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2.

Change your password:

3.

Enter a new password twice, and then click

Next

. The modem router attempts to detect your

Internet connection type:

The Setup Wizard detects your ISP configuration. Depending on the type of connection, you

are prompted to enter your ISP settings, as shown in the following table.

Figure 1-4

Figure 1-5

Table 1-1. Auto-Detected Internet Connection Types

Connection Type

ISP Information

PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE)

PPP over ATM (PPPoA)

Enter the login user name and password. These fields are case-

sensitive.

Dynamic IP Account Setup

No entries needed.

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Use the configuration settings that your ISP provided to assure that the configuration for your

Internet connection is correct.

4.

To save your settings, click

Apply

.

5.

Click

Test

to verify your Internet connection. If you have trouble connecting to the Internet or

if the NETGEAR website does not appear within 1 minute, see

Chapter 7, “Troubleshooting”

.

Test

.

Viewing or Manually Configuring Your ISP Settings

NETGEAR recommends that you specify your country and language before you configure the

settings on the Basic Settings screen. See

“Logging In to the Modem Router” on page 1-3

. You

IP over ATM Classical IP

assignment (RFC1577)

•

Enter the assigned IP address, subnet mask, and the IP address

of your ISP’s primary DNS server. If a secondary DNS server

address is available, enter it also.

•

DNS servers are required to perform the function of translating

an Internet name such as

www.netgear.com

to a numeric IP

address. For a fixed IP address configuration, you must obtain

DNS server addresses from your ISP and enter them here.

Fixed IP (Static) Account

Setup

1.

If required, enter the account name and domain name from

your ISP.

2.

Select

Use Static IP Address

or

Use IP Over ATM

(IPoA —

RFC1483 Routed) according to the information from your ISP.

If you select IPoA, the router will detect the gateway IP

address, but you still need to provide the router IP address.

3.

Enter your assigned IP address, subnet mask, and the IP

address of your ISP’s gateway modem router. This information

should have been provided to you by your ISP.

4.

Enter the IP address of your ISP’s primary DNS server. If a

secondary DNS server address is available, enter it also.

DNS servers translate each Internet name such as

www.netgear.com

to a numeric IP address. For a fixed IP

address, get the DNS server addresses from your ISP and

enter them here.

Table 1-1. Auto-Detected Internet Connection Types

(continued)

Connection Type

ISP Information

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must install the ADSL filters and connect the modem router to the ADSL line as described in the

NETGEAR Router Setup Manual

before you configure the settings in the Basic Settings screen.

To view or configure the basic settings:

1.

Log in to the modem router as described in

“Logging In to the Modem Router”

.

2.

Select Basic Settings to display the Basic Settings screen.

The fields on the Basic Settings screen depend on whether or not your Internet connection

requires a login. The Basic Settings screen is explained in

Table 1-2. “Basic Settings Fields

Description”

.

3.

Select

Yes

or

No

depending on whether your ISP requires a login. This selection changes the

fields available on the Basic Settings screen.

Figure 1-6

ISP

does

not

require login

ISP

does

require login

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•

Yes

. If your ISP requires a login, select the encapsulation method. Enter the login name. If

you want to change the login time-out, enter a new value in minutes.

•

No

. If your ISP does not require a login, enter the account name, if required, and the

domain name, if required.

4.

Enter the settings for the IP address and DNS server.

The default ADSL settings usually work fine. If you have problems with your connection,

check the ADSL settings. See

“Changing Your ADSL Settings”

for more details.

5.

If no login is required, you can specify the MAC Address setting.

6.

Click

Apply

to save your settings.

7.

Click

Test

to test your Internet connection. If the NETGEAR website does not appear within

one minute, refer to

Chapter 7, “Troubleshooting”

.

Note:

When your Internet connection is working you will no longer need to launch the

ISP’s login program on your computer to access the Internet. When you start an

Internet application, your modem router automatically logs you in.

Table 1-2.

Basic Settings Fields Description

Settings

Description

Does Your ISP Require a Login?

• Yes

• No

These fields

appear only if no

login is required.

Account Name

(If required)

Enter the account name provided by your ISP. This might also be

called the host name.

Domain Name

(If required)

Enter the domain name provided by your ISP.

These fields

appear only if

your ISP

requires a login.

Encapsulation

• PPPoE

• PPPoA

• PPTP

Login

The login name provided by your ISP. This is often an e-mail

address.

Idle Timeout (In

minutes)

If you want to change the login time-out, enter a new value in

minutes. This determines how long the modem router keeps the

Internet connection active after there is no Internet activity from the

LAN. Entering an Idle Timeout value of 0 (zero) means never log

out.

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Internet IP Address

•

Get Dynamically from ISP

. Your ISP uses DHCP to assign your

IP address. Your ISP automatically assigns these addresses.

•

Use 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 modem router to which your

modem router will connect.

•

Use IP Over ATM (IFoA)

. Your ISP uses Classical IP addresses

(RFC 1577). Enter the IP address, IP subnet mask, and gateway

IP addresses that your ISP assigned.

Domain Name Server (DNS) Address

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

names.

•

Get Automatically from ISP

. Your ISP uses DHCP to assign

your DNS servers. Your ISP automatically assigns this address.

•

Use These DNS Servers

. If you know that your ISP does not

automatically transmit DNS addresses to the modem router

during login, select this option, and enter the IP address of your

ISP’s primary DNS server. If a secondary DNS server address is

available, enter it also.

NAT (Net Address Translation)

NAT automatically assigns private IP addresses (10.1.1.x) to LAN-

connected devices.

•

Enable

. Usually NAT is enabled.

•

Disable

. This disables NAT, but leaves the firewall active.

Disable NAT only if you are sure that you do not require it. When

NAT is disabled, only standard routing is performed by this

router. Classical routing lets you directly manage the IP

addresses that the DG834G v5 uses. Classical routing should be

selected only by experienced users.

a

•

Disable Firewall

. This disables the firewall in addition to

disabling NAT. With the firewall disabled, the protections usually

provided to your network are disabled.

This field

appears only if

no login is

required.

Router MAC

Address

The Ethernet MAC address used by the modem router on the

Internet port. Some ISPs register the MAC address of the network

interface card in your computer and will then accept traffic only

from that MAC address. This feature allows your modem router to

masquerade as that computer by “cloning” its MAC address.

•

Use Default Address

. Use the default MAC address.

•

Use Computer MAC Address

. The modem router will capture

and use the MAC address of the computer you are now using.

You must be using the one computer that is allowed by the ISP.

•

Use This MAC Address

. Specify the MAC address.

a. Disable NAT only if you plan to install the modem router in a setting where you will be manually administering the IP address

space on the LAN side of the router.

Table 1-2.

Basic Settings Fields Description

(continued)

Settings

Description