Netgear D6300 Quick Start Manual

Technical Support

Ethernet cable

Filter/splitter

Phone cable

D6300 Modem Router

Power adapter (2 parts)

Package Contents

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The box should contain the following items. If any items are
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D6300 WiFi ADSL Modem Router

Installation Guide

NETGEAR, Inc.

350 East Plumeria Drive

San Jose, CA 95134, USA

July 2012

You can use this diagram to connect your modem router to ADSL or cable/fiber modem, or you can follow the
instructions in this booklet.

3 Computer

2 Power

4 Browser

1 ADSL or

Cable/Fiber

Note: A user manual is available online at http://downloadcenter.netgear.com or through a link in this modem router’s user interface.

Modem

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product should be treated and recycled in accordance with the laws of
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For indoor use only in all EU countries and Switzerland.

Contents

Before You Begin (DSL Connection). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Install Your Modem Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

1. Connect the router to your Internet service. . . . . . . . . . . 3

2. Power on your router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

3. Connect a computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

4. Open a web browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Preset Wireless Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Wireless Network Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Join the Wireless Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

WPS Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Manual Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Access the Router to Make Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

NETGEAR genie App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

ReadySHARE Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

ReadySHARE Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Control Center Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Scan with a Multifunction Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Before You Begin (DSL Connection)

If you are connecting to a DSL line, make sure that your DSL service
is active before you install the modem router. You need the
information listed here to install your DSL modem and connect to the
Internet. Locate it and have it on hand before you st art the inst allation
procedure.

• DSL use

welcome letter your DSL Internet service provider (ISP) sent you
when you signed up for your service. Record your DSL Internet
service account user name and password here:

User name:
Password:

• Y our telephone number or DSL account number. If you do not

have voice service, you can use your DSL account number in
place of a phone number.

If you do not know or cannot locate your user name and

assword, call your DSL Internet service provider.

p

Be specific when speaking with your DSL Internet service

ovider. For example, you could say:

pr

I need my DSL service user name and password. Can you help
me

Note: If
devices, tell them you need only your DSL user name and
password; you do not need support.

r name and password. These are included in the

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your provider says that they do not support NETGEAR

2

Install Your Modem Router

Plugs into the ADSL line

Note: Keep your modem router in a vertical position.

1. Con

 T

nect the router to your Internet service.

You can connect either directly to a DSL line or to a fiber/cable
mo

dem.

o connect to a DSL line:

a. Inst
b. Co
c. Use an ADSL micro

all an ADSL microfilter between the phone line and the

phone.

nnect the ADSL port of the modem router to th e ADSL

port of the microfilter

filter for every phone line in the house if
your modem router and telephone connect to the same
phone line.

3

 To connect to a cable/fiber modem:

Connect one end of the yellow Ethernet cable to the W AN port on
the

router, and connect the other end to your cable/fiber modem.

2. Power on your

router.

a. Con

nect the power adapter to the router, and plug the power

adapter into an outlet.

b. W

ait until the WiFi LED turns solid blue.

4