NETGEAR R6300 Manuel utilisateur

NETGEAR R6300 WiFi Router, 802.11ac Dual Band Gigabit

Reviewer Guide

May 2012

v1, 5/8/2012

Contents

NETGEAR R6300 WiFi Router, 802.11ac Dual Band Gigabit Reviewer Guide.............................................. 1

1. Resources.................................................................................................................................................. 3

2. Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 3

3. Getting Started.......................................................................................................................................... 4

4. Wireless Speed and Range........................................................................................................................ 5

5. Advanced Features.................................................................................................................................... 6

ReadySHARE USB .................................................................................................................................. 6

ReadySHARE Printer.............................................................................................................................. 6

Guest Network ...................................................................................................................................... 7

DLNA ..................................................................................................................................................... 7

NETGEAR Live Parental Controls........................................................................................................... 7

Advanced Quality of Service (QoS) ....................................................................................................... 7

6. NETGEAR genie application ...................................................................................................................... 8

7. Bridge Mode........................................................................................................................................... 10

How to Set Up Bridge Mode on the R6300 Router................................................................................. 11

Appendix .............................................................................................................................................13

Technical Evaluation Recommendations ............................................................................................ 13

1. Resources

NETGEAR’s public relations team is ready to assist if you have any questions or problems while reviewing

the NETGEAR R6300 WiFi Router. Please contact:

Claudia Oropeza

Weber Shandwick

408-685-0618

coropeza@webershandwick.com

For additional information, including the product fact sheet, visit http://www.netgear.com/R6300#.

2. Introduction

The NETGEAR R6300 WiFi Router delivers next generation WiFi at Gigabit speeds. It offers the ultimate

mobility for WiFi devices with speeds up to 3x faster than 802.11n.

Compatible with next generation WiFi devices and backward compatible with 802.11 a/b/g and n

devices, the R6300 enables HD streaming throughout your home. Ssimultaneous dual band WiFi

technology offers speeds up to 450+1300‡ Mbps† and avoids interference, ensuring top WiFi speeds

and reliable connections. This makes it ideal for larger homes with multiple devices. In addition, four

Gigabit Ethernet ports offer ultra-fast wired connections. Wirelessly access and share USB hard drive

and USB printer using the two USB 2.0 ports.

Beyond speed and range, the NETGEAR R6300 offers a long list of advanced features that make home

networks more useful and easier to manage. Among these features are:

USB sharing. The R6300 has two USB ports for simultaneously sharing a printer and a USB hard

drive or flash drive across the home network.

Guest network access. Through the browser interface, it’s simple to set up a guest network, so

visitors can go online without having to be given the home network password and without

gaining access to computers, printers, storage drives and other home-network devices.

DLNA. A USB hard drive plugged into the router becomes a DLNA media server for sharing its

entertainment content –such as video, music, and photos –to DLNA-certified, Internet-ready

consumer electronic devices including televisions, Blu-ray™players and game consoles.

NETGEAR Live Parental Controls. Gives parents a centralized, flexible and reliable way to

establish what websites their children visit and what times of day they can go online for all

devices on the network, including Windows PCs, Macs, smartphones and tablets.

Advanced Quality of Service (QoS). By prioritizing video streams over other home network

traffic, advanced QoS provides the best possible viewing experience for online video.

Setting up the NETGEAR R6300 is quick and easy with a simple browser-based interface for PCs, Macs,

smartphones, the iPad, and other tablets. NETGEAR Genie™is a free application that you can use to

monitor, control, and repair home networks. Visit www.netgear.com/landing/en-us/netgear-genie.aspx.

3. Getting Started

This reviewer guide assumes you have received the R6300 package. The contents of the package are:

The R6300 router

The power adapter and AC cable

An Ethernet cable

The Installation Guide

Please contact NETGEAR’s PR team if any of these pieces are missing.

The first step in setting up the R6300 is finding an appropriate location. For best results, NETGEAR

recommends placing the router:

Near the center of the area where computers and other wireless devices will operate.

Within easy reach of an AC power outlet, as well as the Ethernet cable that provides Internet

access –such as a home cable or DSL modem, or an office network.

At an elevated location, such as a high shelf, keeping the number of walls and ceiling between

the router and wireless devices to a minimum.

Away from any large metal surfaces, such as a solid metal door or aluminum studs. Large

expanses of other materials such as glass, insulated walls, fish tanks, mirrors, brick, and concrete

can also affect the wireless signal.

The second step is connecting the R6300 to the Ethernet cable that provides Internet access and then to

AC power. Make sure the R6300 is turned on –the power button is found on the back of the router, at

the bottom.

The third step is connecting your PC, smartphone or tablet to the R6300. As noted above, setting up the

R6300 is quick and easy. The set up process can be managed from any wired or wireless device on the

network that runs a web browser, including PCs, Macs, smartphones, and tablets.

To use a wired connection, simply connect the Ethernet cable from the R6300 to your computer.

To use a wireless connection, connect to the R6300’s default WiFi network. The WiFi network

name (SSID) and network key (password) are shown on the router’s label.

The fourth step is configuring the R6300.

1. Open a web browser on any device connected to the router. The browser is hijacked to the

installation page. Please follow the installation steps.

2. If the browser is not hijacked, check connection to the router or alternatively login directly to

the router by going to http://routerlogin.net.

3. Enter the user name admin and the default password (the word password). You’ll then see the

home screen, from which you can customize the R6300’s wireless networks and advanced

features.

4. Wireless Speed and Range

The R6300 delivers speeds up to 450 Mbps in the 2.4 GHz band and 1300 Mbps in the 5 GHz band. Six

highly sensitive internal antennas are connected to the highest-power radio amplifiers allowed by

regulations: transmit power of +28.5 dBm in both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands (+27 dBM at 5 GHz in

Europe) and receive sensitivity of -99 dBm at 1 Mbps in the 2.4 GHz band and -96 dBm at 6 Mbps in the

5 GHz band.

Reviewers will receive two units—one to set up as a router, and the other to set up as a bridge. For

reviewers, the units will be preconfigured. There is also a separate note that explains how to configure

the R6300 as a bridge. This feature is accessed through the Advanced Wireless Settings page of the

router GUI (Advanced tab > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings).

The result is more WiFi range –and more wireless speed at any given distance –than top-of-the-line

home routers available today.

To test this informally, start with your current router before setting up the R6300. Go to remote corners

of your test area with a laptop, smartphone or tablet and look for areas of low signal strength. Then

check the same locations again after installing the R6300. You should see greater signal strength at

many of these points.

For NETGEAR’s recommendations on technical evaluation of wireless performance, see the Appendix.

5. Advanced Features

This section highlights a few of the many advanced features available on the R6300.

ReadySHARE USB

The R6300 is ready for instant file sharing –just plug a USB hard drive or flash drive into either of the

router’s two USB ports. Files on the shared drive can then be accessed anywhere on the network, as well

as outside the home through a web browser or via File Transfer Protocol (FTP.). By default only Network

Connection and HTTP are enabled.

ReadySHARE Printer

The R6300 makes it possible to share almost any USB printer with PCs and Macs on the home network,

through either a wired or wireless connection. With the R6300, there’s no need to buy a new printer

with built-in WiFi to provide wireless printing to every PC and Mac on the network.

To test this feature, simply plug a USB printer into either of the R6300’s USB ports and make sure the

correct printer driver software is installed on each PC or Mac that will access the printer. Then,

download and install the NETGEAR ReadySHARE Printer utility—available free at

www.netgear.com/readyshare on each PC and Mac. Run the utility on each PC and Mac to complete

the connection.

Guest Network

Through the Genie interface, it’s simple to set up a guest network, so visitors can go online without

having to be given the home network password and without gaining access to computers, printers,

storage drives and other home-network devices.

DLNA

A USB hard drive plugged into the router becomes a powerful DLNA media server for sharing

entertainment content stored on the drive –such as video, music and photos –to DLNA-certified,

Internet-ready consumer electronic devices including televisions, Blu-ray™players and game consoles.

NETGEAR Live Parental Controls

NETGEAR Live Parental Controls give parents a centralized, flexible and reliable way to establish what

web sites their children visit and what times of day they can go online for all devices on the network,

including Windows PCs, Macs, smartphones and tablets. For details, please go to

http://countries.netgear.com/lpc.

Advanced Quality of Service (QoS)

By prioritizing video streams over other home network traffic, advanced Quality of Service (QoS)

provides the best possible viewing experience for online video.

6. NETGEAR genie application

NETGEAR genie™is a free application, available for PCs, Macs, and mobile devices, that presents a

simple dashboard for monitoring, controlling and repairing home networks; viewing devices connected

to the router through a network map; and accessing many router features. NETGEAR genie mobile apps

are also available for iPhones, Android phones, and iPads. To download NETGEAR genie, go to

www.netgear.com/genie.

The NETGEAR genie utility goes beyond the genie interface that comes with the R6300 by providing an

in-depth look at network performance and allowing advanced configuration for the router’s many

features. The NETGEAR genie home screen is the starting point:

The Network Map presents a visual image of all devices connected to the home network:

The WiFi Channels feature shows which wireless channels are being used by the R6300 and nearby

access points:

The Internet feature shows real-time Internet speed for both download and upload:

7. Bridge Mode

The R6300 WiFi Router can be configured in bridge mode. This mode lets you connect multiple devices

wirelessly at the faster 802.11ac speed. To do this, you would use two R6300 routers. Install the first

router, and then set up the second router in bridge mode.

R6300 WiFi Router

R6300 configured as a

Bridge

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