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August 2004 Version 1.0 August 2004 NETGEAR , Inc. 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95 054 USA NETGEAR Router Setup Manual[...]

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Contents v August 2004 Content s Chapter 1 About This Guide Audience, Conventions, and Formats ............. ... ............. ................ ............. ............. ..... 1-1 T ips for Printing This Manual .............. ................ ................ ............. ................ ............... 1-2 Chapter 2 Getting to Know Y our NETGE[...]

August 2004 vi Contents How to Set Up and T est Basic Wireless Conne ctivity ..... ................. ............ ............ 4-7 How to Configure WEP .......................... ............ ................. ............. ................ ........ 4-9 How to Configure WP A-PSK Wireless Security ............... ....................................[...]

About This Guide 1 August 2004 Chapter 1 About This Guide This chapter describes the intended audience, sc ope, conventions, and formats of this manual. Audience, Conventions, and Format s This reference manual assumes that the reader has basic compute r and Internet skills. However , basic computer network, Internet, and firewall tech nologies tut[...]

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Getting to Know Your NETGEAR Wireless Router 2-1 August 2004 Chapter 2 Getting to Know Y our NETGEAR W ireless Router NETGEAR routers provide connections for multiple co mputers to the Internet through an external broadband access device such as a cable modem or DSL mode m tha t is norm ally intended for use by a single computer . This chapter intr[...]

NETGEAR Router Setup Manual 2-2 Getting to Kn ow Your NETGEAR Wireless Router August 2004 The Front Pane l The front panel o f the router includes these status lights. Figure 2-1: router Front Panel Y ou can use the status lights to verify connec tion s. V iewed from left to right, the table below describes the lights on the front panel of the rout[...]

NETGEAR Router Setup Manual Getting to Know Your NETGEAR Wireless Rout er 2-3 August 2004 The Router ’s Rear Panel The rear panel of the Router contains these connections. Figure 1-2: router Re ar Panel V iewed from left to right, the rear panel contains the following features: • AC power adapter outlet for 5 V DC @ 1 A output, 20W maximum • [...]

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Connecting the Router to the Internet 3-1 August 2004 Chapter 3 Connecting the Router to the Internet This chapter describes how to set up the router on your local area network (LAN) and connect to the Internet. Y ou will find out how to conf igure your router for Internet access. Follow these instructions to set up your router . Prep are to Instal[...]

NETGEAR Router Setup Manual 3-2 Connecting the Router to the Internet August 2004 c. Locate the Ethernet cable (Cable 1 in the di agram) that connects your PC to the modem. Figure 3-1: Disconnect th e Ethernet cable from t he computer d. Disconnect the cable at the computer end only , point A in the diagram ab ove. e. Look at the label on the botto[...]

NETGEAR Router Setup Manual Connecting th e Rou te r to the Internet 3-3 August 2004 Note: Place the router in a loca tion which conforms to the “Observe Performanc e, Placement, and Range Guidelines” on page 4-1 . The stand provided with the router provides a convenient, space-sa ving way of installing the router. A void stacking it on other e[...]

NETGEAR Router Setup Manual 3-4 Connecting the Router to the Internet August 2004 Figure 3-4: V erify the connections according to the st atus light s on the router d. Check the router status light s to verify the following: • Power : The power light should turn solid green. If it does not, see “T roubleshooting T ips” on page 3-6 . • T est[...]

NETGEAR Router Setup Manual Connecting th e Rou te r to the Internet 3-5 August 2004 Figure 3-5: Router welcome sc reen In its factory default state, the router wi ll display the NETGEAR Smart W izard welcome page.Click OK to proceed. Note : If you do not see this page, type http://www .routerlogin.net in the browser address bar and click Enter . I[...]

NETGEAR Router Setup Manual 3-6 Connecting the Router to the Internet August 2004 T roubleshooting T ip s Here are some tips for correctin g simple problems you may have. Be sure to restart your network in this sequence: 1) T urn of f the modem, router, and computer 2) T urn on the modem, wait two minutes 3) T urn on the router and wait 1 minute 4)[...]

NETGEAR Router Setup Manual Connecting th e Rou te r to the Internet 3-7 August 2004 Product Registration, Supp ort, and Document ation Register your product at http://www .NETGEAR.com/register . Registration is required before you can use our telephone support service. Product updates an d W eb support are alway s available by going to : http://kb[...]

NETGEAR Router Setup Manual 3-8 Connecting the Router to the Internet August 2004 Overview of How to Access the Router The table below describes how you access the ro uter, de pending on the state of the router. T able 3-1. W ays to access the router Router St ate Access Options Description Factory Default Note : The router is supplied in the facto[...]

NETGEAR Router Setup Manual Connecting th e Rou te r to the Internet 3-9 August 2004 How to Log On to the Router Af ter Configuration Settings Have Been Applied 1. Connect to the router by typing http://www .routerlogin.net in the address field of your browser , then click Enter . Figure 3-6: Login URL 2. For security reasons, the router has its ow[...]

NETGEAR Router Setup Manual 3-10 Connecting the Router to the Intern et August 2004 Figure 3-8: Login result: router home p age The browser will then display th e router sett ings home page. When the router is connected to the Internet, click the Knowledge Base or the Documentation link under the W eb Support menu to view support information or the[...]

NETGEAR Router Setup Manual Connecting th e Rou te r to the In te rn et 3-11 August 2004 How to Byp ass the Configuration Assistant 1. When the router is in the fac tory default state, type http://www .routerlogin.net/basicsetting.htm in the address field of your brow ser , then click Enter . When the router is in the factory default stat e, a user[...]

NETGEAR Router Setup Manual 3-12 Connecting the Router to the Intern et August 2004 How to Manually Configure Y our Internet Connection Y ou can manually configure your router using the menu below , or you can allow the Setup W izard to determine your config uration as described in the previous section. Figure 3-9: Browser-based c onfiguration Basi[...]

NETGEAR Router Setup Manual Connecting th e Rou te r to the In te rn et 3-13 August 2004 2. For security reasons, the router has its own us e r name and password. When prompted, enter admin for the router user name and pas s w o r d for the router passwo rd, both in lower case letters. 3. Click Basic Settings on the Setup menu. 4. If your Internet [...]

NETGEAR Router Setup Manual 3-14 Connecting the Router to the Intern et August 2004 Note: After you finish setting up your router , you w ill no longer need to launch the ISP’ s login program on your computer in order to acce ss the Internet. When you start an Internet application, your router will automatically log you in. a. Select your Interne[...]

NETGEAR Router Setup Manual Connecting th e Rou te r to the In te rn et 3-15 August 2004 2. For security reasons, the router has its own us e r name and password. When prompted, enter admin for the router user name and pas s w o r d for the router passwo rd, both in lower case letters. T o change the password, see “Chan ging the Administrator Pas[...]

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Doing Basic Router Housekeeping 5-1 August 2004 Chapter 5 Doing Basic Router Housekeeping This chapter describes how to use some of the maintenance features of your Router. These features can be found by cl icking on the Maintenance heading in the Main Menu of the browser interface. Other maintenance features not pre sented in this chapter can be f[...]

NETGEAR Router Setup Manual 5-2 Doing Basic R outer Housekeeping August 2004 T o change the password, first en ter the old password, then enter the new password twice . Click Apply . Configuration File Management The configuration settings of the router are stored w ithin the router in a configuration fi le. This file can be saved (backed up) to a [...]

NETGEAR Router Setup Manual Doing Basic Rout er Housek eeping 5-3 August 2004 T o restore your settings from a saved configuration file, enter the full path to the file on your PC or click the Browse button to browse to the file. When you ha ve located it, click the Restore button to send the file to the router. The rout er will then reboot automat[...]

NETGEAR Router Setup Manual 5-4 Doing Basic R outer Housekeeping August 2004 Figure 5-3: Router Upgrade menu T o upload new firmware: 1. Download and unzip the new so ftware file from NETGEAR. 2. In the Router Upgrade menu, click the Brow se button and browse to the location of the upgrade file 3. Click Upload. Note: When uploading software to the [...]

Troubleshooting Common Prob lems 6-1 August 2004 Chapter 6 T roubleshooting Common Problems This chapter gives inform ation about troubleshooting your Rout er. After each problem description, instructions are provided to help you diagnose and solve the problem. Basic Functioning After you turn on power to the router , the following sequ ence of eve[...]

NETGEAR Router Setup Manual 6-2 Troubleshoo tin g Co mmo n Pro ble m s August 2004 Light s Never T urn Off When the router is turned on, th e lights turns on for about 10 secon ds and then turn of f. If all the lights stay on, there is a fault within the router . If all lights are still on one minute after power up: • Cycle the power to see if th[...]

NETGEAR Router Setup Manual Troubleshooting Co mmon Problems 6-3 August 2004 • Make sure your computer ’ s IP addre ss is on th e same subnet as the router . If you are using the default addressing schemes, your computer ’ s addres s sho uld be in the range of 192.168.0.2 to 192.168.0.254. Refer to “V erifying TCP/IP Properties” on page C[...]

NETGEAR Router Setup Manual 6-4 Troubleshoo tin g Co mmo n Pro ble m s August 2004 3. Under the Maintenance heading, select Router Status 4. Check that an IP address is shown for the W AN Port If 0.0.0.0 is shown, your router has no t obtained an IP address from your ISP . If your router is unable to obtain an IP address from the ISP , you may need[...]

NETGEAR Router Setup Manual Troubleshooting Co mmon Problems 6-5 August 2004 A DNS server is a host on the Internet that translates Interne t names (such as www addresses) to numeric IP addresses. T ypically your ISP will provide the addresses of one or two DNS servers for your use. If you ent ered a DNS address during the router’ s configuration[...]

NETGEAR Router Setup Manual 6-6 Troubleshoo tin g Co mmo n Pro ble m s August 2004 If the path is not functioning correctly , you could h ave one of the following pro blems: • W rong ph ysical connections — Make sure the LAN port LED is on. If the LED is of f, follow the instructions in “LAN or Internet (W AN) Port Lights Not On ” on page 6[...]

NETGEAR Router Setup Manual Troubleshooting Co mmon Problems 6-7 August 2004 — Y our ISP could be rejecting the Ethernet MAC addresses of all but one of your computers. Many broadband ISPs restrict acce ss by only allowing traffic from the MAC address of your broadband modem, but some ISPs additionally restrict access to the MAC address of a sing[...]

NETGEAR Router Setup Manual 6-8 Troubleshoo tin g Co mmo n Pro ble m s August 2004[...]

Technical Specifications A-1 August 2004 Appendix A T echnical Specifications This appendix provides technica l specifications for the Router. Network Protocol and St andards Compatibility Data and Routing Protocols: TCP/IP , RIP-1, RIP-2, DHCP PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) Power Adapter North America: 120V , 60 Hz, input United Kingdo m, Australia: 24[...]

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August 2004 Glossary 1 Glossary Use the list below to find definitions for technical terms used in this manual. List of Glossary T erms 802.1 1 b IEEE specification for wireless networ king at 1 1 Mbps using direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) technology and operating in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2.5GHz. 802.1 1 g A soon to be ratified IE[...]

NETGEAR Router Setup Manual 2 Glossary August 2004 Domain Name A descriptive name for an address or gro up of addresses on the Internet. Dom ain names are of the form of a registered entity name plus one of a nu mber of predefined top level suffixes such as .com, .edu, .uk, etc. For example, in the address mail.NETGEAR.com, mail is a server name an[...]

NETGEAR Router Setup Manual Glossary 3 August 2004 MAC address The Media Access Control address is a unique 48-bit hardware address assigned to every network interface card. Usually written in the form 01:23:45 :67: 89:ab. Mbp s Megabits per second. Point-to-Point Protocol PPP . A protocol allowi ng a computer u sing TCP/IP to connect directly to t[...]

NETGEAR Router Setup Manual 4 Glossary August 2004 Subnetting enables the network admi nistrator to further di vide the host part of the address into two or more subnets. In this case, a part of the host address is rese rved to identify the particular subnet. This is easier to see if we show the IP address in binary format . The full address is: 10[...]