NETGEAR WGR614v9 manual

July 2008 208-10146-03 v1.0 NETGEAR , Inc. 350 E. Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134 USA Router Setup Manual[...]

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Getting to Know Your Wireless Ro uter 1 v1.0, July 2008 Getting to Know Y our Wireless Router Congratulations on your purchase of the NETGEAR® WGR614 v9 W ireless-G Router. Before you begin installing your router , check the package contents (see Unpacking Y our New Router ). Become familiar with the front and back pa nels of your router—especia[...]

Router Setu p Manual 2 Getting to Know Your Wireless Router v1.0, July 200 8 T o prep are your router for inst allation: 1. Carefully peel of f the protective film covering the sides of your router. 2. Select an area suitable for installation (near an AC powe r outlet and accessible to the Ethernet cables for your wired computers). 3. Set up your r[...]

Router Setup Manual Getting to Know Your Wireless Router 3 v1.0, July 2008 Router Front Panel Y ou can use the status lights on the front of the router to verify various conditions. Figure 2 T able 1. St atus Light Description s Item Function Activity Des cription 1 Power On Power is supplied to the router. Slow Blinking Firmware is corrupted. See [...]

Router Setu p Manual 4 Getting to Know Your Wireless Router v1.0, July 200 8 Router Back Panel The rear panel of the WGR614v9 router contains the items in the list that follows the figure. The back of the router includes: 1. AC power adapter outlet 2. Four local (LAN) 10/100 Mbps Ethernet p ort s for connecting the router to local computers 3. Inte[...]

Router Setup Manual Getting to Know Your Wireless Router 5 v1.0, July 2008 Bottom Label V iew the label on the bottom of the router to id entify the serial number , port connectors, status lights, and default login information. What Y ou Need Before Y ou Begin Prepare the following before y ou set up your router: • Internet service. • The confi[...]

Router Setu p Manual 6 Getting to Know Your Wireless Router v1.0, July 200 8 T wo Setup Methods: Smart Wizard Setup or Manual Setup Y ou have two methods available for set ting up your rout er: • Smart W izard s etup . This option is the easiest. The wi zard guides you through the setup process, automates many of the steps, and verifies that nece[...]

Router Setup Manual Getting to Know Your Wireless Router 7 v1.0, July 2008 Manual Setup There are two steps to setting up your router: 1. Connect the rout er to the ADSL or cable mod e m, and connect a computer to the router (see “Connecting Y our Router” ). 2. Configure the router to use your Internet service (see “ Accessing the W ireless R[...]

Router Setu p Manual 8 Getting to Know Your Wireless Router v1.0, July 200 8 e. Securely insert the free end of the cable ( 1 ) into a LAN port on the router , such as LAN port 4 ( 3 ). f. Securely insert the yellow cable ( 5 ) that came with your router i nto the yellow Internet port of the router ( 4 ), and the other end into the mod em ( 2 ). Y [...]

Router Setup Manual Getting to Know Your Wireless Router 9 v1.0, July 2008 2. Star t your network in the correct sequence. a. First, plug in and turn on the cable or DSL modem. W ait 2 minutes. b. Now , plu g the power adapter into your rout er and into a power outlet. W ait 1 minute. c. Last, turn on your computer . d. Check the router status ligh[...]

Router Setu p Manual 10 Getting to Know Your Wireless Router v1.0, July 200 8 • LAN . A LAN light ( 5 ) should be lit. Green indicates 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 rout er is securely attached at both ends, and that the comput[...]

Router Setup Manual Getting to Know Your Wireless Router 11 v1.0, July 2008 A login window similar to the on e shown in Figure 10 display s: 2. When prompted, enter admin for the router user name and password for the router password, both in lowercase letters. (For s ecurity reas ons, the router has its own user name and password.). The router wi l[...]

Router Setu p Manual 12 Getting to Know Your Wireless Router v1.0, July 200 8 Up dating Y our Firmware NETGEAR is always improving the operability and features included with your router . T o make it easy for you to receive the best , most up-to-date features of your router , NETGEAR prov ides a variety of methods for upd ating your product. • Th[...]

Router Setup Manual Getting to Know Your Wireless Router 13 v1.0, July 2008 select Cancel , you can check for new firmware la ter; see “T o ma nually check for new router firmware:” on page 13 . 3. If new firmware is available and you want to download it, click Y es and save the file to a location on your h ard disk. Usually the firmware image [...]

Router Setu p Manual 14 Getting to Know Your Wireless Router v1.0, July 200 8 4. From the Product Selection dro p-down menu, select WGR614v9 . The Product Support page for your router displays. 5. Under Downloads , check the most recent firmware ve rsion of fered against the firmware version shown on your Rou ter Statu s screen. 6. If the version o[...]

Router Setup Manual Getting to Know Your Wireless Router 15 v1.0, July 2008 3. Do one of the following: • Click Ye s . The wizard then guides y ou through your basic settings (continue with step 8). • Click No. I W ant T o Configure the Router Myself , and then continue with the next st ep. 4. Select Wir eless Setting s under Setup on the main [...]

Router Setu p Manual 16 Getting to Know Your Wireless Router v1.0, July 200 8 Implementing Appropri ate Wireless Security Unlike wired network data, your wireless data transmissions can extend beyond your walls and can be received by anyone with a compatible adapte r . For this reason, use the security features of your wireless equipment. The rout [...]

Router Setup Manual Getting to Know Your Wireless Router 17 v1.0, July 2008 Product Registration, Support, and Document ation Register your product at http://www .NETGEAR.com/r egister . Registration is required before you can use NETGEAR’ s telephone support service. Product updates and W eb support are always available by going to http://www .N[...]

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Help with Troubleshooting 19 v1.0, July 2008 Help with T roubleshooting This section gives information about troubleshooting your router. Y ou can find help with th e following problems: • “Common Things That Can Go W rong” • “Basic Functions Are Not W orking” on page 20 • “I Am Unable to Log In to the Router” on page 22 • “Th[...]

Router Setu p Manual 20 Help wit h Troubles hooting v1.0, July 200 8 on page 3 ). The label on the bottom of the router id entifies the number of each LAN port (see “Bottom Label” on page 5 ). Make sure t hat the network settings of the computer are correct: 1. V erify that your LAN -connected computers a re configured to obtain an IP address a[...]

Router Setup Manual Help with Troubleshooting 21 v1.0, July 2008 If a port’ s light is lit, a link has been establis hed to the connected device. If a LAN port is connected to a 100 Mbps device, verify that the port’ s light is green. If the port is 10 Mbps, the light is amber . If the Power light blinks gre en slowly and continuously: The rout[...]

Router Setu p Manual 22 Help wit h Troubles hooting v1.0, July 200 8 I Am Unable to Log In to the Router If you are unable to log in t o the router, check the following: • If you are using an Ethernet-c onnected computer , check the Et hernet conn ection betwee n the computer and the router as described in the previous section. • Make sure that[...]

Router Setup Manual Help with Troubleshooting 23 v1.0, July 2008 you have a static IP address, your router automa tically requests an IP address from your service provider . T o check t he Internet IP address fr om the browser interface : 1. Log in to the router. 2. Select Router S tatus under Maintenance on the main menu to check tha t an IP addre[...]

Router Setu p Manual 24 Help wit h Troubles hooting v1.0, July 200 8 If you cannot connec t after several minutes, you might be usin g an incorrect service name, user name, or password. There also might be a provisioning problem with your ISP . T roubleshooting Internet Browsing If your router can obtain an IP addres s but your computer is unable t[...]

Router Setup Manual Help with Troubleshooting 25 v1.0, July 2008 T esting the Path from a PC to Y o ur Router Y ou can ping the router to verify that the LAN pa th from your computer to your router is se t up correctly . 1. From the W indows toolbar , click St a r t and select Run . 2. In the field provided, type Ping followed by th e address of th[...]

Router Setu p Manual 26 Help wit h Troubles hooting v1.0, July 200 8 • Check that your PC has the IP address of your router listed as the de fault gateway . If the IP configuration of your PC is assigned by DHCP , this information is not visible in your PC’ s Network Control Panel. V erify that the IP addre ss of the router is listed as the TCP[...]

Default Configuration 27 v1.0, July 2008 Default Configuration Default Configuration Settings This section provides factory default settings and technical sp ecifications for the WGR614v9 W irele ss-G Router. T able 2. Wireless Route r Defa ul t Configura t io n Set ti n gs Feature Default Setting Network Protocol and Standards Compatibility Data a[...]

Router Setu p Manual 28 Default Configuration v1.0, July 200 8 Restoring the Default Password and Configuration Settings Y ou can restore the factory default configuration se ttings that reset the router’ s user name to admin, the password to password, and the IP address to 1 92.168.1.1. T o restore the factory default configurat ion settings: 1.[...]

Related Documents 29 v1.0, July 2008 Related Document s This table provides link s to reference document s that you can use to gain a more complete understanding of the technolog ies used in your NETGE AR product. T a ble 3. Reference Do cument s Document Link TCP/IP Networking Basics http://documentation.netgear .com/ r efer ence/enu/tcpip/index.h[...]

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31 Registration and Certifications Product Registrat ion, Support, and Documen t ation Register your product at http://www .NETGEAR.com/r egister . Y ou must register befo re you can use our telephone support service. Product updates and W eb support are always available by going to http://www .netgear .com/support . Setup documentation is av ailab[...]

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