Netgear D6400 – AC1600 WiFi VDSL/ADSL Modem Router—802.11ac Dual Band Gigabit User Manual

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Contents

Getting Started

Router Requirements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
Install the NETGEAR Desktop genie App on a Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
Install the NETGEAR Mobile genie Apps on Smartphones and Tablets  . . . . . . . .  8

Install the Android Mobile genie App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Install the iOS Mobile genie App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Manage the Desktop genie App Settings For Windows Computers . . . . . . . . . . 9

Enable or Disable Autostart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Show or Hide Network Connectivity Change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Manage Your Router Locally Using the genie App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Log In to Your Router Locally Using the Desktop genie App . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Log In to Your Router Locally Using the Android Mobile genie App . . . . . . . 12
Log In to Your Router Using the iOS Mobile genie App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

View Information About the genie App and the Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

View Information about the Windows desktop genie App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
View Information about the Mac Desktop genie App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
View Information About the Android Mobile genie App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
View Information About the iOS Mobile genie App. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Manage Your Internet Connection

Monitor Your Internet Connection Using the Desktop genie App . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Perform a Speed Test Using the Desktop genie App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Fix an Internet Connection Problem Using the Desktop genie App . . . . . . . . . . 21
Set Up Traffic Meter Locally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Set Up the Traffic Meter Locally Using the Desktop genie App. . . . . . . . . . . 22
Set Up the Traffic Meter Locally Using the Android Mobile genie App. . . . . 24
Set Up the Traffic Meter Using the iOS Mobile genie App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Manage Your WiFi Network

Manage WiFi Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Connect to a WiFi Network Using the Desktop genie App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Specify the Preferred Network Using the Desktop genie App . . . . . . . . . . . 28

View the WiFi Channel Usage in Your Area Using the Desktop genie App . . . . 29
Change the WiFi Channel Using the Desktop genie App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Change the Router WiFi Settings Locally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Change the Router WiFi Settings Using the Desktop genie App . . . . . . . . . . 31
Change the Router WiFi Settings Using the Android Mobile genie App . . . . 32
Change the Router WiFi Settings Using the iOS Mobile genie App . . . . . . . . 33

Export Router WiFi Settings to a USB Device Using the Desktop genie App . . 35