Netgear Router WAN Setup

• Type the router’s URL or IP address in the address bar and press Enter.
• Note: The IP address can be found on the router’s label at the bottom of the router panel.

• You can also find the IP address from the computer that is connected to the router by performing the following instructions.

• Go to the Start menu on your Windows computer and click the Settings icon followed by the Network & Internet option.

• Select your connection and you will see the router’s IP address in the IPv4 field.

• In the Windows search bar, enter cmd and choose the Command Prompt option from the search results.
• Enter the ipconfig command and press the Enter key.

• All the network information of the Netgear router will be shown in the Command Prompt window.
• You can find the router’s IP address in the beside the Gateway field.

Method 1: From the menu

• On the home screen of your Mac computer, click the Apple menu at the top of the screen and click the System Preferences option.
• Click the Network option, select the network connection on the left panel, and note down the router’s IP address from the IP Address field.

Method 2: Terminal window

• Go to the Finder tab, select the Applications option, and click the Utilities option followed by the Terminal option.
• Type the command ifconfig in the Terminal window to know the IP address of your router.

• The login web page of the Netgear router will appear on the screen.
• For most of the Netgear router models, the default user name and password are admin and password, respectively.

• If you have changed the router admin password, use the new one instead of the default one.
• The login credentials are case-sensitive. So, enter them correctly in the User Name and Password fields.

• In the home page of the Netgear router, click the Advanced option followed by the Setup option and select the WAN Setup option.
• Now, you will see the following options on the screen.
• Disable Port Scan and DoS Protection
• Default DMZ Server
• Respond to Ping on Internet Port

• Disable IGMP Proxying
• MTU Size (in bytes)
• NAT Filtering
• Choose the required options and click the Apply option to save the changes you have made.
• Now, We have seen how to perform Netgear Router WAN Setup in Windows and MAC Computer.