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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 3-6:

Browser-based configuration Basic Settings menus

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

Figure 3-6

using

these steps:

1.

Click the Basic Settings link on the Setup menu.

ISP

Does

Not

Require Login

ISP

Does

Require Login

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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 IP

Subnet Mask 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 register the Ethernet MAC address of the network interface card

in your PC when your account is first opened. Then they 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

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.

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.

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a.

Select you Internet service provider from the drop-down list.

Figure 3-7:

Basic Settings ISP list

b.

The screen changes according to the ISP settings requirements of the ISP you select.

4.

If your Internet connection does require a login, fill in the settings according to the instructions

below.

Note:

After you finish setting up your router, you will no longer need to launch the ISP’s login

program on your computer in order to access the Internet. When you start an Internet

application, your router will automatically log you in.

a.

Select your Internet service provider from the drop-down list. Your choices are:

•

Other — if you have installed PPP software such as WinPoET (from Earthlink) or

Enternet (from Pacbell), then select Other. For more information, see

“Manual PPPoE

Configuration” on page 3-11

.

•

PPTP — this protocol is used in Austria and other European countries. For more

information, see

“Manual PPTP Configuration” on page 3-13

.

•

Telstra Bigpond — this protocol is used mainly in Australia. For more information,

see

“Manual Telstra Bigpond Configuration” on page 3-15

.

b.

The screen changes according to the ISP settings requirements of the ISP you select.

c.

Fill in the parameters for your Internet service provider.

d.

Click Apply to save your settings. Click the Test button to verify you have Internet access.

Manual PPPoE Configuration

If your ISP uses PPPoE, select Other for the Internet Service Provider in the Basic Settings menu

to display the following menu:

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Figure 3-8:

Other (PPPoE) menu

To configure your Internet service connection for Other (PPPoE), fill in the following fields:

•

Enter the Login and Password as provided by your ISP. These fields are case sensitive.

•

To change the login timeout, enter a new value in minutes. This determines how long the

router keeps the Internet connection active after there is no Internet activity from the LAN.

Entering a timeout value of zero means never log out.

•

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 verify that your Internet connection works. If the NETGEAR Web site does not

appear within one minute, refer to

Chapter 8, “Troubleshooting”

.

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Manual PPTP Configuration

If your ISP uses PPTP, select PPTP for the Internet Service Provider in the Basic Settings menu

and you will see the following menu:

Figure 3-9:

PPTP menu