP can be enabled or disabled for automatic device configuration. The default setting for UPnP is enabled. If disabled, th e router will not allow an[...]

56 | Chapter 5: Advanced Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 T o monitor traffic on your router: 1. Under the Ad vanced heading on the router menu, select T raffic Meter . 2. T o enable the T raffic Meter , select the Enable T raffic Meter check box. 3. If you would like to record and restrict the volume of Internet traffic, select the T r[...]

Chapter 6: T roubleshooting | 57 6. T r oubles hooti ng 6 This chapter gives information about trou bleshoot ing your Mobile Broadband Wireless-N Router. After each problem description, instructions are provided to help yo u diagnose and solve the problem. For the common problems listed, g o to the section indicated. • Is the router on? • Have [...]

58 | Chapter 6: T roubleshooting Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 If any of these conditions d oes not occur , refer to the following t able. T roubleshooting Access to the Router Main Menu If you are unable to access the router ma in menu from a computer on your local network, check the following: • If you are using an Etherne t-conn[...]

Chapter 6: T roubleshooting | 59 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 • Make sure your computer ’ s IP address is on the same subnet as the router . If you are using the recommended ad dressing scheme, your computer ’ s address should be in the range of 192.168.0.2 to 192 .168.0.254. See the online document listed in "Internet Ne[...]

60 | Chapter 6: T roubleshooting Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 T roubleshooting Internet Browsing If your router can obt ain an IP address but your computer is unable to load any W eb pages from the Internet: • The T raffic meter is enabled and the limit might ha ve been reached. By configuring the traf fic meter to not block, you [...]

Chapter 6: T roubleshooting | 61 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Pinging <IP address> with 32 by tes of data If the p ath is working, you see this me ssage: Reply from < IP address >: byte s=32 time=NN ms TTL=xxx If the path is not working, you see this message: Request timed out If the path is not working correctly , you c[...]

62 | Chapter 6: T roubleshooting Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 broadband modem, but some ISPs additionally re strict a ccess to the MAC address of a single PC connected to that modem. If this is t he case, you must configure your router t o clone or spoof the MAC address from the authorized PC. See the Mobile Broadban d Wireless-N Ro[...]

Appendix A: Factory Default Settings and T echnical Specifications | 63 A. F ac to r y De f ault Se t ting s and T ec hni cal Sp ecificat ion s A Factory Default Settings Y ou can use the Restore Factory Settings button located on the bottom of your router to reset all settings to their factory default s. This is called a hard reset. T o perform a [...]

64 | Appendix A: Factory Default Setti ngs and T echnical Specifications Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 Firewall Inbound communication from the Internet Disabled (except traffic on port 80, the http port) Outbound communication to the Internet) Enabled (all) Source MAC filtering Disabled Wireless Wireless communicati on Enabled SSID n[...]

App endix A: Factory Default Setti ngs and T echnical Specifications | 65 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 T echnical Specifications • North America: 120V AC, 60 Hz, input • United Kingdom, Australia : 240V AC, 50 Hz, input • Europe: 230V AC, 50 Hz, input • Japan: 100V AC, 50/60 Hz, input • All regions (output): 12 V DC @ 1.0A[...]

Appendix B: Related Document s | 66 B. R ela ted Doc umen ts B This appendix provides links to reference document s you can use to gain a more complete understanding of the technologies used in your NETGEAR product. Document L ink Windows XP and Vista Wireless Configuration Utilities Application Note http://documentation. netgear .com/re ference/en[...]

Appendix C: Notification of Compliance | 67 C. Notif ica tion o f Com plian ce C Regulatory Compliance Information Note: This section includes user requiremen ts for operating this product in ac co rdance with National l aws for usage of radio spectrum and operation of radio devices. F ailure of the e nd-user to comply with the applicable re quirem[...]

68 | Appendix C: Notification of Compliance Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 EDOC in Languages of the European Community Cesky [Czech] NETGEAR Inc. tímto prohlašuje, že tento Radiolan je ve shode se základ ními požadavky a dalšími príslušnými ustanoveními smernice 1999/5 /ES. Dansk [Danish] Undertegnede NETGEAR Inc. erklære[...]

Appendix C: Notification of Compliance | 69 Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 This device is a 2.4 GHz wideband tran smission system (tra nsceiver), intended for use in all EU member states and EFT A countries, except in France and Italy where restrictive use applies. In Italy the end-user should apply for a license at the national spect[...]

70 | Appendix C: Notification of Compliance Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 FCC Radio Frequency Interference W arnings & Instructions This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digit al device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provi de reason able protection ag[...]

Index | 71 Inde x A access 3-23 restricting by MAC address 2-15 , 5-45 router p assword 3-23 access control 5-44 B backup configuration 4-30 blocking keywords 3-24 services 3-26 sites 3-24 broadband settings 1-11 , 1-12 C configuration backup 4-30 erasing 4-31 D date and time, troublesho oting 6-62 daylight savings time 3-28 , 6-62 Denial of Servic[...]

72 | Index Mobile Broadband Wire less-N Router MBRN3000 restore factory settings 4-31 Restore Factory Settings button 1-8 roaming 1-12 router back panel 1-8 router front panel 1-6 LEDs 1-7 Wireless button 1-7 WPS button 1-7 router label 1-8 router stand 1-9 S serial number , location of 1-8 Setup Wizard 1-11 SMTP 4-40 SSID 2-15 Syslog 4-38 T TCP/IP[...]