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3.

Specify Your Internet Settings

Usually, the quickest way to set up the router to use your Internet connection is to allow the genie

to detect the Internet connection when you first access the router with an Internet browser. You

can also customize or specify your Internet settings.

This chapter contains the following sections:

•

Use the Internet Setup Wizard

•

Manually Set Up the Internet Connection

•

Specify IPv6 Internet Connections

•

Maximum Transmission Unit

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Use the Internet Setup Wizard

You can use the Setup Wizard to detect your Internet settings and automatically set up your

router. The Setup Wizard is not the same as the genie screens that display the first time you

connect to your router to set it up.



To use the Setup Wizard:

1.

Launch an Internet browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the

network.

2.

Type

http://www.routerlogin.net

or

.

A login screen displays.

3.

Enter the router user name and password.

The user name is

admin

. The default password is

password

. The user name and

password are case-sensitive.

The BASIC Home screen displays.

4.

Select

ADVANCED > Setup Wizard

.

5.

Select the

Yes

radio button.

If you select the

No

radio button, you are taken to the Internet Setup screen (see

Manually Set Up the Internet Connection

on page

23).

6.

Click the

Next

button.

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The Setup Wizard searches your Internet connection for servers and protocols to

determine your ISP configuration.

Manually Set Up the Internet Connection

You can view or change the router’s Internet connection settings.

Specify an Internet Connection Without a Login



To specify the Internet connection settings:

1.

Launch an Internet browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the

network.

2.

Type

http://www.routerlogin.net

or

.

A login screen displays.

3.

Enter the router user name and password.

The user name is

admin

. The default password is

password

. The user name and

password are case-sensitive.

The BASIC Home screen displays.

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4.

Select

Internet

.

5.

In the Does your Internet connection require a login section, leave the

No

radio button

selected.

6.

If your Internet connection requires an account name or host name, type it in the

Account

Name (If Required)

field.

7.

If your Internet connection requires a domain name, type it in the

Domain Name (If

Required)

field.

For the other sections in this screen, the default settings usually work, but you can

change them.

8.

Select an Internet IP Address radio button:

•

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, IP subnet mask, and gateway IP

address that your ISP assigned. The gateway is the ISP router to which your router

connects.

9.

Select a Domain Name Server (DNS) Address radio button:

•

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 requires specific servers, select

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

DNS server address is available, enter it also.

10.

Select a Router MAC Address radio button:

•

Use Default Address

. Use the default MAC address.

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•

Use Computer MAC Address

. The router captures and uses the MAC address of the

computer that you are now using. You must use the one computer that the ISP

allows.

•

Use This MAC Address

. Enter the MAC address that you want to use.

11.

Click the

Apply

button.

Your settings are saved.

12.

Click the

Test

button to test your Internet connection.

If the NETGEAR website does not display within one minute, see

Chapter 14,

Troubleshooting

.

Specify an Internet Connection That Uses a Login



To view or change the basic Internet setup:

1.

Launch an Internet browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the

network.

2.

Type

http://www.routerlogin.net

or

.

A login screen displays.

3.

Enter the router user name and password.

The user name is

admin

. The default password is

password

. The user name and

password are case-sensitive.

The BASIC Home screen displays.