19216811.liveNETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual
Configuring Basic Connectivity
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v1.2, January 2007
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Domain Name.
The domain name will be provided by your router to computers on your LAN when the
computers request DHCP settings from your router. In most cases, this parameter is
not required.
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Internet IP Address
Determines how your router obtains an IP address for Internet access.
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If your ISP assigns an IP address dynamically (by DHCP), select Get Automatically.
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If your ISP has assigned you a permanent, fixed (static) IP address for your computer,
select Use Static IP Address. Enter the IP address that your ISP assigned. Also, enter the
Subnet mask and the Gateway IP address. The Gateway is the ISP’s router to which your
router will connect.
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Domain Name Server (DNS) Address
If you know that your ISP does not automatically transmit DNS addresses to the router during
login, select
Use These DNS Servers and enter the IP address of your ISP’s Primary DNS
Server. If a Secondary DNS Server address is available, enter it also.
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Router’s MAC Address
This section determines the Ethernet MAC address that the router will use on the Internet port.
Some ISPs (especially cablemodem providers) will register the Ethernet MAC address of the
network interface card in your computer when your account is first opened. They will then
only accept traffic from the MAC address of that computer. This feature allows your router to
masquerade as that computer by “cloning” or “spoofing” its MAC address.
To change the MAC address, choose one of the following methods:
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Select Use Computer MAC Address. The router will then 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.
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Select Use this MAC address and type it in here.
Note:
If you enter or change a DNS address, restart the computers on your
network so that these settings take effect.