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The Router’s Front Panel

The front panel of the WGU624 wireless router contains the status LEDs described below.

Figure 2-1:

WGU624 Front Panel

You can use some of the LEDs to verify connections. Viewed from left to right, the table below

describes the LEDs on the front panel of the router.

Table 2-1.

LED Descriptions

Label

Activity

Description

Power

On

Amber Blink

Off

Power is supplied to the router.

Power is supplied to the router and it is performing its diagnostic test.

Power is not supplied to the router.

802.11a

On

The 802.11a wireless interface is enabled.

802.11g

On

The 802.11g wireless interface is enabled.

0OWER

)NTERNET

0ORT

7IRELESS

812.33G

,!/

0ORT 4

7IRELESS

812.33A

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The Router’s Rear Panel

The rear panel of the WGU624 wireless router contains the port connections listed below.

Figure 1-2: WGU624 Rear Panel

Viewed from left to right, the rear panel contains the following features:

•

AC power adapter outlet

•

Four Local (LAN) 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports, the fourth can be used with a DMZ server

•

Internet (WAN) Ethernet port for connecting the router to a cable or DSL modem

•

Factory Default Reset push button

•

Wireless antenna

Internet

On

Blink

The Internet (WAN) port has detected a link with an attached device.

Data is being transmitted or received by the Internet port.

Local

On (Green)

Blink (Green)

On (Amber)

Blink (Amber)

Off

The Local (LAN) port has detected link with a 100 Mbps device.

Data is being transmitted or received at 100 Mbps.

The Local port has detected link with a 10 Mbps device.

Data is being transmitted or received at 10 Mbps.

No link is detected on this port.

Table 2-1.

LED Descriptions

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Connecting the Router to the Internet

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Chapter 3

Connecting the Router to the Internet

This chapter describes how to set up the router on your local area network (LAN) and connect to

the Internet. You will find out how to configure your Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router

WGU624 for Internet access using the Setup Wizard, or how to manually configure your Internet

connection.

What You Will Need Before You Begin

You need to prepare these three things before you begin:

1.

Have active Internet service such as that provided by an cable or DSL broadband account.

2.

Locate the Internet Service Provider (ISP) configuration information for your DSL account.

3.

Network capability to connect the router to a cable or DSL modem and a computer as

explained below.

Cabling and Computer Hardware Requirements

To use the WGU624 wireless router on your network, each computer must have an installed

Ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC) and an Ethernet cable. If the computer will connect to your

network at 100 Mbps, you must use a Category 5 (Cat 5) cable such as the one provided with your

router. The cable or DSL broadband modem must provide a standard 10 Mbps (10BASE-T) or 100

Mbps (10BASE-Tx) Ethernet interface.

Computer Network Configuration Requirements

The WGU624 includes a built-in Web Configuration Manager. To access the configuration menus

on the WGU624, your must use a Java-enabled Web browser program that supports HTTP uploads

such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. Use Internet Explorer or Netscape

Navigator 4.0 or above.

For the initial setup of your router, you need to connect a computer to the router. This computer

has to be set to automatically get its TCP/IP configuration from the router via DHCP.

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Note:

For help with DHCP configuration, please use the Windows TCP/IP Configuration

Tutorials on the

Double 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGU624 Resource CD

, or refer to

Appendix C, “Preparing Your Network”

.

Internet Configuration Requirements

Depending on how your ISP set up your Internet account, you will need one or more of these

configuration parameters to connect your router to the Internet:

•

Host and Domain Names

•

ISP Login Name and Password

•

ISP Domain Name Server (DNS) Addresses

•

Fixed IP Address which is also known as Static IP Address

Where Do I Get the Internet Configuration Parameters?

There are several ways you can gather the required Internet connection information.

•

Your ISP provides all the information needed to connect to the Internet. If you cannot locate

this information, you can ask your ISP to provide it or you can try one of the options below.

•

If you have a computer already connected using the active Internet access account, you can

gather the configuration information from that computer.

—

For Windows 95/98/ME, open the Network control panel, select the TCP/IP entry for the

Ethernet adapter, and click Properties. Record all the settings for each tab page.

—

For Windows 2000/XP, open the Local Area Network Connection, select the TCP/IP entry

for the Ethernet adapter, and click Properties. Record all the settings for each tab page.

—

For Macintosh computers, open the TCP/IP or Network control panel. Record all the

settings for each section.

•

You may also refer to the

Double 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGU624 Resource CD

for the

NETGEAR Router ISP Guide, which provides Internet connection information for many ISPs.

Once you locate your Internet configuration parameters, you may want to record them on the page

below.

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Record Your Internet Connection Information

Print this page. Fill in the configuration parameters from your Internet Service Provider (ISP).

ISP Login Name:

The login name and password are case sensitive and must be entered exactly as

given by your ISP. Some ISPs use your full e-mail address as the login name. The Service Name is

not required by all ISPs. If you connect using a login name and password, then fill in the

following:

Login Name: ______________________________

Password: ____________________________

Service Name: _____________________________

Fixed or Static IP Address:

If you have a static IP address, record the following information. For

example, 169.254.141.148 could be a valid IP address.

Fixed or Static Internet IP Address: ______

______

______

______

Gateway IP Address: ______

______

______

______

Subnet Mask: ______

______

______

______

ISP DNS Server Addresses:

If you were given DNS server addresses, fill in the following:

Primary DNS Server IP Address: ______

______

______

______

Secondary DNS Server IP Address: ______

______

______

______

Host and Domain Names:

Some ISPs use a specific host or domain name like

CCA7324-A

or

home

. If you haven’t been given host or domain names, you can use the following examples as a

guide:

•

If your main e-mail account with your ISP is

, then use

aaa

as your host name.

Your ISP might call this your account, user, host, computer, or system name.

•

If your ISP’s mail server is

mail.xxx.yyy.com

, then use

xxx.yyy.com

as the domain name.

ISP Host Name: _________________________

ISP Domain Name: _______________________

For Wireless Access:

For configuration of the wireless network, record the following:

Wireless Network Name (SSID): __________________

Encryption (circle one): WEP 64, or WEP 128

WEP passphrase or key: ____________________