Cyberoam Netgenie Home User manual

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User Guide

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NetGenie – Read it first
The most complex questions have the simplest answers. NetGenie is an embodiment of such a
design philosophy.
At home, our family is the most cherished part of our life and their security is our prime concern.
They access the Internet for almost anything. From booking movie tickets, accessing Facebook to
emailing, the Internet is woven into the fabric of day-to-day lives; and yet is the most vulnerable
part too.
The Name is… NetGenie
The idea behind this product is to provide the same technology based Internet security to home
user, as the enterprise level users get. It is designed to ensure the safety of its master like a
Genie without curbing the freedom, while surfing the Wild Wild Web, and not be restrictive or
prohibitive like a cop. Hence it is christened – NetGenie.
A Complete Security Suite
The challenge here is to make an appliance simple to configure for a home user and yet give
enough leeway to an advanced user to configure and customize the security as per his needs. The
outcome of this design philosophy is NetGenie - a ready to use small appliance with retro looks,
empowered with security features like firewall, Web and application filtering, anti-virus and
intrusion prevention (IPS). While firewall, anti-virus and IPS keeps all unauthorized, malicious and
harmful Internet traffic at bay, Web and application filtering have been customized to play the role
of age sensitive Parental Controls.
Truly Plug-n-Play
NetGenie is a truly a Plug-n-Play security solution. Give in the Internet feed, Power it up and…
Whoosh…. you go!
Did I tell you… you can connect to the Internet using any of the following?
•DHCP
•Static
•PPPoE
•USB
Threat-free Wi-Fi
With NetGenie, you can rest ensured that no one will be able to snoop into your Wi-Fi. It has been
secured it from the inception. In the technical lingo, NetGenie is shipped with a preconfigured SSID
and Network Security Key (password) which, if required, you can change. For the first time use,
just check the appliance bottom and you will find the Network Security Key (password) there. In
other words, you do not have to log in into the appliance to go hunting for the Wi-Fi password.
To add icing on the cake, you have Firewall, Anti Virus, Web and Application Filtering and Intrusion
Prevention features to chaperonage your family as you surf the Internet.
Appliance that Communicates
As soon as you start surfing the Internet, you will be served with a splash page. This page is
specifically designed to give you one-stop information about NetGenie’s services. A click from this
page can lead you to destinations like:
•NetGenie Security Features
•Continue surfing
•Benefits of NetGenie over other available products
•Appliance Registration page

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•NetGenie’s Web GUI
•You can choose not to see the page again too!
If you choose to log into NetGenie appliance, you will have a few more surprises awaiting for you.
The GUI is colorful, fresh and vibrant. Here security is not painted in drab grey shades. The pages
are refreshing and stimulating to look at. They are designed to encourage parents to access and
experiment with the configurations to get the maximum mileage. The most common color codes
like green and red are used to simplify the allowed and blocked sites respectively in Parental
Controls section.
The Avatars, that you use to symbolize your family members, are designed to make you smile.
Soon NetGenie will allow you to upload your kid’s picture so that he can identify his user.
Age-Wise Easy Parental Controls
As soon as you log into NetGenie, you will land on the Family Protection page. This page is the
heart of the appliance. From this page you can create the profiles of all your family members and
choose what they will access and when. This feature will ensure that you do not have hover over
your kids when they access the Internet.
Just grab the Age Slider… and you are done. With this you can now configure what Web and
application your family members can access. The categorization database for Web and application
is on the Cloud and it is always current and up-to-date to protect you against any emerging threat.
Once you have created users and you do not wish to login every time to surf, just White-List the
device and the moment you open your browser… you are surfing.
Know it All through Logs and Reports
NetGenie provides extensive logs and reports of all Internet activities of all the users. This will
enable you to see who has surfed what and at what time. This will enable you understand the
Internet surfing pattern of your family members and tweak the security accordingly.
The logs and reports will also show you what kinds of threats are lurking over the Internet, trying to
get into your home.
NetGenie – Secure your Family, Simply
NetGenie is the name of a quest, a journey to achieve ease of use and simplified security for home
users. It is the beginning of a thrilling journey.
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Table of Contents
Preface................................................................................................................... 6
Intended Audience..........................................................................................................................6
Guide Organization.........................................................................................................................6
Typographic Conventions...............................................................................................................7
Part 1: Deploy your NetGenie..................................................................................8
Introduction.............................................................................................................8
Know your NetGenie ......................................................................................................................8
Defaults ..........................................................................................................................................9
Surf using NetGenie ...............................................................................................9
Getting your NetGenie Ready........................................................................................................9
Identify your Home Internet Setup..................................................................................................9
Access Internet.............................................................................................................................17
Part 2: Family Protection....................................................................................... 18
Access NetGenie..........................................................................................................................18
Set System Time..........................................................................................................................19
Add User.......................................................................................................................................20
User Internet Access....................................................................................................................22
Part 3: What can NetGenie do for you?............................................................... 26
Registration ..................................................................................................................................26
•Why do I need to register my appliance and how do I do it?...............................................26
Internet Access.............................................................................................................................27
•Is it mandatory to create a user in NetGenie in order to access Internet?........................27
•How can I access and configure my NetGenie appliance?.................................................27
•How do I give safe Internet access to my 7-year-old daughter Jane?...............................27
•Is password mandatory for family members of all age groups?..........................................28
•Which websites will be accessible by default to my 6 year old?.........................................28
•Will all my family members receive authentication page every time they try to access
Internet through NetGenie?..............................................................................................................28
•Do I need to manually add each website, which I want to be allowed for my kid?...........29
•How can I customize Website category access for a specific user?..................................29
•I’m receiving “Blocked Website” message when I try to access www.google.com through
NetGenie. Is there any way one can allow access to the blocked website(s) from the
authentication page?.........................................................................................................................32
•I want to know the categorization for a Website. Is there any way to know the same
using NetGenie?.................................................................................................................................33
•I want to allow only Yahoo Messenger to my 10- year- old daughter that too in the
evening between 6 to 9. I also want to block any other chat messengers, what should I do?34
•I am not able to access the Internet using my smartphone, why?......................................36
•I want to allow or block some websites for all users; do I need to individually configure
this setting for each and every user?..............................................................................................37
•Is there any way to allow/block websites globally?...............................................................37
•Does NetGenie allow access to uncategorized websites?..................................................37
•How can I block the websites, which are not categorized by NetGenie?..........................37
•What if one of my family members forgets their password?................................................38
•I am a traveler and use USB modem to get Internet access; can NetGenie ensure me
safe Internet?......................................................................................................................................38
•My ISP has given me an IP address, where do I need to specify the same in NetGenie?
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Device Whitelisting.......................................................................................................................39
•How do I make sure that every time I login using my laptop, I do not have to see the
authentication page?.........................................................................................................................39
•I do not want to authenticate every time I try to access the Internet using NetGenie.
What should I do?..............................................................................................................................39
System..........................................................................................................................................40
•How do I change my NetGenie administrator password?....................................................40
•How can I view system and security status of my NetGenie Appliance?..........................40
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Networking....................................................................................................................................41
•How many computers or devices can be connected wirelessly to NetGenie at the same
time? ....................................................................................................................................................41
•Internet access through my NetGenie appliance has stopped. What should I do? .........41
•How do I know that my NetGenie is having Internet connection?......................................41
•How can I verify that my NetGenie appliance is Wi-Fi enabled?........................................41
•How can I wirelessly connect my laptop to NetGenie?........................................................42
•Can I insert my telephone cable directly to my NetGenie appliance to access Internet?42
•I do not want others to see my network due to security reasons. Is there any way to hide
visibility of my network to wireless users?......................................................................................42
•UCan I change the name of my Network?.............................................................................43
Security.........................................................................................................................................44
•Does NetGenie protect my network from viruses and other malicious software?............44
•I want to protect my network from viruses. What should I do?............................................44
•What is the frequency of malware signature updates? Can I customize it?......................44
•Can I manually update malware signature database?.........................................................45
•How can I upgrade my NetGenie appliance with malware signature updates if I am not
connected to Internet?.......................................................................................................................45
Upgrade, Back-up, Restore..........................................................................................................46
•How can I check availability of upgrade(s) available for my NetGenie appliance?..........46
•Can I apply downloaded firmware upgrade(s) to my NetGenie appliance?......................46
•Can I save my current NetGenie configuration for future use i.e. in case of system crash
or change in settings?.......................................................................................................................46
•My system is crashed but I do have configuration back-up I took a few days back. What
should I do to restore my NetGenie settings:.................................................................................47
•How to restore configuration back-up in NetGenie appliance?...........................................47
•How can I restore Factory Default Configuration?................................................................48
•How many configuration snapshots can I store on NetGenie appliance?.........................48
Logs and Reports.........................................................................................................................49
•I want to find out which websites are being accessed by my son in my absence. How
can I check it?.....................................................................................................................................49
•From where can I see overall Internet traffic passing through my NetGenie appliance?50
•I want to find out which applications are being accessed by my Son in my absence. How
can I do so? ........................................................................................................................................50
•From where can I view details of viruses detected by NetGenie?......................................51
•Can I have visibility of users who are accessing Internet through NetGenie?..................51
•How can I view details of Intrusion attempts detected by NetGenie?................................52
•I have set time as per my local time zone but why is NetGenie still not showing it?.......53
•Can I send NetGenie logs to third party server?...................................................................53
•Is there any way to turn off NetGenie’s logging feature?.....................................................54
Some Advanced Configuration.....................................................................................................54
•Does NetGenie prevent my network from Web as well email-based viruses? What
happens when NetGenie encounters any Virus?..........................................................................54
•I do not want NetGenie to scan MS-Word documents for viruses, is it possible?............55
•What does NetGenie offer under Intrusion Prevention System?........................................56
•Can I customize NetGenie’s intrusion prevention signatures?............................................57
•What is Port Forwarding? How can I configure port forwarding in NetGenie?.................58
•Can I access NetGenie over Internet?....................................................................................59
•Is there any single page from where I can get the complete network overview?.............60
•I want to change the default IP address of my NetGenie appliance, can I do it?.............61
•Why do I need to clone the MAC address of my router?.....................................................61
•My son has a gaming device running on UDP over a specific port; I want NetGenie to
block this service, can I do so?........................................................................................................62
•I have set up a small network at home. I use NetGenie to surf the Internet using my
laptop while I am keeping one game server behind a router, which is connected, to
NetGenie. Now if I want to access the game server using my laptop, how can it be done?..63
Menu Structure.....................................................................................................66
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Preface
Welcome to Cyberoam NetGenie User Guide.
Intended Audience
This guide is intended for home users with basic Internet knowledge.
Guide Organization
This guide gives you information about the administration of Cyberoam NetGenie Home appliance
while helping you manage and customize NetGenie to meet your personalized Internet safety
requirements.
This guide is organized in three parts:
Part 1 – Deploy your NetGenie
Part 2 – Protect your Family
Part 3 – What can NetGenie do for you
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Typographic Conventions
All contents in this guide including text or screenshots follow the given list of conventions
Item Convention Example
Part titles Bold and
shaded font
typeface Family Protection
Topic titles Shaded font
typeface Introduction
Subtitles Bold & Black
typeface Notation conventions
Navigation link Normal
typeface Family Protection →Device Whitelisting
it means, to open the required page click on Family
Protection then on Device Whitelisting
Notes and
Prerequisites Bold typeface between black
borders
Note
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Part 1: Deploy your NetGenie
Introduction
NetGenie offers a safe online experience for your whole family. Keep hackers, viruses and other
intruders at bay while your family surfs the Internet. Use NetGenie’s Parental Controls feature to
protect your kids from harmful website content while managing their Internet time and experience.
Get time and usage reports on your family’s web activities. NetGenie also gives you the flexibility
to perform the Administrator role using any Internet access device at home!
After unboxing your NetGenie, ensure that you have all these components available:
1. One (1) NetGenie Wireless Base Unit - NG11EH
2. Two (2) detachable Wi-Fi Antennas
3. One (1) RJ-45 Ethernet Cable
4. One (1) Power Adapter
5. Quick Start Guide
Please immediately contact your vendor if you find anything missing
Know your NetGenie
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Defaults
•Default IP address to access NetGenie: http://10.1.1.1
•Default Username: admin
•Default Password: admin
Appliance Reset Button: To reset appliance to factory default settings, keep the reset key pressed
for 5 seconds. While doing so, all past upgrades and configurations will be lost.
Surf using NetGenie
Prerequisites:
1. Internet connectivity through a DSL/Cable modem/Direct Internet Cable with RJ45
(Ethernet) connection or USB Modem.
2. At least one computer with an installed network interface adapter/wireless network
adapter.
3. Internet browser.
Getting your NetGenie Ready
1. Before you begin surfing the Internet through NetGenie, you first need to assemble the
appliance.
2. Screw in detachable Wi-Fi antennas in their respective jacks provided in the back panel.
3. Look out for a sticker at the bottom of the appliance containing the default wireless network
name, technically known as SSID and a pass key specific for your appliance.
4. Plug one end of the power adapter into the socket on the back of the NetGenie Base Unit.
5. Plug the other end of the power adapter into the nearest main socket.
6. Before you access the Internet through NetGenie, make sure the power is switched on. The
Power LED on the front panel should turn green.
Note:
SSID and pass key pre-secure your wireless network from any unauthorized access attempts.
Please note down your pass key for future reference.
Identify your Home Internet Setup
Depending on your home network set-up, you can connect NetGenie to the Internet by referring to
any of the following scenarios:
1. Through ADSL Cable Modem
2. Through Direct Cable
3. Through USB Modem
4. Over Wi-Fi
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Wired Connection - Secure Internet Connectivity through ADSL/Cable Modem
1. Unplug the cable that connects the ADSL Router/Cable Modem to your computer and plug it
into the “WAN” NetGenie socket.
2. Use the RJ-45 Ethernet cable provided with the NetGenie appliance to connect your
computer to any of the “LAN” NetGenie sockets.
3. Switch on your ADSL Modem/Cable Modem and wait till it connects to the Internet. The
Internet LED on the ADSL modem will turn green and remain steady. If you are dialing the
Internet from your computer, refer to the Configuring PPPoE section.
4. Switch on the NetGenie appliance. Wait till the “Power” LED and “WAN” LED turns green.
5. Switch on your computer now. NetGenie's “LAN” LED will turn green and remain steady.
6. Open your browser and start surfing the Internet. Your computer is now secured from online
threats and malware with the Quick Security feature automatically turned on.
Note:
To configure age-appropriate Internet access for your family, refer the Family Protection section.
If you are unable to connect to the Internet after following above procedure, please revert to your
original setup and visit Cyberoam’s support section at www.netgenie.net.
Wired Connection - Secure Internet Connectivity through Direct Cable
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