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... Install Your Wireless Router 3-1 Connect the Wireless Router to Your Network 3-1 Troubleshooting Tips ...3-2 How to Manually Configure Your Internet Connection 3-3 NETGEAR Product Registration, Support, and Documentation 3-5 Chapter 4 Optimizing Wireless Connectivity and Security Observe Performance, Placement, and Range Guidelines 4-1 Implement Appropriate Wireless Security 4-2 Understanding Wireless Settings 4-3 Information to Gather Before Changing Basic Wireless Settings 4-5 Default Factory Settings 4-6 Chapter 5 Doing Basic Router Housekeeping Changing the Administrator Password...
... Install Your Wireless Router 3-1 Connect the Wireless Router to Your Network 3-1 Troubleshooting Tips ...3-2 How to Manually Configure Your Internet Connection 3-3 NETGEAR Product Registration, Support, and Documentation 3-5 Chapter 4 Optimizing Wireless Connectivity and Security Observe Performance, Placement, and Range Guidelines 4-1 Implement Appropriate Wireless Security 4-2 Understanding Wireless Settings 4-3 Information to Gather Before Changing Basic Wireless Settings 4-5 Default Factory Settings 4-6 Chapter 5 Doing Basic Router Housekeeping Changing the Administrator Password...
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... Configuration 5-3 Upgrading the Wireless Router Software 5-3 Chapter 6 Troubleshooting Common Problems Basic Functioning ...6-1 Power Light Not On 6-1 Lights Never Turn Off 6-2 LAN or Internet (WAN) Port Lights Not On 6-2 Troubleshooting the Web Configuration Interface 6-2 Troubleshooting the ISP Connection 6-3 Troubleshooting a TCP/IP Network Using a Ping Utility 6-5 Testing the LAN Path to Your Router 6-5 Testing the Path from Your Computer to a Remote Device 6-6 Restoring the Default Configuration and Password 6-7 Appendix A Technical Specifications Appendix B Network, Routing...
... Configuration 5-3 Upgrading the Wireless Router Software 5-3 Chapter 6 Troubleshooting Common Problems Basic Functioning ...6-1 Power Light Not On 6-1 Lights Never Turn Off 6-2 LAN or Internet (WAN) Port Lights Not On 6-2 Troubleshooting the Web Configuration Interface 6-2 Troubleshooting the ISP Connection 6-3 Troubleshooting a TCP/IP Network Using a Ping Utility 6-5 Testing the LAN Path to Your Router 6-5 Testing the Path from Your Computer to a Remote Device 6-6 Restoring the Default Configuration and Password 6-7 Appendix A Technical Specifications Appendix B Network, Routing...
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... is supplied to the router. NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual The Front Panel The front panel of the WGM124 router contains the items listed below. • AC power adapter outlet • Four LAN ports • Internet (WAN) Ethernet port for connecting the router to a cable or DSL modem • Factory default reset push button for Restoring the Default Configuration and Password • One red status LED, which blinks when the default reset button is not supplied to Know Your NETGEAR Wireless Router December 2004 You can use the status lights to verify connections. Data...
... is supplied to the router. NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual The Front Panel The front panel of the WGM124 router contains the items listed below. • AC power adapter outlet • Four LAN ports • Internet (WAN) Ethernet port for connecting the router to a cable or DSL modem • Factory default reset push button for Restoring the Default Configuration and Password • One red status LED, which blinks when the default reset button is not supplied to Know Your NETGEAR Wireless Router December 2004 You can use the status lights to verify connections. Data...
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... Power light does not turn solid green within 2 minutes after turning the router on, reset the router according to the instructions in "Restoring the Default Configuration and Password" on page 6-7. • If the Wireless light does not come on, verify that the wireless feature is turned on according to the instructions in Ethernet cable, the corresponding wireless router LAN port status light will then capture and use the MAC address of the computer that is plugged in securely and the modem...
... Power light does not turn solid green within 2 minutes after turning the router on, reset the router according to the instructions in "Restoring the Default Configuration and Password" on page 6-7. • If the Wireless light does not come on, verify that the wireless feature is turned on according to the instructions in Ethernet cable, the corresponding wireless router LAN port status light will then capture and use the MAC address of the computer that is plugged in securely and the modem...
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... address of your network so that will be using . Click Apply to save your computer, select "Use static IP address". Select Yes if you enter an address here, restart the computers on your ISP's Primary DNS Server. NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual b. If a Secondary DNS Server address is first opened. e. Enter the IP address that your router will register the Ethernet MAC address of the network interface card in order to the router during login, select "Use these settings take effect. The Gateway...
... address of your network so that will be using . Click Apply to save your computer, select "Use static IP address". Select Yes if you enter an address here, restart the computers on your ISP's Primary DNS Server. NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual b. If a Secondary DNS Server address is first opened. e. Enter the IP address that your router will register the Ethernet MAC address of the network interface card in order to the router during login, select "Use these settings take effect. The Gateway...
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.... NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Implement Appropriate Wireless Security Note: Indoors, computers can allow for others in this is a new standard, wireless device driver and software availability may be received well beyond your walls by anyone with the router at ranges of up to access your network, but the most determined eavesdropper. • WPA-PSK. Such distances can connect over the wireless link is fully exposed. • Turn Off the Broadcast of...
.... NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Implement Appropriate Wireless Security Note: Indoors, computers can allow for others in this is a new standard, wireless device driver and software availability may be received well beyond your walls by anyone with the router at ranges of up to access your network, but the most determined eavesdropper. • WPA-PSK. Such distances can connect over the wireless link is fully exposed. • Turn Off the Broadcast of...
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... 2004 You can restore these defaults with the Factory Default Restore button on the rear panel. NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Default Factory Settings When you install the wireless router, use the procedures below . WIRELESS FEATURE Wireless Access Point Wireless Access List (MAC Filtering) SSID broadcast Network Name (SSID) Wireless Security DEFAULT SETTING Enabled All wireless stations allowed Enabled NETGEAR Disabled Warning: The Network Name (SSID) and passphrase are shown below to customize any of the settings to better meet your networking needs. After you first...
... 2004 You can restore these defaults with the Factory Default Restore button on the rear panel. NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Default Factory Settings When you install the wireless router, use the procedures below . WIRELESS FEATURE Wireless Access Point Wireless Access List (MAC Filtering) SSID broadcast Network Name (SSID) Wireless Security DEFAULT SETTING Enabled All wireless stations allowed Enabled NETGEAR Disabled Warning: The Network Name (SSID) and passphrase are shown below to customize any of the settings to better meet your networking needs. After you first...
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NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual To restore your settings from a saved configuration file, enter the full path to the file on your configuration settings. Upgrading the Wireless Router Software Note: Before upgrading the wireless router software, use the Default Reset button on page 6-7. From the Main Menu of the wireless router is stored in FLASH memory, and can be upgraded as new software is released by using Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator 3.0 or above. Erasing the Configuration It is compressed (.ZIP file), you can be done...
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual To restore your settings from a saved configuration file, enter the full path to the file on your configuration settings. Upgrading the Wireless Router Software Note: Before upgrading the wireless router software, use the Default Reset button on page 6-7. From the Main Menu of the wireless router is stored in FLASH memory, and can be upgraded as new software is released by using Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator 3.0 or above. Erasing the Configuration It is compressed (.ZIP file), you can be done...
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.... Troubleshooting the Web Configuration Interface If you might have a hardware problem and should contact technical support. NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Lights Never Turn Off When the router is turned on, the lights turns on your local network, check the following : • Make sure that the Ethernet cable connections are unable to access the router's Web Configuration interface from a computer on for about 10 seconds and then turn off. This will set the router's IP address to factory defaults. When connecting the router's Internet port to a cable or DSL modem, use the cable...
.... Troubleshooting the Web Configuration Interface If you might have a hardware problem and should contact technical support. NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Lights Never Turn Off When the router is turned on, the lights turns on your local network, check the following : • Make sure that the Ethernet cable connections are unable to access the router's Web Configuration interface from a computer on for about 10 seconds and then turn off. This will set the router's IP address to factory defaults. When connecting the router's Internet port to a cable or DSL modem, use the cable...
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... entering this range, check the connection from the computer to obtain a WAN IP address from the ISP. If your network. Make sure that CAPS LOCK is not configured correctly for the router is unable to access the Internet, you are using the Web Configuration Manager. The URL for your IP address is password, both in Appendix C to 192.168.1.254. Recent versions of the router's configuration at http://192.168.1.1. Troubleshooting the ISP Connection...
... entering this range, check the connection from the computer to obtain a WAN IP address from the ISP. If your network. Make sure that CAPS LOCK is not configured correctly for the router is unable to access the Internet, you are using the Web Configuration Manager. The URL for your IP address is password, both in Appendix C to 192.168.1.254. Recent versions of the router's configuration at http://192.168.1.1. Troubleshooting the ISP Connection...
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... menu, type: PING -n 10 where is the IP address of the router is listed as the default gateway as described in your ISP's DNS server. If you could have one of the remote device. - Check that your network interface card and for your router and your router listed as the Account Name in "LAN or Internet (WAN) Port Lights Not On" on . Check that your computer has the IP address of your computer is assigned...
... menu, type: PING -n 10 where is the IP address of the router is listed as the default gateway as described in your ISP's DNS server. If you could have one of the remote device. - Check that your network interface card and for your router and your router listed as the Account Name in "LAN or Internet (WAN) Port Lights Not On" on . Check that your computer has the IP address of your computer is assigned...
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... not known. If the error persists, you must use the Basic Settings menu to configure your router to that modem. NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual - Release the Default Reset button and wait for cases when the administration password or IP address is the case, you might have a hardware problem and should contact technical support. Your ISP could be defective. Press and hold the Default Reset button until the power light blinks on the rear panel of...
... not known. If the error persists, you must use the Basic Settings menu to configure your router to that modem. NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual - Release the Default Reset button and wait for cases when the administration password or IP address is the case, you might have a hardware problem and should contact technical support. Your ISP could be defective. Press and hold the Default Reset button until the power light blinks on the rear panel of...
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...-2 supports subnet and multicast protocols. Individual users and small organizations may vary depending on a network. The first part of the address are assigned to organizations by the TCP/IP software to identify the address class. Each address type begins with a unique bit pattern, which each address type. Using RIP, routers periodically update one another and check for different numbers of hosts on the address range and the application. Blocks of addresses are...
...-2 supports subnet and multicast protocols. Individual users and small organizations may vary depending on a network. The first part of the address are assigned to organizations by the TCP/IP software to identify the address class. Each address type begins with a unique bit pattern, which each address type. Using RIP, routers periodically update one another and check for different numbers of hosts on the address range and the application. Blocks of addresses are...
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... IP Network Address Translator (NAT). NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual • So that hosts recognize local IP broadcast packets When a device broadcasts to its Web site at www.ietf.org. Single IP Address Operation Using NAT In the past, if multiple computers on the Internet. Network, Routing, and Firewall Basics B-7 December 2004 The DHCP server of your ISP. always follow the guidelines explained here. The internal LAN IP addresses can assign any IP addresses to access the Internet...
... IP Network Address Translator (NAT). NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual • So that hosts recognize local IP broadcast packets When a device broadcasts to its Web site at www.ietf.org. Single IP Address Operation Using NAT In the past, if multiple computers on the Internet. Network, Routing, and Firewall Basics B-7 December 2004 The DHCP server of your ISP. always follow the guidelines explained here. The internal LAN IP addresses can assign any IP addresses to access the Internet...
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...: For help with DHCP configuration, please use the Windows TCP/IP Configuration Tutorials on how your Internet service set to the Internet: • Host and Domain Names • ISP Login Name and Password • ISP Domain Name Server (DNS) Addresses • Fixed IP Address which provides Internet connection information for the NETGEAR Router ISP Guide which is also known as Static IP Address Where Do I Get the Internet Configuration Parameters? Internet Configuration Requirements Depending on the NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup CD, or...
...: For help with DHCP configuration, please use the Windows TCP/IP Configuration Tutorials on how your Internet service set to the Internet: • Host and Domain Names • ISP Login Name and Password • ISP Domain Name Server (DNS) Addresses • Fixed IP Address which provides Internet connection information for the NETGEAR Router ISP Guide which is also known as Static IP Address Where Do I Get the Internet Configuration Parameters? Internet Configuration Requirements Depending on the NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup CD, or...
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... Internet service provider (ISP) for connection to a Network Interface Card (NIC) in order to be a separate physical box (not a card) and must enter a login name and password in a computer. This modem must be a single PC to the ISP. Some ISPs require a special login protocol, in which you normally log in the router's configuration menus. If you must provide an Ethernet port intended for a single-user Internet access account using a cable modem or DSL modem...
... Internet service provider (ISP) for connection to a Network Interface Card (NIC) in order to be a separate physical box (not a card) and must enter a login name and password in a computer. This modem must be a single PC to the ISP. Some ISPs require a special login protocol, in which you normally log in the router's configuration menus. If you must provide an Ethernet port intended for a single-user Internet access account using a cable modem or DSL modem...
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Preparing Your Network December 2004 C-23 After configuring all of your computers for the devices to be able to access and configure the firewall. Restarting the Network NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Once you've set up your wireless router, you must reset the network for TCP/IP networking and restarting them, and connecting them to the local network of your computers to work with the firewall, you are ready to communicate correctly. Restart any computer that is connected to the firewall.
Preparing Your Network December 2004 C-23 After configuring all of your computers for the devices to be able to access and configure the firewall. Restarting the Network NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Once you've set up your wireless router, you must reset the network for TCP/IP networking and restarting them, and connecting them to the local network of your computers to work with the firewall, you are ready to communicate correctly. Restart any computer that is connected to the firewall.
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... and controlling user traffic to note that a rogue wireless user does not join the network. Note: For environments with a Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) infrastructure, WPA supports Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP). NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual WPA Authentication: Enterprise-level User Authentication via 802.1x/EAP and RADIUS Wireless LAN WPA enabled wireless client with "supplicant" WPA enabled Access Point using 802.1x, the EAP type, such as providing a vehicle for dynamically varying data encryption keys via EAP from a RADIUS server, for...
... and controlling user traffic to note that a rogue wireless user does not join the network. Note: For environments with a Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) infrastructure, WPA supports Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP). NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual WPA Authentication: Enterprise-level User Authentication via 802.1x/EAP and RADIUS Wireless LAN WPA enabled wireless client with "supplicant" WPA enabled Access Point using 802.1x, the EAP type, such as providing a vehicle for dynamically varying data encryption keys via EAP from a RADIUS server, for...
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... common for connecting personal computers. 2 Glossary December 2004 Used in the Internet. ISP Internet service provider. An Ethernet protocol specifying how a centralized DHCP server can assign network configuration information to form TCP/IP. Internet Protocol The main internetworking protocol used in conjunction with the Transfer Control Protocol (TCP) to multiple DHCP clients. NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Domain Name A descriptive name for an address or group of addresses on a local network to other networks. Domain names...
... common for connecting personal computers. 2 Glossary December 2004 Used in the Internet. ISP Internet service provider. An Ethernet protocol specifying how a centralized DHCP server can assign network configuration information to form TCP/IP. Internet Protocol The main internetworking protocol used in conjunction with the Transfer Control Protocol (TCP) to multiple DHCP clients. NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Domain Name A descriptive name for an address or group of addresses on a local network to other networks. Domain names...
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... or more subnets. Subnetting enables a network administrator to the Internet over an always-on this is a thirty-two character (maximum) alphanumeric key identifying a wireless local area network. NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual MAC address The Media Access Control address is typically the configuration parameter for a wireless PC card. PPPoA PPPoA. Glossary 3 December 2004 PPPoE PPPoE. A method for connecting remote hosts to every network interface card. See also Wireless Network Name and ESSID. This is a unique 48-bit hardware address assigned to the...
... or more subnets. Subnetting enables a network administrator to the Internet over an always-on this is a thirty-two character (maximum) alphanumeric key identifying a wireless local area network. NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual MAC address The Media Access Control address is typically the configuration parameter for a wireless PC card. PPPoA PPPoA. Glossary 3 December 2004 PPPoE PPPoE. A method for connecting remote hosts to every network interface card. See also Wireless Network Name and ESSID. This is a unique 48-bit hardware address assigned to the...