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Place the gateway away from electrical devices such as these:

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Ceiling fans

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Home security systems

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Microwaves

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Computers

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Base of a cordless phone

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2.4 GHz cordless phone

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Place the gateway away from large metal surfaces, large glass surfaces, insulated walls,

and items such as these:

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Solid metal doors

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Aluminum studs

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Fish tanks

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Mirrors

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Brick

-

Concrete

Cable Your Gateway

You can use the gateway with a DSL line or an Ethernet WAN connection.

DSL

Ethernet

Figure 4. Gateway cabling diagram

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To cable your gateway:

1.

Connect DSL or a cable modem.

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For DSL, use phone cable to connect the DSL line to the gateway’s xDSL port.

•

For a cable modem, unplug the modem’s power. Remove the battery, if present. Then

plug in the modem and put the battery back in.

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Use an Ethernet cable to connect the modem to the gateway’s red Ethernet WAN

port.

2.

Connect the power adapter to the gateway and plug it into an electrical outlet.

The LEDs light. If the LEDs do not light, press the

Power On/Off

button on the gateway.

3.

Connect a computer to your gateway.

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Use an Ethernet cable to connect your computer to a yellow Ethernet LAN port on the

gateway.

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For a WiFi connection, use the WiFi network name and password on the product

label.

You can log in to the gateway to view or change its settings. For information about installation,

see the installation guide that came in the package with the product.

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2.

Connect to the Network and

Access the Gateway

You can connect to the gateway’s WiFi network or LAN and you can use a web browser to log in

to the gateway to view or change its settings.

This chapter contains the following sections:

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Connect to the Network

•

Types of Logins

•

Log In to the Gateway

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Connect to the Network

You can connect to the gateway’s network through a wired or WiFi connection. If you set up

your computer to use a static IP address, change the settings so that it uses Dynamic Host

Configuration Protocol (DHCP).

Wired Connection

You can connect your computer to the gateway using an Ethernet cable and join the

gateway’s local area network (LAN).

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To connect your computer to the gateway with an Ethernet cable:

1.

Make sure power is supplied to the gateway and the WiFi LED is lit.

2.

Connect an Ethernet cable to an Ethernet port on your computer.

3.

Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to one of the numbered Ethernet ports.

Your computer connects to the local area network (LAN). A message might display on

your computer screen to notify you that an Ethernet cable is connected.

WiFi Connection

You can connect to the gateway’s WiFi network with Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) or you can

find and select the WiFi network.

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To use WPS to connect to the WiFi network:

1.

Make sure that power is supplied to the gateway and the WiFi LED is lit.

2.

Check the WPS instructions for your computer or wireless device.

3.

Press the

WPS

button on the gateway.

4.

Within two minutes, on your computer or WiFi device, press its

WPS

button or follow its

instructions for WPS connections.

Your computer or wireless device connects to the WiFi network.

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To find and select the WiFi network:

1.

Make sure that power is supplied to the gateway and the WiFi LED is lit.

2.

On your computer or wireless device, find and select the WiFi network.

The WiFi network name is on the product label.

3.

Join the WiFi network and enter the WiFi password.

The password is on the product label.

Your wireless device connects to the WiFi network.

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Types of Logins

Separate types of logins serve different purposes. It is important that you understand the

difference so that you know which login to use when.

These types of logins are associated with the gateway:

•

Internet service login

. The login that your Internet service provider gave you logs you in

to your Internet service. Your service provider gave you this login information in a letter or

some other way. If you cannot find this login information, contact your service provider.

•

WiFi network key or password

. Your gateway is preset with a unique wireless network

name (SSID) and password for wireless access. This information is on the gateway label.

•

Gateway login

.This logs you in to the gateway interface from a web browser as admin.

Log In to the Gateway

When you connect to the network (either with WiFi or with an Ethernet cable), you can use a

web browser to access the gateway to view or change its settings. The first time you access

the gateway, NETGEAR genie automatically checks to see if your gateway can connect to

your Internet service. The next time you access the gateway with a browser, you are

prompted to log in.

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To log in to the gateway:

1.

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

network.

2.

Type

http://routerlogin.net

or

www.routerlogin.com

.

A login screen displays.

3.

Enter the gateway user name and password.

The user name is

admin

. The default password is

password

. The user name and

password are case-sensitive.