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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. Follow these procedures if you are an advanced user, or

you are installing this router on a Linux system.

•

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 N300 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 N300 Wireless router after reviewing the guidelines

presented in

“Positioning Your Wireless Router” on page 6

.”

NETGEAR does not recommend or support adding a NETGEAR router behind

another router, or replacing a gateway with a NETGEAR router.

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Connecting Your N300 Wireless Gigabit Router

Before you install your N300 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 43

.

To connect the N300 Wireless router, the computer, and the modem:

1.

Turn off and unplug the power to the broadband cable modem or DSL modem.

2.

Locate the Ethernet cable (

A

) that connects your computer to the modem.

3.

Disconnect the Ethernet cable at the modem end only (

B

). You will connect it to the router

later.

4.

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 N300

Wireless router (

D

). 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, then go to

“To replace

your wireless router:” on page 15

.

Figure 7

A

B

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5.

Locate the Ethernet cable (

A

) that is still attached to your computer. Securely insert the other

end of the Ethernet cable into a port on the router, such as port 4 (

E

), as shown in

Figure 9

Connect any additional wired devices to your router by inserting an Ethernet cable from a

device into one of the three remaining LAN ports.

6.

Ensure that your network is now set up in the order shown in

Figure 10

; you are now ready to

restart your network.

Figure 8

Figure 9

C

D

A

E

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7.

Start your network in the correct sequence, as described in

“To start your network:”

.

To replace your wireless router:

1.

Turn off and unplug the power from your broadband cable modem or DSL modem.

2.

Remove both Ethernet cables from your existing router (but leave both cables attached to your

computer and your modem).

3.

Locate the Ethernet cable (

A

) that is still attached to your computer. Securely insert the other

end of the Ethernet cable into a LAN port on your new router, such as port 4 (

E

), as shown in

Figure 11

.

Connect any additional wired devices to your new router by inserting an Ethernet cable from a

device into one of the three remaining LAN ports.

Figure 10

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

from accessing the Internet.

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4.

Replace the Ethernet cable connected to your modem with the Ethernet cable that came with

your router, and insert one end into the same port on the modem. Then, insert the other end

into the Internet port of your new router (

F

), as shown in

Figure 11

.

5.

Start your network in the correct sequence, as described below.

To start your network:

1.

Plug in the power and turn on the broadband cable modem or DSL modem. Wait 2 minutes.

2.

Plug the end of the power adapter cord into the wall or a power strip, and insert the other end

into the power adapter outlet of your N300 Wireless router (

G

), shown in

Figure 12

.

3.

Make sure that the Power button on the back of your router (

H

) is in the power-on state. (The

button is depressed when in power-on mode.) Wait 1 minute.

Figure 11

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

from accessing the Internet.

A

E

F