Networking....................................................................................................................................41
• How many computers or devices can be connected wirelessly to NetGenie at the same
time? ....................................................................................................................................................41
• Internet access through my NetGenie appliance has stopped. What should I do? .........41
• How do I know that my NetGenie is having Internet connection?...................................... 41
• How can I verify that my NetGenie appliance is Wi-Fi enabled?........................................41
• How can I wirelessly connect my laptop to NetGenie?........................................................42
• Can I insert my telephone cable directly to my NetGenie appliance to access Internet?42
• I do not want others to see my network due to security reasons. Is there any way to hide
visibility of my network to wireless users?...................................................................................... 42
• UCan I change the name of my Network?.............................................................................43
Security.........................................................................................................................................44
• Does NetGenie protect my network from viruses and other malicious software?............44
• I want to protect my network from viruses. What should I do?............................................44
• What is the frequency of malware signature updates? Can I customize it?......................44
• Can I manually update malware signature database?.........................................................45
• How can I upgrade my NetGenie appliance with malware signature updates if I am not
connected to Internet?.......................................................................................................................45
Upgrade, Back-up, Restore..........................................................................................................46
• How can I check availability of upgrade(s) available for my NetGenie appliance?..........46
• Can I apply downloaded firmware upgrade(s) to my NetGenie appliance?......................46
• Can I save my current NetGenie configuration for future use i.e. in case of system crash
or change in settings?....................................................................................................................... 46
• My system is crashed but I do have configuration back-up I took a few days back. What
should I do to restore my NetGenie settings:.................................................................................47
• How to restore configuration back-up in NetGenie appliance?........................................... 47
• How can I restore Factory Default Configuration?................................................................48
• How many configuration snapshots can I store on NetGenie appliance?.........................48
Logs and Reports.........................................................................................................................49
• I want to find out which websites are being accessed by my son in my absence. How
can I check it?.....................................................................................................................................49
• From where can I see overall Internet traffic passing through my NetGenie appliance?50
• I want to find out which applications are being accessed by my Son in my absence. How
can I do so? ........................................................................................................................................50
• From where can I view details of viruses detected by NetGenie?......................................51
• Can I have visibility of users who are accessing Internet through NetGenie?.................. 51
• How can I view details of Intrusion attempts detected by NetGenie?................................52
• I have set time as per my local time zone but why is NetGenie still not showing it?.......53
• Can I send NetGenie logs to third party server?...................................................................53
• Is there any way to turn off NetGenie’s logging feature?.....................................................54
Some Advanced Configuration.....................................................................................................54
• Does NetGenie prevent my network from Web as well email-based viruses? What
happens when NetGenie encounters any Virus?..........................................................................54
• I do not want NetGenie to scan MS-Word documents for viruses, is it possible?............55
• What does NetGenie offer under Intrusion Prevention System?........................................56
• Can I customize NetGenie’s intrusion prevention signatures?............................................57
• What is Port Forwarding? How can I configure port forwarding in NetGenie?................. 58
• Can I access NetGenie over Internet?.................................................................................... 59
• Is there any single page from where I can get the complete network overview?.............60
• I want to change the default IP address of my NetGenie appliance, can I do it?.............61
• Why do I need to clone the MAC address of my router?.....................................................61
• My son has a gaming device running on UDP over a specific port; I want NetGenie to
block this service, can I do so?........................................................................................................62
• I have set up a small network at home. I use NetGenie to surf the Internet using my
laptop while I am keeping one game server behind a router, which is connected, to
NetGenie. Now if I want to access the game server using my laptop, how can it be done?..63
Menu Structure.....................................................................................................66
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