How do I connect my NETGEAR router to my network?

If you have an existing network and wish to add a NETGEAR router for security and reliability, follow these steps to configure your new NETGEAR router: When you first turn on your NETGEAR router, you'll see the main configuration page. Steps to configure a NETGEAR router. 1

Step 1: From the main configuration page, click Connect to bring up the configuration menu. (If you have been using this device in a previous configuration, you can continue from that page.)

When you first power on your NETGEAR router, the device will automatically complete an initial factory scan and then beep. A blinking green LED will indicate that the device is performing well.

Step 3: Select the network type that you want to use. To select a wired or wireless network type, select Wired or Wireless respectively from the drop down box.

Step 4: Select the router type from the drop down box. Step 5: Select the security type for this device, either WPS (Wired Protected Setup) or SECURITY CAMERA (Security Camera). You can enable or disable security camera on your NETGEAR router by selecting Security Camera or WPS respectively from the drop down box. Step 6: If you have a wired connection, enter the hostname and IP address of your router. This will be the address used to access the web interface.

Step 7: If you are connecting to a wireless network, make sure that the security type is set to WPA/WPA2 Personal for the wireless network name and security mode is WPA2-Personal (AES). Step 8: Enter the network name of the wireless network where your NETGEAR router is connected. Step 9: Enter the authentication password. Step 10: When you finish setting up the router, the Device Configuration page will display. Step 11: Click Save & Exit to complete the configuration. For more information about configuring your NETGEAR router, refer to the configuration manual.

How to setup a NETGEAR router without an app?

I'd like to setup a NETGEAR router without an app.

How do I set it up without an app? Do I have to connect a mobile phone to the router first? When I was setting this up before, I just pressed the router button and it worked but I don't know what buttons to push on the router now because of my iPhone. Help me out, please. Thanks!

Solution: Click the following link to go directly to the instructions for your router model. Click the "Wireless" tab and follow the steps. To access the instructions for your router model visit
Can you elaborate? Answer: For iPhone, if you are using iOS9, then the router setup page will automatically detect the network and the signal strength. But for iOS8 and below, you will have to find out the network name from your computer by going to wifi icon, then you can select the network and select its details.

Once the network is selected, you will have to select the wireless channel, then go to the router Setup Page. If you have any problem, you can always refer to our manual below:

Why isn't my NETGEAR router connecting to the internet?

I got a NETGEAR router for my company.

The idea is to set up multiple LANs (each has 4 ethernet ports) for the network. All my computers are on ethernet. My computer connects to the internal LAN which I have set for the router to give me internet access through the router.

I had one computer with 4 ports, and tried connecting that to the ethernet jack on the router, but that didn't work either. Then I put another computer with 4 ports, this time put the ethernet port to my router, which it seems like I connected the wires incorrectly or something else is wrong, cause it still isn't working.

Both computers were plugged in on an extension cord, the cord doesn't plug in anywhere, because that ethernet port is still not connected. Does anyone know what might be wrong here? You're likely to be hitting a setting where the WAN should go off when you disconnect from the LAN - which seems likely based on the "instructions" you'd be receiving. If your router has a status LED you can use, the LED should be blinking now when you disconnect from the LAN.

What is unclear is what the purpose of such a setting is. It's not to keep the WAN on when no LAN connections exist, it sounds like, it's either a power save thing or a firewall rule. Either way, try turning it off if it exists.