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Hardware Setup
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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
•
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
-
Brick
-
Concrete
Cable Your Gateway
You can use the gateway with a DSL line or an Ethernet WAN connection.
VDSL
Phone
Line
DSL
Ethernet
Figure 4. Gateway cabling diagram
To cable your gateway:
1.
Connect DSL or a cable modem.
•
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.
•
Use an Ethernet cable to connect your computer to a yellow Ethernet LAN port on the
gateway.
•
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:
•
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.

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