User manual NETGEAR WIRELESS-N ADSL2+ MODEM ROUTER

[. . . ] 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA April 2008 208-10255-01 v1. 0 ©2008 by NETGEAR, Inc. All rights reserved. Trademarks NETGEAR and the NETGEAR logo are trademarks of NETGEAR, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Other brand and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. Statement of Conditions In the interest of improving internal design, operational function, and/or reliability, NETGEAR reserves the right to make changes to the products described in this document without notice. [. . . ] Read "Troubleshooting" on page 29. If problems persist, register your NETGEAR product and contact NETGEAR Technical Support. Installing Your Router Manually (Advanced, Mac, and Linux Users) 19 20 Installing Your Router Manually (Advanced, Mac, and Linux Users) Configuring Your Wireless Network After installing your router, you must log into the router to complete your wireless setup. The wireless network settings of the router must match the wireless network settings of any wireless devices that connect wirelessly to the router (such as wireless adapter cards and wireless computers). For a wireless connection, the router and each wireless computer must use the same SSID, also called the wireless network name, and the same wireless security. Indoors, computers can connect over wireless networks at a range of several hundred feet. This can allow others outside of your immediate area to access your network. Specifying Wireless Settings The Wireless Settings screen lets you set your wireless network connections and the wireless security option for your network and router. To configure the wireless network, you can either manually specify your network name (SSID) and your wireless security settings (see "Setting Your SSID and Wireless Security Manually" on page 22) or, if the clients in your network are WPS capable, you can use Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) to automatically set the SSID and implement WPA/WPA2 security on both the router and the client device (see "Using Push 'N' Connect (WPS) to Configure Your Wireless Network" on page 23). If you configure the router from a wireless computer and you change the router's SSID, channel, or security settings, you will lose your wireless connection when you click Apply. You must then change your computer's wireless settings to match the router's new settings. To avoid this situation, you can use a computer that is connected to the router with an Ethernet cable. For a complete overview of all the security configurations that can be implemented on this router, see the on-line Reference Manual. A link to the Reference Manual is on the Resource CD. Configuring Your Wireless Network 21 Setting Your SSID and Wireless Security Manually To specify the wireless settings, you must know the following: · · · SSID. The wireless mode (802. 11g/b, or 802. 11n) that each wireless adapter supports. To successfully implement wireless security, check each wireless adapter to determine which wireless security option it supports. To set up basic wireless connectivity: 1. Log in to the wireless-N modem router at its default LAN address of http://Default IP Address Variable with its default user name of admin and default password of password, or using whatever LAN address and password you have set up. You can also enter either of these addresses to connect to your wireless router: http://www. routerlogin. net or http://www. routerlogin. com. 2. On the main menu, select Wireless Settings to display the Wireless Settings screen. Note that the default SSID is NETGEAR. The SSID of any wireless adapters must match the SSID you configure in the wireless-N modem router. Leave the wireless mode at the default setting of 130 Mbps. This mode is backward compatible with 802. 11b and 802. 11g wireless adapters. 5. Program the wireless settings of each computer or wireless adapter to have the same SSID (wireless network name) as the router. 22 Configuring Your Wireless Network 2. Check that the wireless adapter on each computer can support the mode and security option that you selected. (If you have a question, see the online Reference Manual or review the settings you selected in "Specifying Wireless Settings" on page 21). 3. Check that the security settings on each wireless device match the security settings of the router. For example, if you selected a security option requiring a passphrase, then the same passphrase must be used for each wireless computer. 4. [. . . ] Verify that the IP address of the router is listed as the TCP/IP default gateway as described in "Preparing Your Network" on page 43. Check to see that the network address of your PC (the portion of the IP address specified by the netmask) is different from the network address of the remote device. If your ISP assigned a host name to your PC, enter that host name as the Account Name in the Basic Settings menu. · · Restoring the Default Configuration and Password This section explains how to restore the factory default configuration settings, changing the router's administration password to password and the IP address to 192. 168. 0. 1. You can erase the current configuration and restore factory defaults in two ways: · · Use the Erase function of the Web Configuration Manager. [. . . ]