NETGEAR DGN2200 manual

January 2010 208-10530-03 v1.0 NETGEAR , Inc. 350 East Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134 Wireless-N 300 Modem Router DGN2200 Setup Manual[...]

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Getting to Know Yo ur Wi re l ess Ro ut er 1 Getting to Know Y our Wireless Router Congratulations on your purchase of a NETGEAR® high-speed wireless router , the W i reless -N 300 Modem Router DGN 2200. Before you begin installing your rout er , check the package contents (see “Unpacking Y our New Router” on page 1 ). Become familiar with the[...]

Getting to Kno w Your Wi re less Router 2 T o prep are your router for inst allation: 1. Orient your wireless-N modem router vertically . 2. Insert the tabs of the stand into the slot s on the bottom of yo ur router as shown in Figure 1 . 3. Place your router in a suitable area for insta llation (near an AC power outlet and accessible to the Ethern[...]

Getting to Kno w Your Wi re less Router 3 Router Front Panel The wireless-N modem router front pane l shown below contains status LEDs. Y ou can use the LEDs to verify status and conn ections. The following table lists and describes each LED and button on the front panel of the wireless-N modem router. Figure 2 T able 1. LED and Front Pa nel Button[...]

Getting to Kno w Your Wi re less Router 4 USB Off • No USB device connected. • “Safely Remove Hardware” has been activated. • An error has occurred with the device. Solid green USB device is ready to use. Blinking green USB device is in use. DSL Solid green The ADSL port is synchroni zed with an ISP’s network-access device. Blinking gre[...]

Getting to Kno w Your Wi re less Router 5 Router Back Panel The back panel of the wireless-N mode m router contains port connections. V iewed from left to right, the rear panel contains the following elements: 1. USB port for thumb drives, file servers and ot her storage devices so that you can share media through the USB port. 2. Four Local Ethern[...]

Getting to Kno w Your Wi re less Router 6 Router Label The label on the bottom of the wireless-N modem router shows the router ’ s MAC address, seria l number , security PIN, and fact ory default login information. Positioning Y our W ireless Router The wireless-N modem router le ts you access your network from virtually anywhere within the opera[...]

Getting to Kno w Your Wi re less Router 7 • A way from any large metal surfaces, such as a solid metal door or aluminum studs. Lar ge expanses of other materials such as glass, in sulated walls, fish tank s, mirrors, brick, an d concrete can also affect your wireless signal. Inst alling Y our W ireless-N Modem Router T o help you set up your rout[...]

Getting to Kno w Your Wi re less Router 8 If you choose to use the manual set up option, for best results, inst all and set up your ro uter in this order: 1. Install and connect your wireless router to your network (see “Connecting Y our W ireless- N Modem Router” on page 14 ). 2. Set up your wireless router for Internet access (see “Setting [...]

9 Inst alling Y our Router Using the Smart Wizard T o use the Smart W izard, you must be usin g a PC with W indows 7, W indows V ista, or W indows XP , or W indows 2000 with Service Pack 2. The Smart W izard setup procedure should take about 20 minutes to complete. Before using the Smart W i zard to set up your wireless-N modem ro uter, ensure that[...]

Installing Your Router Using the Smart Wizard 10 The Smart W izard guides you throug h installing your router and connecting your router to the Internet. Y ou can choose to upgrade your wireless-N modem router to the latest firmware. Then the Smart W izard guides you through configuring your wireless network settings and selecting the optimum secur[...]

Installing Your Router Using the Smart Wizard 11 Upgrading the Wireless-N Modem Router Firmware When you run the Resour ce CD you will have an opportunity to upgrade to the latest available firmware. Once you have configured y our wireless-N modem router, when you log in to the wireless-N modem router the Firmware Upgrade Assistant screen displa ys[...]

Installing Your Router Manua lly (Ad vanced, Mac, and Linux Users) 12 Inst alling Y our Router Manually (Advanced, Mac, and Linux Users) Before installing and connecting your rou ter manu ally , review the list below and make sure that you have all of the necessary information. • Internet ADSL service con ne ction through an Internet Service Prov[...]

Installing Your Router Manua lly (Advanced, Mac, and Linux Users) 13 Underst anding ADSL Microfilters ADSL technology uses the same wires as your tele phone service. However, ADSL adds signals to the telephone lines which create noise in the te lephone service. Y ou must use ADSL microfilters to filter out these signals before they reach your telep[...]

Installing Your Router Manua lly (Advanced, Mac, and Linux Users) 14 Connecting Y our W ireless-N Modem Router Before you install your wirele ss-N m odem router, make sure that the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Property settings on your computer are set to “a utomatically obtain an IP address” using DHCP and “Obtain DNS server address automatica[...]

Installing Your Router Manua lly (Advanced, Mac, and Linux Users) 15 • T wo-Line Filter Example . Insert the two-line filter into the phone outlet and connect the phone to the phon e line connector ( A ), as shown in Fig ure 8 . 2. Connect the wireless-N modem router to the AD SL filter . Using the included phone cable with RJ-1 1 jacks, connect [...]

Installing Your Router Manua lly (Advanced, Mac, and Linux Users) 16 . 3. Connect the Ethernet cable ( D ) from a wireless-N modem router LAN port to the Ethernet adapter in your computer , as shown in Figure 10 . 4. Connect the power adapter to the wireless-N mode m router and plug it in to a power outlet. Figure 9 Improperly connecting a filt er [...]

Installing Your Router Manua lly (Advanced, Mac, and Linux Users) 17 5. Connect any additional wired PCs to your router by inserting an Ethernet cable from a PC into one of the three re maining LAN ports. V erifying Y our Connection V erify that your router is connected correctly by checking the wireless-N modem router status lights. • The power [...]

Installing Your Router Manua lly (Advanced, Mac, and Linux Users) 18 Setting Up Y our Router for Internet Access When configuring your wireless ro uter manually , you must log in to your wireless-N modem router to set it up initially and to make any changes to your wireless router ’ s settings later . T o acces s the router: 1. Ty p e http://192.[...]

Installing Your Router Manua lly (Advanced, Mac, and Linux Users) 19 The Main menu displays. 3. From the menu options in the left navig ation pane, select Setup W izard. The Setup W izard screen will display. 4. Select the country where the wireless-N modem router will operat e, and then select one of the following options: • Select Ye s to allow[...]

Configuring Your Wireless Ne twork 20 Configuring Y our Wireless Network After installing your router , you mu st log into the router to comp lete your wireless setup. The wireless network settings of the router must ma tch the wireless network settings of any wireless devices that connect wirelessly to the router (such as wire less adapter cards a[...]

Configuring Your Wireless Network 21 Setting Y our SSID and Wireless Security Manually T o specify the wireless settings, you must know the following: • SSID. The default SSID for the router is NETGE AR. • The wireless mode (802.1 1g/b, or 802.1 1n ) that each wireless adapter supports. • W ireless security option. NETGEAR strongly reco mmend[...]

Configuring Your Wireless Network 22 T o set up you r computers for wireless conne ct ivity: 1. Program the wireless settings of each computer or wireless adapter to have the same SSID (wireless network name) as the router . 2. Check that the wireless adapter on each comput er can support the mode and security option that you selected. (If you have[...]

Configuring Your Wireless Network 23 the WPS-capable client. (For more information on setting up a mixed network, see the on-line Setup Manual . A link to the Setup Manual is on the Resour ce CD .). These instructions assume that you are config uring WPS on the router for the first time and connecting a WPS-capable device. T o set up bas ic wireles[...]

Configuring Your Wireless Network 24 – Select the Push Button radio box and either press the WPS push button on the side panel of the router or clic k the soft WPS Push Button on the screen (as show n below). – The router will attempt to communicate with the client; you have 2 minutes to enable WPS from the client device using the client’ s W[...]

Configuring Your Wireless Network 25 • If a connection is established, the router WPS screen displays a mes sage confirming that the wireless client was successfully a dded to the wireless network. (The router has generated an SSID, implemented WP A/WP A2 wi reless security (including a PSK security password) on the router and has sent this confi[...]

Troubleshooting 26 T roubleshooting This chapter gives information about troubleshooting your wireless-N modem router. After each problem description, instructions ar e provided to help you dia gnose and solve the problem. For the common problems listed, go to the section indicated. • Is the router on? Go to “Basic Fu nctioning” on page 26 . [...]

Troubleshooting 27 Power LED Not On If the Power and other LEDs are off wh en your router is turned on : • Make sure that the power cord is properly conn ected to your router and that the power supply adapter is properly connected to a functioning power outlet. • Check that you are using the power adap ter supplied by NETGEAR for this product. [...]

Troubleshooting 28 Cannot Log in to the Router If you are unable to log in to the router from a computer on yo ur local network, check the following: • If you are using an Ethernet-c onnected computer , check the Et hernet connec tion between the computer and the router as described in the previous section. • Make sure your computer ’ s IP ad[...]

Troubleshooting 29 ADSL Link LED If your router is unable to access the Internet, you should first determine whethe r you have an ADSL link with the service provider . The state of this connection is indi cated with the ADSL link LED. ADSL Link LED Is Off If the ADSL Link LED is off, disconnect all teleph ones on the line. If this solves the proble[...]

Troubleshooting 30 • Check that your log-in credentials are correct, or that the information you entered on the Basic Settings screen is correct. • Check with your ISP to verify that the Multiplexing method, VPI, and VCI settings on the ADSL settings screen are correct. Obt aining an Internet IP Address If your wireless-N modem router is unable[...]

Troubleshooting 31 T roubleshooting PPPoE or PPPoA The PPPoE or PPPoA co nnection can be debugged as follows: 1. Access the main menu of the router at http://192.168.0.1 . 2. Under Maintenance, select Router S tatus . 3. Click Connection S tatus . If all of the steps indicate “OK” then your PPPoE or PPPoA connecti on is up and working. If any o[...]

Troubleshooting 32 T roubleshooting a TCP/IP Network Using the Ping Utility Most TCP/IP terminal devices and routers contain a ping utility that sends an echo request packet to the designated device. The device then respond s with an echo reply . T roubleshooting a TCP/IP network is made easy by using th e ping utility in your computer . T esting t[...]

Troubleshooting 33 – V erify that the IP address for your router an d your workstation are correct and that the addresses are on the same subnet. T esting the Path from Y ou r Computer to a Remote Device After verifying that the LAN path works correctly , test the path from your PC to a remote device. From the W indows run menu, type: PING -n 10 [...]

Troubleshooting 34 Using the Restore Factory Settin gs Button to Reset the Router T o restore the factory default configuration settin gs without knowing the administration password or IP address, you must press the reset button on the bottom of the rout er following the steps below . 1. Press and hold the Restore Factory Settings bu tton until the[...]

Technical Specification s 35 T echnical S pecifications This appendix provides t echnical specifications for the wireless-N modem router. General S pecifications Network protocol and standards compatibility TCP/IP , RIP-1, RIP-2, DHCP , PPPo E or PPPoA, RFC 1483 Bridged or Routed Ethernet, and RFC 1577 Classical IP over A TM Power adapter North Ame[...]

Technical Specification s 36 Default Configuration Y ou can use the Restore Fact ory Settings button locat ed on the bottom of your router to reset all settings to their factory defaults. This is called a ha rd reset. T o perform a hard reset, push and hold the Restore Factory Settings button for 6 seconds . Y our router will return to the factory [...]

Technical Specification s 37 Firewall Inbound (communications coming in from the Internet) Disabled (except traffic on port 80, the http port) Outbound (communications going out to the Internet) Enabled (all) Source MAC filtering Disabled Wireless Wireless communication Enabled SSID name NETGEAR Security Disabled Broadcast SSID Enabled T ransmissi [...]

Related Documents 38 Related Document s This appendix provides links to reference documents you c an use to gain a more comple te understanding of the technolog ies used in your NETGEAR p roduct. Document Link ITCP/IP Networking Basics http://documentation.netgear .com /reference/enu/tc pip/index.htm Wireless Networking Basics http://documentation.[...]

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