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Manual Setup

There are two steps to setting up your wireless router:

1.

Connect the Product Family to the ADSL or cable modem, and connect a computer to the

Product Family.

2.

Configure the Product Family to use your Internet service.

Connecting Your Wireless Router

To connect your wireless router:

1.

Connect the wireless router, the computer, and the modem.

a.

Turn off your computer.

b.

Turn off and unplug the cable or ADSL broadband modem.

c.

Locate the Ethernet cable (1) that connects your computer to the modem.

d.

Disconnect the cable at the modem (

2

). You will connect it to the router later.

Your computer has to be set to automatically get its TCP/IP network settings from

the Product Family through DHCP. This is usually the case. If your are unsure about

this, use the wizard on the CD, which automatically takes care of this for you, or

refer to the documentation for your computer.

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2

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e.

Use the label on the bottom of the wireless router to locate the Internet port, which is to the

left of the Wireless On/Off button on your router.

f.

Locate the Ethernet cable that came with the NETGEAR product. Securely insert that

Ethernet cable into your modem and into the Internet port of the wireless router (

3

).

g.

Locate the cable you removed from the modem in

Step c

. Securely insert that cable (

4

)

into a LAN port on the router such as LAN port 1.

Your network cables are connected, and you are ready to start your network.

2.

Start your network in the correct sequence.

a.

First, plug in and turn on the cable or DSL modem. Wait 2 minutes.

b.

Now, plug the power cord into your wireless router and into a power outlet. Wait 1 minute.

Figure 7

Figure 8

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

from accessing the Internet.

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c.

Last, turn on your computer.

d.

e.

Check the wireless router status lights to verify the following:

•

Power

. The power light (

1

) should turn solid green. If it does not, see

“Verify whether

the Test light never turns on or stays on:” on page 20

.

•

Test: The test light (

2

) blinks when the router is first turned on, then goes off. If after 2

minutes it is still on, see

“Verify whether the Test light never turns on or stays on:” on

page 20

.

•

Wireless

. The wireless light (

3

) should be on.

•

Internet

: The Internet port light (

4

) should be lit. If it is not, make sure that the

Ethernet cable is securely attached to the wireless router Internet port and that the

modem, and the modem is powered on.

•

LAN

. A LAN light (

5

) should be lit. Green indicates that your computer is

communicating at 100 Mbps; amber indicates 10 Mbps. If a LAN light is not lit, check

that the Ethernet cable from the computer to the router is securely attached at both

ends, and that the computer is turned on.

For DSL customers, if software logs you in to the Internet,

do not

run that

software. You might need to go to the Internet Explorer Tools menu, Internet

Options, then click the Connections tab where you can select

Never dial a

connection

.

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3.

Connect to the wireless router by typing

in the address field of

your browser, and then click

Enter

.

A login window like the one in the following figure opens:

4.

For security reasons, the router has its own user name and password. When prompted, enter

admin

for the router user name and

password

for the router password, both in lower case

letters.

Figure 10

Connect to the wireless router by typing any one of these three URLs in the address

field of your browser, then clicking Enter:

•

•

• http://192.168.1.1

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The router user name and password should not be confused with any user name or

password you may use to log in to your Internet connection.

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After logging in, if you see a window with a message about firmware upgrades, click

Close

Window

.

On the left, click

Setup Wizard

to view the following screen.

If you cannot connect to the wireless router, verify your computer networking setup. It should

be set to obtain

both

IP and DNS server addresses automatically, which is usually the case. For

help with this, consult the documentation that came with your computer, or see the links

in

“Related Documents”

.

5.

Click

Next

. The wizard assists you with configuring your wireless router to access the

Internet.

Advanced users who want to manually configure the router can select the

No

radio button,

enter

admin

and

password

as the user name and password when prompted, and fill in the

required information on the Basic Settings page (for more information about basic settings,

refer to

“Product Registration, Support, and Documentation” on page 13

).

6.

Click

Done

to finish.

You are now connected to the Internet! The wireless router displays its home page.

If you do not click Logout, the wireless router waits 5 minutes after there is no activity before it

automatically logs you out.

Figure 12