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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
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
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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Installing Your Router Using the Smart Wizard
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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
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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 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

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