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If the wireless router is connected to the Internet, you can select

Knowledge Base

or

Documentation

under Web Support in the main menu to view support information or the

documentation for the wireless router.

If you do not click

Logout

, the wireless router will wait for 5 minutes after no activity before

it automatically logs you out.

Figure 1-4

Note:

If the

Check for New Version Upon Log-in

check box is selected, the home

page is the Router Upgrade screen. Otherwise, it is the Basic Settings screen.

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Using the Setup Wizard

You can manually configure your Internet connection using the Basic Settings screen, or you can

allow the Setup Wizard to determine your Internet Service Provider (ISP) configuration.

The Setup Wizard searches your Internet connection for servers and protocols to determine your

ISP configuration. This feature is not the same as the Smart Wizard on the

Resource CD

. To use

the Setup Wizard to assist with configuration or to verify the Internet connection settings:

1.

From the main menu, select

Setup Wizard

.

2.

Click

Next

to proceed. Enter your ISP settings, as needed.

3.

At the end of the Setup Wizard, click

Test

to verify your Internet connection. If you have

trouble connecting to the Internet, see

Chapter 7, “Troubleshooting

.”

Viewing or Manually Configuring Your ISP Settings

To view or configure the basic settings:

1.

Log in to the wireless router as described in

“Logging In to Your Wireless Router” on

page 1-2

.

The Basic Settings screen displays (described in

Table 1-1 on page 1-7

).

2.

Select

Yes

or

No

depending on whether your ISP requires a login. This selection changes the

fields available on the Basic Settings screen.

•

Yes

. If your ISP requires a login, select the encapsulation method. Enter the login name. If

you want to change the login time-out, enter a new value in minutes.

•

No

. If your ISP does not require a login, enter the account name, if required, and the

domain name, if required.

3.

Enter the settings for the IP address and DNS server. If you enter or change a DNS address,

restart the computers on your network so that these settings take effect.

4.

If no login is required, you can specify the MAC Address setting.

5.

Click

Apply

to save your settings.

6.

Click

Test

to test your Internet connection. If the NETGEAR website does not appear within

one minute, refer to

Chapter 7, “Troubleshooting

.

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When your Internet connection is working you do not need to launch the ISP’s login program on

your computer to access the Internet. When you start an Internet application, your wireless router

automatically logs you in

The fields that are displayed depend on whether or not your Internet connection requires a login.

The following table explains the fields in the Basic Settings screen.

Figure 1-5

ISP

does

not

require login

ISP

does

require login

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Table 1-1.

Basic Settings screen fields

Settings

Description

Does Your ISP Require a Login?

• Yes

• No

These fields

appear only if no

login is required.

Account Name

(If required)

Enter the account name provided by your ISP. This might also

be called the host name.

Domain Name

(If required)

Enter the domain name provided by your ISP.

These fields

appear only if

your ISP

requires a login.

Internet Service Provider

•

PPTP

(Point to Point Tunneling Protocol). This is used

primarily in Austrian DSL services.

•

Telstra Bigpond

. This setting is only for older cable modem

service accounts that still require a Bigpond Login utility.

Telstra has discontinued this type of account. Those with

Telstra DSL accounts and newer cable modem accounts

should select

No

for

Does Your Internet Connection

Require A Login?

.

•

Other

. This is the default setting. It is for PPPoE (Point to

Point Protocol over Ethernet), the protocol used by most

DSL services worldwide.

Login

The login name provided by your ISP. This is often an e-mail

address.

Password

The password that you use to log ISP.

Service Name

If your ISP provided a Service Name, enter it here. This field

appears if the Internet Service Provider is defined as “Other”

(PPPoE)

Connection Mode

Specify when the router will connect to and disconnect from

the Internet.

•

Always On

. The router logs in to the Internet immediately

after booting and never disconnects.

•

Dial on Demand

. The router logs in only when outgoing

traffic is present and logs out after the idle time-out.

•

Manually Connect

. The router logs in or logs out only when

you click

Connect

or

Disconnect

in the Router Status

screen.

Idle Timeout (In minutes)

If you want to change the Internet login time-out, enter a new

value in minutes. This determines how long the wireless router

keeps the Internet connection active after there is no Internet

activity from the LAN. Entering an Idle Timeout value of 0

(zero) means never log out.

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Internet IP Address

•

Get Dynamically from ISP

. Your ISP automatically assigns

these addresses.

•

Use Static IP Address

. Enter the IP address that your ISP

assigned. Also enter the IP subnet mask and the gateway IP

address. The gateway is the ISP’s gateway to which your

wireless router will connect.

Domain Name Server (DNS) Address

The DNS server is used to look up site addresses based on

their names.

•

Get Automatically from ISP

. Your ISP automatically

assigns this address.

•

Use These DNS Servers

. If you know that your ISP does

not automatically transmit DNS addresses to the wireless

router during login, select this option, and enter the IP

address of your ISP’s primary DNS server. If a secondary

DNS server address is available, enter it also.

This field

appears if no

login is required

or the Internet

Service Provider

is not defined as

“Other.”

Router MAC Address

The Ethernet MAC address that will be used by the wireless

router on the Internet port. Some ISPs register the Ethernet

MAC address of the network interface card in your computer

when your account is first opened. They will then accept traffic

only from the MAC address of that computer. This feature

allows your wireless router to masquerade as that computer

by “cloning” its MAC address.

•

Use Default Address

. Use the default MAC address.

•

Use Computer MAC Address

. The wireless router will

capture and use the MAC address of the computer that you

are now using. You must be using the one computer that is

allowed by the ISP.

•

Use This MAC Address

. Enter the MAC address that you

want to use.

Table 1-1.

Basic Settings screen fields

(continued)

Settings

Description