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Connecting to the Internet
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N450 WiFi Cable Modem Router Model N450/CG3000Dv2
You can also visit your cable ISP’s website and follow the onscreen instructions to set up
your Internet service.
Note:
The contact information listed might change. You can also find the
contact number in your monthly Internet service billing statement.
2.
When asked, provide the modem router’s serial number and MAC address located on the
product label on the modem router.
For more information, see
Label
on page
10.
3.
Wait for your cable ISP to confirm that your modem router is active.
4.
If you do not have an Internet connection with the modem router, ask your cable ISP to look
for your modem router online, and do one of the following depending on what your cable ISP
tells you about your modem router:
•
If the modem routeris not visible, your cable ISP can give you instructions to verify
why the modem routerdoes not connect with your high-speed Internet service.
•
If your cable Internet service provider can confirm that the modem router is visible,
reboot the computer that is connected to the modem router. Try checking your online
status again.
Cable ISP
Contact Information
Cablevision
www.cablevision.com
www.optimum.com/contactus.jsp
Charter
1-888-438-2427
Comcast
1-800-COMCAST (1-800-266-2278)
Cox
1-877-891-2899
ww2.cox.com
Optimum
Time Warner Cable
1-800-892-2253
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2.
Configuring Your Wireless
Network
This chapter covers the following sections:
•
Set Up Your Wireless Network
•
Set Up Wi-Fi Multimedia
•
Change the Password
Note:
Before changing wireless settings, connect the modem router and set
up its Internet connection as described in the
N450 WiFi Cable
Modem Router N450/CG3000Dv2 Installation Guide
.
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Set Up Your Wireless Network
To set up the wireless network, you can enter the wireless settings manually, or you can use
Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS). To wirelessly connect to the modem router, a computer or
wireless device must be configured with the same wireless settings as the modem router.
Configure Wireless Settings Manually
You can manually configure the wireless settings and security in the Wireless Settings
screen.
To view or configure the wireless settings:
1.
Use an Ethernet cable to connect your computer to a LAN port on the modem router.
Note:
If you connect wirelessly to the modem router and then change its
wireless network name (SSID) or wireless security, you are
disconnected after you click the
Apply
button on the Wireless Settings
screen.
2.
Type
in the address field of your web browser.
A login screen displays.
3.
Enter the modem router user name and password.
The default user name is
admin
. The default password is
password
. The user name and
password are case-sensitive.
The modem router main menu displays.
4.
In the main menu, under Setup, select
Wireless Settings
.
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The following screen displays:
5.
Specify the Wireless Network settings for your network:
•
Name (SSID)
. The name of the wireless network.
The default wireless network name (SSID) for the modem router appears on the label
of the modem router. You can enter a different name here for better wireless security
and to make it easier to recognize your network when you want to connect to it
wirelessly.
•
Region
. The location where the modem router operates.
•
Channel
. The available channels depend on the region. Some countries have laws
specifying which channels should be used. To reduce interference when using more
than one access point, NETGEAR recommends using five-channel spacing between
adjacent access points (for example, use Channels 1 and 6, or 6 and 11).
•
802.11 Mode
. This value is set to
Up to 217 Mbps
by default. You can specify the
mode to support faster equipment or legacy equipment.
6.
Specify the security options:
By default the modem router works with WPA and WPA 2 wireless security. You can
specify the network key, which works like a password to access the wireless network.
a.
Set up WPA or WPA2 wireless security. Select one of the following radio buttons:
•
WPA-PSK
. This setting provides the TKIP encryption type and a pre-shared key.
•
WPA2-PSK
. This setting provides the AES encryption type and a pre-shared key.
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Configuring Your Wireless Network
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Note:
Configure your wireless computers with the same WPA2 or WPA
settings as your modem router so that you can connect.
b.
Depending on the WPA setting that you select, enter the required information.
For WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK, enter the pre-shared key, which is a password between
8
and 63 characters. The default WPA password appears on the label of your modem
router.
Note:
By default, the modem router is set up to work with WPA and WPA2
wireless security, both of which are newer than WEP. Typically, the
only reason you might need to set up WEP would be to allow access
to older wireless computers or devices that cannot support WPA.
7.
Click the
Apply
button.
Note:
If you plan to use WPS, and you want to keep your wireless settings
the same, go to the Advance Wireless Settings screen and make sure
that the
Keep Existing Settings
check box is selected. See
Advanced
Wireless Settings
on page
52.
Use WPS Wireless Setup
Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) can be a quick way to automatically set up your modem
router’s wireless network and set up your wireless computer to connect to it at the same time.
WPS is relatively new technology, so before you decide to use it, check to make sure that
your wireless computers and devices support WPS. NETGEAR calls WPS Push 'N' Connect.
Look for the WPS symbol
on all the computers that connect wirelessly to the modem
router. If you do not see the WPS symbol
on all the computers that connect to the
wireless network, then you should manually set up your network first (see
Configure Wireless
Settings Manually
on page
18). After that, you can still use WPS to set up the wireless
connection for the computers that support WPS.
Note:
All WPS-capable products should be compatible with the modem
router. For more information about the WPS standard, visit
).
Two Push 'N' Connect methods are available, WPS button and PIN (personal identification
number).

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