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Installing Your Wireless Router Manually

(Advanced and Linux Users)

Before installing and connecting your router manually, review the list below and make sure that

you have all of the necessary information.

•

Internet ADSL or cable modem service connection to an Internet Service Provider (ISP).

•

The configuration information your ISP gave you. Depending on how your Internet account

was set up, you might need the following information to set up your wireless router and access

the Internet:

–

Host and Domain Name

–

Internet Login Name and Password (frequently an email 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, ask your ISP.

If you have not already done so:

•

Check the package contents of your router to ensure that it is complete (see

“Unpacking Your

New Wireless Router” on page 1

”).

•

Select an optimum location for your wireless router after reviewing the guidelines presented in

“Positioning Your Wireless Router” on page 7

.”

Connecting Your Wireless Router

Before you install your wireless router, make sure that the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Property

settings on your computer are set to “automatically obtain an IP address” using DHCP and “Obtain

DNS server address automatically.” You can check these settings by looking at the TCP/IP

Properties of your Internal Network Connections, which are accessible through the Control Panel

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of your computer. If you are unsure about this, refer to the documentation for your computer or see

the link to TCP/IP Addressing in

“Related Documents” on page 43

.

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.

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.

2.

Disconnect the cable at the modem (

2

). You will connect it to the router later.

3.

Locate the Ethernet cable that came with the NETGEAR product. Securely insert that Ethernet

cable into your modem and into the Internet port of the wireless router (

3

).

If you are replacing an existing router, disconnect it completely from your network

and set it aside before starting to install your new router.

Figure 6

1

2

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4.

Locate the cable you removed from the modem in step 2. Securely insert that cable (

4

) into a

LAN port on the router such as LAN port 1.

Your network cables are connected, and you are ready to start your network. It is important that

you start your network in the correct sequence.

To start your network in the correct sequence.

1.

First, plug in and turn on the cable or DSL modem. Wait 2 minutes.

Figure 7

Figure 8

Failure to start or restart your network in the correct sequence could prevent you

from accessing the Internet.

3

4

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2.

Now, plug the power cord into your wireless router and into a power outlet. Wait 1 minute.

3.

Last, turn on your computer. It might take several minutes for your router to establish a

connection with your computer and your Internet provider.

Verifying Your Connection

Verify that your router is connected correctly by checking the wireless router status lights (as

illustrated in

Figure 9

.

Check the wireless router status lights to verify the following:

•

Power

. The Power light (

1

) should turn solid green. If it does not, see

“Checking Basic Router

Functions” on page 31

.

•

Operating Mode

. The 2.4 GHz N-Band light (

2

) should be on; the 5.0 GHz N-Band light (

3

)

should be off.

•

USB.

The USB light (

4

) should be off if no USB device is connected; it will be solid green if a

USB device is connected.

For DSL customers, if software logs you in to the Internet,

do not

run that

software. You might need to go to the Internet Explorer Tools menu, select

Internet Options, and then click the Connections tab, where you can select

Never dial a connection

.

Figure 9

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•

Internet

. The Internet port light (

5

) should be lit. If it is not, make sure that the Ethernet cable

is securely attached to the wireless router Internet port and that the modem, and that the

modem is powered on.

•

LAN

. A LAN light (

6

) should be lit. Green indicates that your computer is communicating at

100 Mbps; amber indicates 10 Mbps. If a LAN light is not lit, check that the Ethernet cable

from the computer to the router is securely attached at both ends, and that the computer is

turned on.

Setting Up Your Router for Internet Access

When configuring your wireless router manually, you must log in to your wireless router to set it

up initially and to make any changes to your wireless router’s settings later.

To access your router:

1.

Connect to the wireless router by typing

in the address field of

your browser, and then press

Enter

.

The factory default state is reset when you use the Restore Factory Settings button.

See

“Restoring the Default Password and Configuration Settings” on page 42

for

more information.

Figure 10

Connect to the wireless router by typing any one of these three URLs in the address

field of your browser, then pressing

Enter

:

•

•

• http://192.168.1.1