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Fixed IP Account Wizard-Detected Option

If the Setup Wizard discovers that your ISP uses Fixed IP assignment, you will see this menu:

Figure 2-15: Setup Wizard menu for Fixed IP address accounts

•

Fixed IP is also called Static IP. 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

“Worksheet to Record Your Internet Connection Information” on page 2-3

.

•

Enter the IP address of your ISP’s Primary and Secondary DNS Server addresses.

Note:

Restart the computers on your network so that these settings take effect.

•

Click Apply to save the settings.

•

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

one minute, refer to

Chapter 6, “Troubleshooting

.”

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Manually Configuring Your Internet Connection

You can manually configure your router using the menu below, or you can allow the Setup Wizard

to determine your configuration as described in the previous section.

Figure 2-16: Browser-based configuration Basic Settings menus

ISP

Does

Not

Require Login

ISP

Does

Require Login

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Procedure:

Configuring the Internet Connection Manually

You can manually configure the router using the Basic Settings menu shown in

Figure 2-16

using

these steps:

1.

Click the Basic Settings link on the Setup menu.

2.

If your Internet connection does not require a login, click No at the top of the Basic Settings

menu and fill in the settings according to the instructions below. If your Internet connection

does require a login, click Yes, and skip to step 3.

a.

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.

b.

Internet IP Address:

If your ISP has assigned you a permanent, fixed (static) IP address for your PC, select

“Use static IP address”. Enter the IP address that your ISP assigned. Also enter the

netmask and the Gateway IP address. The Gateway is the ISP’s router to which your router

will connect.

c.

Domain Name Server (DNS) Address:

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

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:

If you enter an address here, restart the computers on your network so that these

settings take effect.

d.

Gateway’s MAC Address:

This section determines the Ethernet MAC address that will be used by the router on the

Internet port. Some ISPs will register the Ethernet MAC address of the network interface

card in your PC when your account is first opened. They will then only accept traffic from

the MAC address of that PC. This feature allows your router to masquerade as that PC by

“cloning” its MAC address.

To change the MAC address, select “Use this Computer’s MAC address.” The router will

then capture and use the MAC address of the PC that you are now using. You must be

using the one PC that is allowed by the ISP. Or, select “Use this MAC address” and enter

it.

e.

Click Apply to save your settings.

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3.

If your Internet connection does require a login, fill in the settings according to the instructions

below. Select Yes if you normally must launch a login program such as Enternet or WinPOET

in order to access the Internet.

Note:

After you finish setting up your router, you will no longer need to launch the ISP’s login

program on your PC in order to access the Internet. When you start an Internet application,

your router will automatically log you in.

a.

Select you Internet service provisory from the drop-down list.

Figure 2-17: Basic Settings ISP list

b.

The screen will change according to the ISP settings requirements of the ISP you select.

c.

Fill in the parameters for your ISP according to the Wizard-detected procedures starting on

page 2-8

.

d.

Click Apply to save your settings.

Content Filtering

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Chapter 3

Content Filtering

This chapter describes how to use the content filtering features of the Model RP614 v2 Web Safe

Router to protect your network. These features can be found by clicking on the Content Filtering

heading in the Main Menu of the browser interface.

Content Filtering Overview

The Model RP614 v2 Web Safe Router provides you with Web content filtering options, plus

browsing activity reporting and instant alerts via e-mail. Parents and network administrators can

establish restricted access policies based on time-of-day, web addresses and web address

keywords. You can also block Internet access by applications and services, such as chat or games.

To configure these features of your router, click on the subheadings under the Content Filtering

heading in the Main Menu of the browser interface. The subheadings are described below: