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Installing Your Router Using the Smart Wizard

To upgrade your router:

1.

If the Firmware Update screen does not display automatically, select

Firmware Update

under

Management

on the main menu. The Firmware Update

screen will then display.

2.

Click

Browse

and locate the unzipped firmware image that you downloaded to your PC (the

file will end in .img or .chk).

3.

Once you have selected the file, click

Upload

to send the software to the router

.

The upload

process will take several minutes. When the software upload process is complete, the router

will restart.

4.

After the router has restarted, select

Router Status

under the Management

menu. Check the

Firmware Version to verify that your router now has the new software installed.

If you are unable to successfully upgrade using this method, refer to the online

Reference

Manual

for other ways to upgrade the router. The

Reference Manual

is available through the

Documentation

link on the router main menu (or through a link on the

Resource CD

).

If you selected the

No

radio box during installation, and want to check for new firmware later,

follow the procedure below. It is advisable to determine the firmware version currently running on

your router before you check for updates on the NETGEAR website. Then go to the NETGEAR

website and select the model number for this router. If a later version of the firmware is available,

download the firmware to your computer and upgrade your router.

To manually check for new router firmware:

1.

Open a browser window and type

http://www.routerlogin.net

in the address field of your

browser. Press

Enter.

2.

When prompted, enter the default Password (

password

for the router Password), in lowercase

letters. If you changed the Password from the default, then enter your new Password.

3.

Select

Firmware Update

under Management

on the main menu on your router interface.

When the Router Status screen displays, note the version number of your router firmware.

4.

Go to

http://www.NETGEAR.com/support

and select

Downloads

from the menu bar.

5.

From the Product Selection

pull-down menu, select your router model number. The Product

Support page for your router will display.

Do not try to go online, turn off the router, shut down the computer, or do

anything else to the router until the router finishes restarting! When the Ready

light stops blinking, wait a few seconds more before using the router.

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6.

Under Downloads

,

check the most recent Firmware Version offered against the Firmware

Version shown on your Router Status screen.

7.

If the version on the NETGEAR website is more recent, click on the version number. Then,

click

Right-click and Save to Download

and save the file to a location on your hard disk.

8.

Follow the procedure in

“To upgrade your router:”

to complete the upgrade process.

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Installing Your Router Using the Smart Wizard

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 may 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 4

.”

Use the procedures in this topic if you are an advanced user, or a user of Macintosh

and Linux systems.

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Manually Installing Your Router

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 41

.

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 Ethernet 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.

5.

Locate the Ethernet cable that came with your NETGEAR product. Securely insert one end of

the Ethernet cable into your modem and the other end into the Internet port of the wireless

router (

C

). (The Ethernet cable and the Internet port label are color coded.)

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 7

A

B