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Does Your Internet Connection Require A Login?

Select this option based on the type of account you have with your ISP. If you need to enter

login information every time you connect to the Internet or you have a PPPoE account with

your ISP, select Yes. Otherwise, select No.

Note

: If you have installed PPP software such as WinPoET (from Earthlink) or Enternet (from

PacBell), then you have PPPoE. Select Yes. After selecting Yes and configuring your router,

you will not need to run the PPP software on your PC to connect to the Internet.

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Account Name (also known as Host Name or System Name): For most users, type your

account name or user name in this box. For example, if your main mail account is

[email protected], then put JerAB in this box. If your ISP has given you a specific Host name,

then type it (for example, CCA7324-A).

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Domain Name: For most users, you may leave this box blank, unless required by your ISP.

You may type the domain name of your ISP. For example, if your ISP's mail server is

mail.xxx.yyy.zzz, you would type xxx.yyy.zzz as the Domain Name.

If you have a Domain name given to you by your ISP, type it in this box. (For example,

Earthlink Cable may require a Host name of 'home' and Comcast sometimes supplies a

Domain name.)

If you have a cable modem, this is usually the Workgroup name.

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Internet IP Address: If you log in to your service or your ISP did not provide you with a fixed

IP address, the router will find an IP address for you automatically when you connect. Select

Get Dynamically From ISP.

If you have a fixed (or static IP) address, your ISP will have provided you with the required

information. Select Use Static IP Address and type the IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway

IP Address into the correct boxes.

For example:

–

IP Address: 24.218.156.183

–

Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

–

Gateway IP Address: 24.218.156.1

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DNS Address: The DNS server is used to look up site addresses based on their names.

If your ISP gave you one or two DNS addresses, select Use These DNS Servers and type the

primary and secondary addresses.

Otherwise, select Get Automatically From ISP.

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Note

: If you get 'Address not found' errors when you go to a Web site, it is likely that your

DNS servers aren't set up properly. You should contact your ISP to get DNS server addresses.

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Router MAC Address: Your computer's local address is its unique address on your network.

This is also referred to as the computer's MAC (Media Access Control) address.

Usually, select Use Default MAC Address.

If your ISP requires MAC authentication, then select either Use Computer MAC address to

disguise the Router's MAC address with the Computer's own MAC address or Use This MAC

Address to manually type the MAC address for a different computer. The format for the MAC

address is XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX. This value may be changed if the Use Computer MAC

Address is selected once a value has already been set in the Use This MAC Address selection.

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Click Test to connect to the NETGEAR Web site. If you connect successfully, your settings

work and you may click Logout to exit these pages and... enjoy surfing the 'net!

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If you don't connect successfully:

a.

Go through the settings and make sure you've selected the correct options and typed

everything correctly.

b.

Contact your ISP to verify the configuration information.

c.

Read the Troubleshooting section in the Router Installation Guide.

d.

On the Resource CD, read the Troubleshooting Guide or the Troubleshooting section in

the Reference Manual.

e.

Contact NETGEAR Technical Support.

Setting up Your Voice Account

Refer to the Quick Installation Guide (QIG) provided by your Voice Service Provider.

Technical Support for Your Voice Account

For technical support contact your Voice Service Provider.

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Troubleshooting Tips

Here are some tips for correcting simple problems you may have.

Be sure to restart your network in this sequence:

1.

Turn off

and

unplug the modem, turn off the broadband voice adapter, and turn off the

computer.

2.

Turn on the modem, wait two minutes.

3.

Turn on the broadband voice adapter and wait 1 minute.

4.

Turn on the computer.

Make sure the Ethernet cables are securely plugged in.

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The Internet status light on the broadband voice adapter will be lit if the Ethernet cable to the

broadband voice adapter from the modem is plugged in securely and the modem and

broadband voice adapter are turned on.

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For each powered on computer connected to the broadband voice adapter with a securely

plugged in Ethernet cable, the corresponding broadband voice adapter LAN port status light

will be lit. The label on the bottom of the broadband voice adapter identifies the number of

each LAN port.

Make sure the network settings of the computer are correct.

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LAN connected computers

must

be configured to obtain an IP address automatically via

DHCP. Please see

Appendix C, “Preparing Your Network

or the animated tutorials on the CD

for help with this

.

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Some cable modem ISPs require you to use the MAC address of the computer registered on

the account. If so, in the Router MAC Address section of the Basic Settings menu, select “Use

this Computer’s MAC Address.” The router will then capture and use the MAC address of the

computer that you are now using. You must be using the computer that is registered with the

ISP. Click

Apply

to save your settings. Restart the network in the correct sequence.

Check the router status lights to verify correct router operation.

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If the Power light does not turn solid green within 2 minutes after turning the router on, reset

the router according to the instructions in

“Restoring the Default Configuration and Password”

on page 7-7

.

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How to Manually Configure 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 3-9:

Browser-based configuration Basic Settings menus

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

Figure 3-9

using

these steps:

1.

Connect to the broadband voice adapter by typing

in the address field of

your browser, then click

Enter

.

2.

For security reasons, the broadband voice adapter has its own user name and password. When

prompted, enter

admin

for the router user name and

password

for the router password, both

in lower case letters.

3.

Click

Basic Settings

on the Setup menu.

4.

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 5.

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 computer,

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.

ISP

Does

Not

Require Login

ISP

Does

Require Login

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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.

Router’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 computer when your account is first opened. They will then only accept

traffic from the MAC address of that computer. This feature allows your router to

masquerade as that computer 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 computer that you are now using. You

must be using the one computer that is allowed by the ISP. Or, select “Use this MAC

address” and type it in here.

e.

Click

Apply

to save your settings.

5.

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 computer in order to access the Internet. When you start an Internet

application, your router will automatically log you in. Click

Apply

to save your settings. Click

the Test button to verify you have Internet access.