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Manually Installing Your Router
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Manually Installing Your Router
Before installing and connecting your router manually, review the list below and make sure that
you have all of the necessary information.
•
Internet service connection through 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 cable modem service, make sure that you are using the same computer on which
you first set up your Internet account.
If you have not already done so:
•
Check the package contents of your router to ensure that it is complete (see
“Unpacking Your
New Router” on page 1
”).
•
Select an optimum location for your wireless router after reviewing the guidelines presented in
“Positioning Your Wireless Router” on page 6
.”
Use the procedures in this topic if you are an advanced user, or a user of Linux
systems.
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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
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 37
.
If you are replacing an existing router, disconnect it completely from your network and set it aside
before starting to install your new router. Then, skip to
step 5
in the following procedure
To connect the wireless router, the computer, and the modem:
1.
Turn off your computer.
2.
Turn off and unplug the cable or DSL broadband modem.
3.
Locate the cable (
A
) that connects your computer to the modem.
4.
Disconnect the cable at the modem end only (
B
). You will connect it to the router later.
NETGEAR does not recommend or support adding a NETGEAR router behind
another router, or replacing a gateway with a NETGEAR router.
Figure 7
A
B
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5.
Locate the Ethernet cable that came with your NETGEAR product. Securely insert one end of
the Ethernet cable into your modem (
C
) and the other end into the Internet port of the wireless
router (
D
). (The cable and the Internet port label are color coded.)
6.
Locate the cable (
A
) that is still attached to your computer (see
step 4
). Securely insert that
cable into a port on the router, such as port 4 (
E
), as shown in
Figure 9
.
7.
Connect any additional wired PCs to your router by inserting an Ethernet cable from a PC into
one of the three remaining LAN ports.
Figure 8
Figure 9
Internet
Internet
1
2
3
4
C
D
1
2
3
4
Internet
A
E
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8.
Review that your network is now set up (as shown in
Figure 10
); you are ready to start your
network.
9.
Start your network in the correct sequence, as described below.
To start your network:
1.
Plug in and turn on the cable or DSL modem. Wait 2 minutes.
2.
Plug the end of the power adapter’s cord into the wall or a power strip, and into the power
adapter outlet of your wireless router (
F
). Wait 1 minute.
Figure 10
Failure to start or restart your network in the correct sequence could prevent you
from accessing the Internet.
Internet
• • • • • •
• •
.
+
8
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3.
Turn on your computer. It will 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 12
).
Figure 11
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, Internet
Options, Connections tab and select “Never dial a connection.”
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2
3
4
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