Netgear WNDR4720 Quick Install Guide

Technical Support

Package Contents

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Centria WNDR4700/WNDR4720

Installation Guide

The box contains the following items. If any items are incorrect,
missing, or damaged, contact your NETGEAR dealer.

Note: Only Model
WNDR4720 includes a
hard disk drive (HDD).

Centria

Ethernet cable

Tray

Power adapter

HDD
(WNDR4720)

NETGEAR, Inc.

350 East Plumeria Drive

San Jose, CA 95134, USA

July 2012

Note: Your hard disk drive was shipped external to

Centria to protect it from any accidental damage. Please
do ensure when shipping Centria to always remove the
hard drive from the internal slot.

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

1. Prepare your modem.

Unplug your modem. If it has a battery
backup, remove the battery.

2. Connect your modem.

Plug in your modem. Put the battery
back in. Then cable the modem to the
router Internet port.

DSL or Cable

Router

3. Insert a hard disk drive
(optional).

4. Power on the router.

Internet

Compliance

Declarations of Conformity

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

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Directive 2002/96 on the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
(the WEEE Directive). If disposed of within the European Union, this
product should be treated and recycled in accordance with the laws of
your jurisdiction implementing the WEEE Directive.

Modem

5. Connect a
computer

6. Launch a browser.

Contents

Getting to Know Your Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Install Your Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1. Prepare your modem.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2. Connect your modem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

4. Power on the router.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

5. Connect a computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

6. Launch a browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Install an HDD (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Format the HDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Remove a Hard Disk Drive (HDD). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Preset Wireless Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Wireless Network Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Join the Wireless Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

WPS Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Manual Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Access the Router to Make More Changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Change Your Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Retrieve Your Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Format the HDD from the Router Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

ReadySHARE Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

ReadySHARE Vault App. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

ReadySHARE Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

NETGEAR genie App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

NETGEAR genie Mobile App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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Getting to Know Your Router

USB

LAN ports

WAN

Restore

Power On/Off

Power connector

1-4

Factory
Settings

(Internet)

port

LEDs

WPS
WiFi On/Off

Backup
USB port

Card reader

Most connectors are on the rear panel.

The following figure shows the front and side panel.

The router has buttons on the side and LEDs on the front

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

network.

• WiFi On/Off. T urn the wireless radios on and off.

• Backup. Press for 2 seconds to back up files on a card attached

to the card reader onto the HDD inside the router.

• USB 3.0 port. Connect a USB device

• Card reader. Connect an SD, MMC, MS, or MS Pro type card.

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Table 1. LEDs

LED Description

Power • Solid amber. The router is starting up.

• Blinking amber. The firmware is upgrading, or the

Restore Factory Settings button was pressed.

• Solid green. The router is ready.

• Blinking green. The firmware is corrupted. See

www.netgear.com/support.

• Off. Power is not supplied to the router.

Internet • Solid green. The Internet connection is ready.

• Solid amber. The Ethernet cable connection to the
modem has been detected.

• Off. No Ethernet cable is connected to the modem.

Wireless • Solid blue. The wireless radio is operating in either 2.4

GHz or 5 GHz mode.

• Blinking: The router is in WPS mode.

• Off. The wireless radios are off for both 2.4 GHz and 5

GHz.

USB • Solid blue: The router has accepted the USB device. The

USB device is ready to be used.

• Blinking blue: A USB HDD is plugged in and is trying to
connect.

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

HDD • Solid green: The internal HDD is working fine;

• Solid green plus red: The HDD is 85% full.

• Blinking green: Someone pressed the Backup button;

SD card data is being copied to the internal HDD.

• Blinking green and red: The HDD is 95% full.

• Solid red: The HDD is not formatted, the HDD connection

is loose, or failure alert.

• Off: No internal HDD is connected.

5

Install Your Router

1

Internet

DSL or cable

Modem

2

a

b

Router

Modem

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 router.
Now your modem should be
turned off and cabled only to the
wall jack for your Internet service.

2. Connect your modem.

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.

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3. Install a hard disk drive (optional).

For details, see Install an HDD

(Optional) on page 9.

3

4

On/Off

Router

Modem

4. 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 5, 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.

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