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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. If you

leave the Domain Name field blank, the router try to discover the domain. Otherwise, you may

need to enter it manually.

•

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 DNS addresses, restart your computers so that these settings take effect.

•

Click Apply to save your settings.

•

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

one minute, refer to

Chapter 7, “Troubleshooting

.”

Fixed IP Account Smart

Wizard-Detected Option

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

Figure 2-10:

Setup Smart

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. Refer to the configuration parameters from your ISP you recorded in

“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.

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

one minute, refer to

Chapter 7, “Troubleshooting

.”

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 2-11:

Browser-based configuration Basic Settings menus

ISP

Does

Not

Require Login

ISP

Does

Require Login

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

Figure 2-11

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.

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.

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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 2-12:

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 2-3

.

d.

Click Apply to save your settings.

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Chapter 3

Wireless Configuration

This chapter describes how to configure the wireless features of your WGR614 router. In planning

your wireless network, you should consider the level of security required. You should also select

the physical placement of your firewall in order to maximize the network speed. For further

information on wireless networking, refer to in

Appendix D, “Wireless Networking Basics

.

Observe Performance, Placement, and Range Guidelines

The operating distance or range of your wireless connection can vary significantly based on the

physical placement of the wireless firewall. The latency, data throughput performance, and

notebook power consumption of wireless adapters also vary depending on your configuration

choices.

For best results, place your firewall:

•

Near the center of the area in which your PCs will operate.

•

In an elevated location such as a high shelf where the wirelessly connected PCs have

line-of-sight access (even if through walls).

•

Away from sources of interference, such as PCs, microwaves, and 2.4 GHz cordless phones.

•

Away from large metal surfaces.

The time it takes to establish a wireless connection can vary depending on both your security

settings and placement. WEP connections can take slightly longer to establish. Also, WEP

encryption can consume more battery power on a notebook PC.

Note:

Failure to follow these guidelines can result in significant performance

degradation or inability to wirelessly connect to the router. For complete range/

performance specifications, please see

Appendix A, “Technical Specifications

.”