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Wizard-Detected Dynamic IP Account Setup

If the Setup Wizard determines that your Internet service account uses Dynamic IP assignment,

you will be directed to the menu shown in

Figure 3-10

below:

Figure 3-10: Setup Wizard menu for Dynamic IP address

1.

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

parameters may be necessary to access your ISP’s services, such as mail or news servers. If

you leave the Domain Name field blank, the firewall will attempt to learn the domain

automatically from the ISP. If this is not successful, you may need to enter it manually.

2.

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

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.

Note:

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 manually here. You should reboot

your PCs after configuring the firewall for these settings to take effect.

3.

The Router’s MAC Address is the Ethernet MAC address that will be used by the firewall on

the Internet port.

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If your ISP allows access from only one specific computer’s Ethernet MAC address, select

“Use this MAC address.” The firewall 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. Otherwise, you can type in a MAC address.

Note:

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 firewall to masquerade as that computer by

using its MAC address.

4.

Click

Apply

to save your settings.

5.

Click

Test

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

one minute, refer to

Chapter 11, “Troubleshooting

”.

Wizard-Detected Fixed IP Account Setup

If the Setup Wizard determines that your Internet service account uses Fixed IP assignment, you

will be directed to the menu shown in

Figure 3-11

below:

Figure 3-11: Setup Wizard menu for Fixed IP address

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1.

Enter your assigned IP Address, Subnet Mask, and the IP Address of your ISP’s gateway

router. This information should have been provided to you by your ISP. You will need the

configuration parameters from your ISP you recorded in “Record Your Internet Connection

Information” on page 3.

2.

Enter the IP address of your ISP’s Primary DNS Server. If a Secondary DNS Server address is

available, enter it also.

Note:

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 manually here. You should reboot

your PCs after configuring the firewall for these settings to take effect.

3.

Click

Apply

to save the settings.

4.

Click

Test

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

one minute, refer to

Chapter 11, “Troubleshooting

.

How to Configure the Serial Port as the Primary Internet

Connection

Use the procedure below to configure an Internet connection via the serial port of your firewall.

There are three steps to configuring the serial port of your firewall for an Internet connection:

1.

Connect the firewall to your ISDN or dial-up analog modem.

2.

Configure the firewall.

3.

Connect to the Internet.

Follow the steps below to configure a serial port Internet connection on your firewall.

1.

Connect the Firewall to your ISDN or dial-up modem

a.

Turn off your modem and connect the cable from the serial port of the FWG114P v2 to the

modem.

b.

Turn on the modem and wait about 30 seconds for the lights to stop blinking.

2.

Configure the Serial Port of the Firewall

.

a.

Use a browser to log in to the firewall at http://192.168.0.1 with its default User Name of

admin

and default Password of

password

, or using whatever Password you have set up.

b.

From the Setup Basic Settings menu, click Serial Port.

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Figure 3-12: Serial Internet Connection configuration menu

c.

Fill in the ISDN or analog ISP Internet configuration parameters as appropriate:

•

For a Dial-up Account, enter the Account information. Check “Connect as required”

to enable the firewall to automatically dial the number. To enable Idle Time

disconnect, check the box and enter a time in minutes.

•

To configure the Internet IP settings, fill in the address parameters your ISP provided.

d.

Configure the Modem parameters.

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Note:

You can validate modem string settings by first connecting the modem directly to a

computer, establishing a connection to your ISP, and then copying the modem string

settings from the computer configuration and pasting them into the FWG114P v2 Modem

Properties Initial String field. For more information on this procedure, please refer to the

support area of the NETGEAR Web site.

•

Select the Serial Line Speed. This is the maximum speed the modem will attempt to

use. For ISDN permanent connections, the speeds are typically 64000 or 128000 bps.

For dial-up modems, 56000 bps would be a typical setting.

•

Select the Modem Type:

–

For ISDN, select “Permanent connection (leased line).”

–

For dial-up, select your modem from the list. “Standard Modem” should work in

most cases.

–

If your modem is not on the list, select “User Defined” and enter the Modem

Properties.

Note:

If you are using the “User Defined” Modem Type, you must first use the Serial Port

menu Modem link to fill in the Modem Properties settings for your modem.

e.

Click

Apply

to save your settings.

3.

Connect to the Internet to test your configuration.

a.

If you have a broadband connection, disconnect it.

b.

From a workstation, open a browser and test your serial port Internet connection.

Note:

The response time of your serial port Internet connection will be slower than a

broadband Internet connection.

Testing Your Internet Connection

After completing the Internet connection configuration, your can test your Internet connection.

Log in to the firewall, then, from the Setup Basic Settings link, click the Test button. If the

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

Chapter 11, “Troubleshooting

.”

Note:

Popup blocking software may block the test page from opening. Alternately, you can just

open a new browser window and browse the Internet.

To access the Internet from any computer connected to your firewall, launch a browser, such as

Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. You should see the firewall’s Internet LED

blink, indicating communication to the ISP. The browser should begin to display a Web page.