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Installing the Voice Gateway

Installation is a four-part process. Complete the installation in this order:

1.

Check the Installation Requirements. See

“Installation Requirements” on page 1-4

.

2.

Connect the Gateway. See

“Connecting the Wireless Voice Gateway” on page 1-5

.

3.

Log in to the Gateway. See

“Logging In To the Wireless Voice Gateway” on page 1-7

.

4.

Connect to the Internet. See

“Connecting to the Internet and VoIP” on page 1-8

.

After installation, set up the wireless connection as explained in

Chapter 2, “Wireless

Configuration”

.

Installation Requirements

Check the requirements listed below before installing the gateway:

•

Local Computer

. During installation, you need a local computer to connect to the gateway via

Ethernet or USB.

–

This computer should be set up to access the cable modem Internet service.

Figure 1-2

Reset button

Wireless antenna

AC power adapter input

Four Ethernet LAN ports to connect local

computers

Coaxial cable to your cable

service provider

Voice/phone ports to

connect handsets

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–

This computer must be set up to use DHCP to get its TCP/IP configuration from the

gateway. See the link

“Preparing a Computer for Network Access:” in Appendix B

for

help with DHCP configuration.

•

Cabling

. Use a Category 5 (CAT5) cable such as the one provided with your gateway for your

LAN connections.

•

Cable Modem Service

. There must be active Data Over Cable Internet service provided by

cable modem account.

•

Internet Service Provider (ISP) Configuration.

Depending on how the ISP set up the

Internet account, you will need one or more of these configuration settings to connect the

gateway to the Internet:

–

Host and Domain Names

–

ISP Domain Name Server (DNS) Addresses

–

Fixed or Static IP Address

•

Computers on the Network

. Each computer that will connect to the gateway must have either

an installed Ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC), USB Host port, or 802.11b or 802.11g

wireless adapter.

Connecting the Wireless Voice Gateway

To install the gateway, connect it to a computer either via an Ethernet or a USB according to the

guidelines in the following sections.

Ethernet Connection

If you are connection a computer to the gateway with an Ethernet cable, following these

instructions.

1.

Turn off your computer.

2.

Use the coaxial cable provided by your cable company to connect the wireless voice gateway

cable port to your cable line splitter or outlet.

3.

Connect the LAN port on the gateway to your computer with the Ethernet cable included in

the box.

4.

Plug in the gateway and wait about 30 seconds for the lights to stop blinking.

5.

Turn on your computer. If software usually logs you in to your Internet connection, do not run

that software or cancel it if it starts automatically.

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Verify the following:

a.

The power light

is lit after turning on the gateway.

b.

The cable link light

is solid green, indicating a link has been established to the cable

network.

c.

The LAN LED

is lit for the port where you connected the computer.

USB Connection

To connect a computer to the USB port on the gateway.

1.

You must install the USB driver. Insert your NETGEAR CD into the CD drive of your

computer.

a.

Connect the USB cable to your modem and plug in the AC power for the gateway.

b.

Use the USB cable to connect your computer to the gateway.

c.

The Found New Hardware Windows installation wizard prompts for the drivers.

d.

Browse to the NETGEAR CD and install the USB driver by clicking through the

Windows wizard prompts.

Note:

The USB connection option is only available for Windows PCs. Also, Windows 95

does not support USB without special operating system upgrades and patches.

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2.

Connect your computer to the USB port on the gateway.

3.

Plug in your gateway and wait about 30 seconds for the lights to stop blinking.

4.

Now, turn on your computer. If software usually logs you in to your Internet connection, do

not run that software or cancel it if it starts automatically.

5.

Verify the following:

a.

The power light

is lit after turning on the gateway.

b.

The cable link light

is solid green, indicating a link has been established to the

cable network.

c.

The USB light

is lit.

Logging In To the Wireless Voice Gateway

To log in to the gateway:

Figure 1-3

Note:

To connect to the gateway, your computer must be configured to use DHCP. For

instructions on how to do this, see the link to

“Preparing a Computer for Network

Access:” in Appendix B

.

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1.

Using the computer that you first used to access your cable modem Internet service, connect to

the gateway by typing

in the address field of your Internet browser.

2.

When prompted to log in, enter the user name and password.

•

The default parent user name and password are

superuser

and

password

, both in lower

case letters.

•

The default child user name and password are

admin

and

password

, both in lower case

letters.

You are now connected to the gateway.

Connecting to the Internet and VoIP

To configure the gateway to connect to the Internet.

1.

From under Setup on the main menu, select Basic Settings. The Basic Settings screen shown

below will display.

Figure 1-4

Note:

You can use the parent or child user name and password to install the gateway.

If you plan to set up Parental Control or MAC Filtering, then you need to log in

as the parent.