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Preparing to Set Up Your Wireless Router

Prepare the following before you set up your router:

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Internet service.

•

The configuration information your Internet service provider (ISP) gave you. Depending on

how your Internet account was set up, your may need one or more of these settings for the

wireless router to access the Internet:

–

Host and domain names

–

Internet login name and password (frequently an e-mail address and password)

–

Domain name server (DNS) Addresses

–

Fixed or static IP address

Your ISP should have provided you with all the information needed to connect to the Internet.

If you cannot locate this information, you can ask your ISP to provide it.

•

For cable modem service, use the computer you first used to set up your Internet service.

•

For suggestions about the best location to place your router, see

“Optimizing Your Wireless

Connections” on page 2-1

.

Two Setup Methods: 1) Smart Wizard Setup 2) Manual Setup

You have two methods available for setting up your wireless router.

•

Smart Wizard setup

: Click Setup on the CD to use the Smart Wizard.

–

This option is the easiest. The wizard guides you through the setup process, automates

many of the steps, and verifies that necessary conditions exist and that steps you perform

have been successfully completed.

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This option requires a PC running Microsoft Windows.

•

Manual setup

: This option is best if you cannot use the wizard on the CD, are replacing an

existing wireless router, or are technically knowledgeable. Follow the instructions in this

manual to set up your wireless router.

Use the setup option that best suits you.

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Smart Wizard Installation

The wizard setup process should take about 20 minutes to complete. Follow these step:

1.

Insert the NETGEAR

108 Mbps Wireless Router WGRT624 v4 Resource CD

into a Windows

PC with an Internet connection. The Welcome screen appears:

The CD detects the language you are using on your PC. Accept the language, or change to a

different language.

Note:

Do not change your existing Internet connection. Instead, let the Smart Wizard

Installation Assistant on the

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CD

guide you through the setup process.

Figure 1-3

Note:

If the CD does not automatically start, browse the CD, and then double-click

Autorun.

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2.

Click Setup. The Smart Wizard Installation Assistant opens:

3.

Follow the wizard instructions.The Smart Wizard Installation Assistant will guide you through

the setup process to:

•

Connect equipment: Follow onscreen instructions to connect your router.

•

Activate your network: The wizard detects your Internet connection and network name.

The network name is the service set identifier (SSID).

•

Secure your network with wireless security: You can set up wireless security now, or

choose to set it up later. NETGEAR strongly recommends using security. See

Chapter 2,

“Wireless Settings and Security”

.

4.

A Success page opens after you have connected to the Internet and entered your wireless

settings.

Figure 1-4

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Manual Setup

There are two steps to setting up your wireless router:

1.

Connect the router to the ADSL or cable modem, and connect a computer to the router.

2.

Configure the router to use your Internet service.

Connecting Your Wireless Router

To connect your wireless router:

1.

Connect the wireless router, the computer, and the modem.

a.

Turn off your computer.

b.

Turn off and unplug the cable or ADSL broadband modem.

c.

Locate the Ethernet cable (

1

) that connects your computer to the modem.

d.

Disconnect the cable at the modem end only (

2

).

Note:

Your computer has to be set to automatically get its TCP/IP network settings

from the router via DHCP. This is usually the case. If you are unsure about this,

use the wizard on the CD, which automatically takes care of this for you, or

refer to the documentation for your computer.

Figure 1-5

1

2

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e.

Securely insert the free end of the cable (

1

) into a LAN port on the router, such as LAN

port 4 (

3

).

f.

Securely insert the yellow cable (

5

) that came with your wireless router into the yellow

Internet port of the wireless router (

4

) and the other end into the modem (

2

).

Your network cables are connected, and you are ready to start your network.

Figure 1-6

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1

4

2