Netgear WNDR4500 Installation Manual [zh]

NETGEAR, Inc.

350 East Plumeria Drive

San Jose, CA 95134 USA

August 2014

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Compliance

For the current EU Declaration of Conformity, visit

http://support.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/11621/.

For regulatory compliance information, visit

http://www.netgear.com/about/regulatory/.

See the regulatory compliance document before connecting the power supply.

N900 Wireless Dual Band
Gigabit Router

Model WNDR4500v2

Installation Guide

Package Contents

The box contains the following items.

Power adapter

N900 Wireless Router

Ethernet cable

(with stand attached)

You can use this diagram to cable and connect your router or follow the detailed instructions in this booklet.

1. Prepare your modem.

4. Connect a computer.

3. Power on the router.2. Connect your modem.

Power On/Off

Power On/Off

You can use an Ethernet cable or
connect wirelessly

.

5. Launch a browser.

NETGEAR genie displays.

If you do not see genie, type

www.routerlogin.net. Type
admin for the user name and
password as the password.

Support

Thank you for purchasing this NETGEAR product.

After installing your device, locate the serial number on the label of
your product and use it to register your product at

https://my.netgear.com.

You must register your product before you can use NETGEAR
telephone support. NETGEAR recommends registering your product
through the NETGEAR website.

For product updates and web support, visit

http://support.netgear.com.

NETGEAR recommends that you use only the official NETGEAR
support resources.

You can get the user manual online at

http://downloadcenter.netgear.com or through a link in the product’s

user interface.

Note: You can get the user manual online at http://downloadcenter.netgear.com or through a link in the product’s user interface.

Unplug your modem’s power. 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
Internet port.

DSL or cable

Internet

Modem

Wait for the 2.4 GHz LED
to turn green.

Router

Contents

Getting to Know Your Router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Install Your Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1. Prepare your modem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2. Connect your modem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

3. Power on the router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

4. Connect a computer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

5. Open a browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Preset Wireless Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Wireless Network Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Join the Wireless Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

WPS Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Manual Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Access the Router to Make More Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Change Your Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Retrieve Your Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

ReadySHARE Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

ReadySHARE Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Time Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

TiVo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

NETGEAR genie App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

NETGEAR genie Mobile App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

1

Getting to Know Your Router

Most connectors are on the rear panel.

USB ports

LAN ports 1–4

WAN

(Internet)

port

The following figure shows the front panel.

Reset
Power connector
Power On/Off

WPS button

WPS LED

WiFi On/Off button

Power LED

Internet LED

2.4 GHz LED
5 GHz LED

Ethernet (LAN) LEDS

USB LEDs

2

The router has two buttons and several LEDs on the front.

• WPS button. Use WPS to add a wireless computer or device to

the network.

• WiFi On/Off button. Turn the wireless radios on and off.

Table 1. LEDs

LED Description

WPS • Solid green. Wireless security (such as, WEP,

Power/Test • Solid amber. The router is starting up after being

Internet • Solid green. An IP address has been received.

2.4 GHz

WPA-PSK, or WPA2-PSK) is enabled on the
router.

• Blinking green. The router is performing WPS
activities. This LED continuously blinks if the
router is in the WPS PIN auto lockdown state.

• Off. All wireless radios are disabled, and there is
no WPS activity.

powered on.

• Solid green. The power is on, and the router is
ready.

• Blinking amber. A firmware update is in progress.

• Blinking green. The firmware is corrupt.

• Switching between green and amber. The
router is in AP Bridge mode.

• Off. Power is not supplied to the router.

The router is ready to transmit data.

• Solid amber. The IP address has not been

acquired.

• Off. No Ethernet cable is connected between the

router and the modem.

• Solid green. The wireless radio is operating.

• Blinking. The router is in WPS mode.

• Off. The wireless radio is off.

3

Table 1. LEDs (continued)

LED Description

5 GHz

LAN ports 1–4

USB

1 and USB 2 • Solid green. The router has accepted the USB

• Solid blue. The wireless radio is operating.

• Blinking. The router is in WPS mode.

• Off. The wireless radios is off.

• Solid green. The LAN port has detected a
1,000 Mbps link with an attached device.

• Solid amber. The LAN port detected a
10/100 Mbps link with an attached device.

• Off. No link is detected on this port.

device. The USB device is ready to be used.

• Blinking green. The USB device is in use.

• Off. No USB device is connected, or the Safely
Remove Hardware button has been clicked, and it
is now safe to remove the attached USB device.

4

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 the power to the

modem.

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 router.

d. Check that your modem is

turned off and cabled only to
the wall jack for your Internet service.

2. Connect your modem.

DSL or cable

Internet

Modem

Modem

Router

a. Plug in and turn on your modem. (Replace the batteries if you

removed them previously.)

b. With the yellow Ethernet cable that came with the router,

connect your modem to the Internet port of your router.

5