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Reference Manual for Cable/DSL Wireless Router WGR614
Connecting the Router to the Internet
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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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Reference Manual for Cable/DSL Wireless Router WGR614
2-12
Connecting the Router to the Internet
•
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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Reference Manual for Cable/DSL Wireless Router WGR614
Connecting the Router to the Internet
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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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Connecting the Router to 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 2-12:
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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Wireless Configuration
3-1
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
.”
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