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Manually Installing Your Router

Before installing and connecting your router manually, review the list below and make sure that

you have all of the necessary information.

•

Internet service connection through an Internet Service Provider (ISP).

•

The configuration information your ISP gave you. Depending on how your Internet account

was set up, you might need the following information to set up your wireless router and access

the Internet:

–

Host and domain name

–

Internet login name and password (frequently an email address and password)

–

Domain Name Server (DNS) addresses

–

Fixed or static IP address

Your ISP should have provided you with all the information needed to connect to the Internet.

If you cannot locate this information, ask your ISP.

•

If you have cable modem service, make sure that you are using the same computer on which

you first set up your Internet account.

If you have not already done so:

•

Check the package contents of your router to ensure that it is complete (see

“Unpacking Your

New Router” on page 1

”).

•

Select an optimum location for your wireless router after reviewing the guidelines presented in

“Positioning Your Wireless Router” on page 6

.”

Use the procedures in this topic if you are an advanced user, or a user of Linux

systems.

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Connecting Your Wireless Router

Before you install your wireless router, make sure that the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Property

settings on your computer are set to “automatically obtain an IP address” using DHCP and “Obtain

DNS server address automatically.” You can check these settings by looking at the TCP/IP

Properties of your Internal Network Connections, which are accessible through the Control Panel

of your computer. If you are unsure about this, refer to the documentation for your computer or see

the link to TCP/IP Addressing in

“Related Documents” on page 37

.

If you are replacing an existing router, disconnect it completely from your network and set it aside

before starting to install your new router. Then, skip to

step 5

in the following procedure

To connect the wireless router, the computer, and the modem:

1.

Turn off your computer.

2.

Turn off and unplug the cable or DSL broadband modem.

3.

Locate the cable (

A

) that connects your computer to the modem.

4.

Disconnect the cable at the modem end only (

B

). You will connect it to the router later.

NETGEAR does not recommend or support adding a NETGEAR router behind

another router, or replacing a gateway with a NETGEAR router.

Figure 7

A

B

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5.

Locate the Ethernet cable that came with your NETGEAR product. Securely insert one end of

the Ethernet cable into your modem (

C

) and the other end into the Internet port of the wireless

router (

D

). (The cable and the Internet port label are color coded.)

6.

Locate the cable (

A

) that is still attached to your computer (see

step 4

). Securely insert that

cable into a port on the router, such as port 4 (

E

), as shown in

Figure 9

.

7.

Connect any additional wired PCs to your router by inserting an Ethernet cable from a PC into

one of the three remaining LAN ports.

Figure 8

Figure 9

Internet

C

D

A

E

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8.

Review that your network is now set up (as shown in

Figure 10

); you are ready to start your

network.

9.

Start your network in the correct sequence, as described below.

To start your network:

1.

Plug in and turn on the cable or DSL modem. Wait 2 minutes.

2.

Plug the end of the power adapter’s cord into the wall or a power strip, and into the power

adapter outlet of your wireless router (

F

). Wait 1 minute.

Figure 10

Failure to start or restart your network in the correct sequence could prevent you

from accessing the Internet.

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3.

Turn on your computer. It will take several minutes for your router to establish a connection

with your computer and your Internet provider.

Verifying Your Connection

Verify that your router is connected correctly by checking the wireless router status lights (as

illustrated in

Figure 12

).

Figure 11

For DSL customers, if software logs you in to the Internet,

do not

run that

software. You might need to go to the Internet Explorer Tools menu, Internet

Options, Connections tab and select “Never dial a connection.”

F