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Figure 3-15:

Basic Settings menu

How to Perform Manual Configuration

We recommend that you start the manual configuration from the Setup Wizard:

1.

Select your country and language. Language choices are English, French, German, and Italian.

After you change the language, the remaining setup screens change to the language of your

choice.

2.

Select No to manually configure your router connection.

3.

Click Next.

4.

Manually configure the router in the Basic Settings menu shown in

Figure 3-15

.

5.

Follow the instructions below according to the encapsulation method and whether your

Internet connection requires a login. The following methods are available:

•

Internet Connection Requires Login and Uses PPPoE

•

Internet Connection Requires Login and Uses PPPoA

ISP

Does

Not

Require Login

ISP

Does

Require Login

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•

Internet Connection Does Not Require a Login

6.

Usually the default ADSL Settings work fine for most ISPs and you can skip this step. If you

have any problems with your connection, check the ADSL Settings. See

“ADSL Settings” on

page 3-19

for more details.

Internet Connection Requires Login and Uses PPPoE

1.

If your Internet connection

does

require login, select Yes and fill in the settings according to

the instructions below.

Note

: You will no longer need to launch the ISP’s login program on your computer in order to

access the Internet. When you start an Internet application, your router automatically logs you

in.

2.

Choose PPPoE for the encapsulation method.

3.

Enter the login name (frequently the email address your ISP provided), password, and service

name (if required).

4.

If you want to change the login timeout, enter a new value in minutes. This determines how

long the router keeps the Internet connection active after there is no Internet activity from the

LAN. Entering an Idle Timeout value of zero means never log out.

5.

When a connection uses PPPoE, the IP address is normally assigned automatically. However,

the DG834G allows this address to be set manually.

•

Select “Get Automatically from ISP” if your ISP assigns your IP address.

•

Select “Use Static IP Address” if your ISP gave you a statically assigned address.

6.

The DNS server is used to look up site addresses based on their names.

•

Select “Get Automatically from ISP” if your ISP uses DHCP to assign your DNS servers.

Your ISP will automatically assign this address.

•

Select “Use These DNS Servers” if your ISP gave you one or two DNS addresses. Type

the primary and secondary addresses.

7.

You should only disable NAT if you are sure you do not require it. NAT automatically assigns

private IP addresses (192.168.0.x) to LAN connected devices. When NAT is disabled, only

standard routing is performed by this router.

Classical routing lets you directly manage the IP addresses the DG834G uses. Classical

routing should be selected only by experienced users.

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Note

: Disabling NAT will reboot the router and reset all the DG834G configuration settings to

the factory default. Disable NAT only if you plan to install the DG834G in a setting where you

will be manually administering the IP address space on the LAN side of the router.

Internet Connection Requires Login and Uses PPPoA

1.

If your Internet connection

does

require login, select Yes and fill in the settings according to

the instructions below.

Note

: You will no longer need to launch the ISP’s login program on your computer in order to

access the Internet. When you start an Internet application, your router automatically logs you

in.

2.

Choose PPPoA for the encapsulation method.

3.

Enter the login name (frequently the email address your ISP provided), and password.

4.

If you want to change the login timeout, enter a new value in minutes. This determines how

long the router keeps the Internet connection active after there is no Internet activity from the

LAN. Entering an Idle Timeout value of zero means never log out.

5.

When a connection uses PPPoA, the IP address is normally assigned automatically. However,

the DG834G allows this address to be set manually.

•

Select “Get Automatically from ISP” if your ISP assigns your IP address.

•

Select “Use Static IP Address” if your ISP gave you a statically assigned address.

6.

The DNS server is used to look up site addresses based on their names.

•

Select “Get Automatically from ISP” if your ISP uses DHCP to assign your DNS servers.

Your ISP will automatically assign this address.

7.

Select “Use These DNS Servers” if your ISP gave you one or two DNS addresses. Type the

primary and secondary addresses.You should only disable NAT if you are sure you do not

require it. NAT automatically assigns private IP addresses (192.168.0.x) to LAN connected

devices. When NAT is disabled, only standard routing is performed by this router.

Classical routing lets you directly manage the IP addresses the DG834G uses. Classical

routing should be selected only by experienced users.

Note

: Disabling NAT will reboot the router and reset all the DG834G configuration settings to

the factory default. Disable NAT only if you plan to install the DG834G in a setting where you

will be manually administering the IP address space on the LAN side of the router.

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Internet Connection Does Note Require A Login

1.

If your Internet connection does

not

require a login, select No and fill in the settings according

to the instructions below.

2.

Enter your Account Name (may also be called Host Name) and Domain Name.

These parameters may be necessary to access your ISP’s mail or news servers.

3.

Internet IP Address:

•

Select “Get Dynamically from ISP” if your ISP uses DHCP to assign your IP address.

Your ISP will automatically assign these addresses.

•

Select “Use Static IP Address” if your ISP has assigned you a permanent, fixed (static) IP

address. Enter the IP address that your ISP assigned. Also enter the IP Subnet Mask and

the Gateway IP Address. The gateway is the ISP’s router to which your router will

connect.

•

Select “IP Over ATM (IPoA)” if your ISP uses Classical IP Addresses (RFC1577). Enter

the IP address, IP Subnet Mask, and Gateway IP Addresses that your ISP assigned.

4.

Domain Name Server (DNS) Address:

•

Select “Get Dynamically from ISP” if your ISP uses DHCP to assign your IP address.

Your ISP will automatically assign this address.

•

If you know that your ISP does not automatically transmit DNS addresses to the router

during login, select “Use these DNS servers” and enter the IP address of your ISP’s

Primary DNS Server. If a Secondary DNS Server address is available, enter it also.

A DNS server is a host on the Internet that translates Internet names (such as

www.netgear.com) to numeric IP addresses. Typically your ISP transfers the IP address of one

or two DNS servers to your router during login. If the ISP does not transfer an address, you

must obtain it from the ISP and enter it manually here.

5.

You should only disable NAT if you are sure you do not require it. NAT automatically assigns

private IP addresses (192.168.0.x) to LAN connected devices. When NAT is disabled, only

standard routing is performed by this router.

Classical routing lets you directly manage the IP addresses the DG834G uses. Classical

routing should be selected only by experienced users.

Note

: Disabling NAT will reboot the router and reset all the DG834G configuration settings to

the factory default. Disable NAT only if you plan to install the DG834G in a setting where you

will be manually administering the IP address space on the LAN side of the router

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6.

Router MAC Address:

This section determines the Ethernet MAC address that will be used by the router on the

Internet port. Some ISPs will register the Ethernet MAC address of the network interface card

in your computer when your account is first opened. They will then only accept traffic from

the MAC address of that computer. This feature allows your router to masquerade as that

computer by “cloning” its MAC address.

To change the MAC address, select “Use this Computer’s MAC address”. The router will then

capture and use the MAC address of the computer that you are now using. You must be using

the one computer that is allowed by the ISP. Alternatively, select “Use this MAC address” and

enter it.

7.

Click Apply to save your settings.

8.

Click the Test button to test your Internet connection.

If the NETGEAR Web site does not appear within one minute, refer to

Chapter 9,

“Troubleshooting”

.

ADSL Settings

The default settings of your DG834G Wireless ADSL Firewall Router will work fine for most

ISPs. However, some ISPs use a specific Multiplexing Method and Virtual Circuit Number for the

Virtual Path Identifier (VPI) and Virtual Channel Identifier (VCI).

Note:

The correct country must be selected from the Setup Wizard’s first page for the default

ADSL Settings to work.

If your ISP provided you with a specific Multiplexing Method or VPI/VCI number, then fill in the

following:

1.

Select the ADSL Settings link from the main menu.

2.

For the Multiplexing Method, select LLC-based or VC-based.

3.

Type a number between 0 and 255 for the VPI. The default is 8.

4.

Type a number between 1 and 65535 for the VCI. The default is 35.

5.

Click Apply.