Second, all four of the different statuses have the same target window, making it impossible to view more than one status at a time! This made debugging a VPN setup particularly hard (see next item). First, the new window wasn’t always automatically brought to the front. The method of popping up another window for each of the four status screens was equally frustrating. Expanding the browser window doesn’t help, since the Help frame is the only frame that expands in size! It’s silly (and frustrating!) to constantly have to scroll the middle frame back and forth when you’re trying to read the Security logs, for example, because the log field doesn’t size itself to fit the frame. Here’s my list:Īlthough I applaud the right hand “Help” frame, which automatically changes from screen to screen to provide an easy reference, I don’t like the fact that you can’t resize or get rid of it. I hope NETGEAR fixes them as soon as possible. The Interface does have some problems that became quite irritating in my short time with the product. NETGEAR has thoughtfully provided both a admin log-out function and the ability to set the time for auto-logout of an inactive admin session (I wish all manufacturers did this!) The 318 does not allow multiple administrator logins at a time and tells the second would-be administrator the IP address of the current admin. You also can’t reboot the router via the admin interface, but can do a reset-to-factory-defaults (!), and save and load router settings to/from a local file. That gives you some measure of security, but it would be better if you could access the admin interface of a remote 318 via the VPN tunnel, which you can’t. Remote Management can be enabled (it’s off by default), and you can set the port used and restrict access to a single IP address or range of addresses if you like. The overall responsiveness was good with screens coming up quickly and changes only taking a few seconds to be registered. The only thing you have to do is set your Time Zone and whether your location observes Daylight Savings time. The 318 automatically checks a NTP server (you can specify the IP address of your favorite one, or just use the default one) for the correct time once it gets connected to the Internet. All the normal connection types and authentication methods are supported so you shouldn’t have a problem getting connected to your ISP. I don’t know how the Wizard does this, but it detected my Dynamic IP type connection without a problem. The Wizard’s main contribution is that it will auto-detect the type of connection you have and present you with the appropriate Internet connection configuration options. (click on the image for a full-sized view) Opening the router’s default address for the first time 192.168.0.1 brings you to the Setup Wizard shown in Figure 1 below.
Experienced users won’t find any value added here, but it just might help first-timers successfully get through the installation process without having to make that dreaded call to Tech Support. It runs in your web browser, and uses Flash animation to walk you through pretty much the same setup procedure described in the Installation Guide. I hadn’t used it before, but have to admin that it’s pretty slick. If you’re the type who doesn’t read manuals, maybe you’ll like NETGEAR’s Installation Assist application.
#NETGEAR GENIE DISABLE FIREWALL PDF#
PDF versions of the Installation guide and Reference Manual,.
#NETGEAR GENIE DISABLE FIREWALL PATCH#
NETGEAR includes a printed Installation Guide, and Resource CD, and throws in a normal CAT5 patch cable to sweeten the pot. This eliminates the need for a dedicated or switchable “uplink” port, and is a feature that I’d like to see all consumer routers and switches have. All eight switched 10/100 LAN ports are on the rear, along with the 10BaseT WAN port, power socket, Power switch and Reset button.Īll of the LAN ports are auto MDI/MDI-X (NETGEAR calls this “AutoUplink “), which means that you can connect any 10/100BaseT Ethernet device with either a normal or crossover cable, and the port will configure itself so that you get a connection. All indicators are on the front panel of the cabinet and include Link/Activity, and 100Mbps for each of the eight LAN ports, Link and Activity for the WAN, and Power and Test.
The 318 comes in NETGEAR’s standard blue metal stackable cabinet.
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