Installing Your Router Manually (Advanced, Mac, and Linux Users)

17

Setting Up Your Router for Internet Access

When configuring your wireless router manually, you must log in to your wireless modem router

to set it up initially and to make any changes to your wireless router’s settings later.

To access the router:

1.

Type

in the address field of your browser, and then click

Enter

.

.

A login window similar to the one shown in

Figure 11

will display.

2.

When prompted, enter

admint

for the router User Name and

password

for the router

Password, both in lowercase letters. (For security reasons, the router has its own user name

and password.)

The Main menu will display.

You can also enter either of these addresses to connect to your wireless router:

http://www.routerlogin.net

or

.

Figure 10

Figure 11

The router user name and password are not the same as any user name or

password you may use to log in to your Internet connection.

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3.

From the menu options in the left navigation pane, click

Setup Wizard

. The

Setup Wizard

screen will display.

4.

Select one of the following options:

•

Select

Yes

to allow the Setup Wizard to detect your Internet connection. When prompted,

click

Next

. The wizard will assist you with configuring your wireless router to access the

Internet.

•

Select

No

to set up the connection yourself. Click

Next

and the

Basic Settings

screen will

display. Enter the required information for your ISP connection in the appropriate fields. If

you need assistance, follow the

Basic Settings Help

screens on the router interface or see

the online

User’s Manual

for this wireless modem router.

5.

Click

Apply

to save your settings and complete your connection

.

You should now be connected to the Internet!

If you do not connect successfully:

•

Review your settings and make sure that you have selected the correct options and typed

everything correctly.

•

Contact your ISP to verify that you have the correct configuration information.

•

Read

“Troubleshooting” on page 23

.

If problems persist, register your NETGEAR product and contact NETGEAR Technical Support.

Figure 12

If you cannot connect to the wireless router, check the Internet Protocol

(TCP/IP) properties in the Network Connections section of your Control

Panel. It should be set to obtain

both

IP and DNS server addresses

automatically. For assistance, see your computer documentation or see the

links in

“Related Documents” on page 34

.

Configuring Your Wireless Network

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Configuring Your Wireless Network

After installing your router, you must log into the router to complete your wireless setup. The

wireless network settings of the router must match the wireless network settings of any wireless

devices that connect wirelessly to the router (such as wireless adapter cards and wireless

computers).

For a wireless connection, the router and each wireless computer must use the same SSID, also

called the wireless network name, and the same wireless security. NETGEAR strongly

recommends that you use wireless security.

The Wireless Settings screen lets you set your wireless network connections and the wireless

security option for your network and router. To configure the wireless network, you can either

manually specify your network name (SSID) and your wireless security settings (see

“Setting

Your SSID and Wireless Security” on page 20

) or, if all of the clients in your network are WPS

capable, you can use Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) to automatically configure your router and, at

the same time, add the WPS-capable devices to your secure wireless network (see

“Using Push 'N'

Connect (WPS) to Add Wireless Devices” on page 21

). You can also use Push 'N' Connect (WPS)

to add WPS-capable devices after you have set your SSID and wireless security using the manual

or traditional method (the preferred option).

For a complete overview of all the security configurations that can be implemented on this router,

see the on-line

User Manual

. A link to the

User Manual

is on the

Resource CD

.

Indoors, computers can connect over wireless networks at a range of several hundred

feet. This can allow others outside of your immediate area to access your network.

If you configure the router from a wireless computer and you change the router’s

SSID, channel, or security settings, you will lose your wireless connection when

you click

Apply

. You must then change your computer’s wireless settings to match

the router’s new settings. To avoid this situation, you can use a computer that is

connected to the router with an Ethernet cable.

Configuring Your Wireless Network

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Setting Your SSID and Wireless Security

To specify the wireless settings, you must know the following:

•

SSID. The default SSID for the router is NETGEAR.

•

The wireless mode (802.11g/b, or 802.11n) that each wireless adapter supports.

•

Wireless security option. NETGEAR strongly recommends that you use wireless security. To

successfully implement wireless security, check each wireless adapter to determine which

wireless security option it supports.

To set up basic wireless connectivity and wireless security on your router:

1.

Log in to the router at its default LAN address of

with its default user name

of

admin

and default password of

password

, or using whatever LAN address and password

you have set up.

2.

On the main menu, select Wireless Settings to display the Wireless Settings screen.

Note that the default SSID is

NETGEAR

.

3.

Set the Region. Select the region where the router is located.

4.

Leave the wireless mode set to its default setting (you can fine tune the wireless mode later—

see the online

User Manual

).

5.

Select your wireless Security Option and passphrase. NETGEAR recommends WPA/WPA2

(see your online

User Manual

for a complete explanation of the various security types that are

available).

6.

Click

Apply

to save your changes.

You can also enter either of these addresses to connect to your wireless router:

http://www.routerlogin.net

or

.

The SSID of any wireless adapters must match the SSID you configure in the

wireless modem router. If they do not match, you will not get a wireless

connection.

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To set up your computers for wireless connectivity:

1.

Configure the wireless settings of each computer or wireless adapter to have the same SSID

(wireless network name) as the router.

2.

Check that the wireless adapter on each computer can support the mode and security option

that you selected. (If you have a question, see the online

User Manual

or review the settings

you selected in

“Setting Your SSID and Wireless Security” on page 20

).

3.

Check that the security settings on each wireless device match the security settings of the

router. For example, if you selected a security option requiring a passphrase, then the same

passphrase must be used for each wireless computer.

4.

Check that each wireless computer has a wireless link and is able to obtain an IP address by

DHCP from the router.

To access the Internet from any computer connected to your wireless modem router, launch a

browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. You should see the wireless

modem router’s Internet LED blink, indicating communication to the ISP.

Using Push 'N' Connect (WPS) to Add Wireless

Devices

If your wireless clients support Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), you can use this feature to connect

the wireless client securely and easily to the router. Look for the

symbol on your client

device.

1

For a Windows PC, go to the Control Panel and select Network Connections.

Check the Wireless Connections Properties and ensure that TCP/IP Properties

are set to Obtain an IP address automatically.

NETGEAR’s Push 'N' Connect feature is based on the Wi-Fi Protected Setup

(WPS) standard. All other Wi-Fi-certified and WPS-capable products should be

compatible with NETGEAR products that implement Push 'N' Connect.

1. For a list of other Wi-Fi-certified products available from NETGEAR, go to

.