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... 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual About This Manual Conventions, Formats, and Scope ix How to Use This Manual x How to Print This Manual x Chapter 1 Connecting the Router to the Internet What Is in the Box ...1-1 Wireless Router ...1-2 Bottom Label ...1-2 Status Lights on the Front 1-2 Port Connections on the Back 1-3 Preparing to Set Up Your Wireless Router 1-4 Two Setup...
... 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual About This Manual Conventions, Formats, and Scope ix How to Use This Manual x How to Print This Manual x Chapter 1 Connecting the Router to the Internet What Is in the Box ...1-1 Wireless Router ...1-2 Bottom Label ...1-2 Status Lights on the Front 1-2 Port Connections on the Back 1-3 Preparing to Set Up Your Wireless Router 1-4 Two Setup...
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... setting up your wireless router. • Smart Wizard setup: Click Setup on the CD to use the wizard on the CD, are replacing an existing wireless router, or are technically knowledgeable. Use the setup option that steps you . 1-4 Connecting the Router to the Internet ...place your router, see "Optimizing Your Wireless Connections" on how your Internet account was set up your wireless router. Depending on page 2-1. Host and domain names - 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual Preparing to Set Up Your Wireless Router Prepare the following before you set up your router: ...
... setting up your wireless router. • Smart Wizard setup: Click Setup on the CD to use the wizard on the CD, are replacing an existing wireless router, or are technically knowledgeable. Use the setup option that steps you . 1-4 Connecting the Router to the Internet ...place your router, see "Optimizing Your Wireless Connections" on how your Internet account was set up your wireless router. Depending on page 2-1. Host and domain names - 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual Preparing to Set Up Your Wireless Router Prepare the following before you set up your router: ...
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Insert the NETGEAR 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGRT624 v4 Resource CD into a Windows PC with an Internet connection. Connecting the Router to complete. 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual Smart Wizard Installation Note: Do not change to a different language. Instead, let the Smart Wizard Installation Assistant on the 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGRT624 v4 Resource CD guide you are using on your existing Internet...
Insert the NETGEAR 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGRT624 v4 Resource CD into a Windows PC with an Internet connection. Connecting the Router to complete. 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual Smart Wizard Installation Note: Do not change to a different language. Instead, let the Smart Wizard Installation Assistant on the 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGRT624 v4 Resource CD guide you are using on your existing Internet...
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... later. NETGEAR strongly recommends using security. A Success page opens after you through the setup process to: • Connect equipment: Follow onscreen instructions to connect your router. • Activate your network: The wizard detects your network with wireless security: You can set it up wireless security now, or choose to the Internet v1.0, May 2007 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4...
... later. NETGEAR strongly recommends using security. A Success page opens after you through the setup process to: • Connect equipment: Follow onscreen instructions to connect your router. • Activate your network: The wizard detects your network with wireless security: You can set it up wireless security now, or choose to the Internet v1.0, May 2007 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4...
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... modem. 1 2 Figure 1-5 d. a. c. If you , or refer to setting up your computer. 2. Manual Setup 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual There are unsure about this for you are two steps to the documentation for your wireless router: 1. This is usually the case. Locate the Ethernet cable (1) that connects your wireless router: 1. Connecting Your Wireless Router To connect your computer to the...
... modem. 1 2 Figure 1-5 d. a. c. If you , or refer to setting up your computer. 2. Manual Setup 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual There are unsure about this for you are two steps to the documentation for your wireless router: 1. This is usually the case. Locate the Ethernet cable (1) that connects your wireless router: 1. Connecting Your Wireless Router To connect your computer to the...
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...wireless router. 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual For more help with manual configuration or to the Internet, you out. After you do not click Logout, the wireless router will not appear again. 1-12 v1.0, May 2007 Connecting the Router to the Internet: 1. If you do not successfully connect to the Internet Contact NETGEAR... is not the same as the Smart Wizard Installation Assistant that appears only when the router is in the Router Setup Manual on the 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGRT624 v4 Resource CD 4. For help with connecting to the Internet, see : ...
...wireless router. 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual For more help with manual configuration or to the Internet, you out. After you do not click Logout, the wireless router will not appear again. 1-12 v1.0, May 2007 Connecting the Router to the Internet: 1. If you do not successfully connect to the Internet Contact NETGEAR... is not the same as the Smart Wizard Installation Assistant that appears only when the router is in the Router Setup Manual on the 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGRT624 v4 Resource CD 4. For help with connecting to the Internet, see : ...
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...To change your ISP settings, as needed. 5. If you have entered your user name and password, your Web browser should find the WGT624 v4 wireless router and display the home page as any user name or password you may work for you with its default user name of admin and... "Changing the Administrator Password" on the upper left of the Setup Wizard, click the Test button to verify your browser, then click Enter. 2. Once you are not the same as shown in Figure 1-11 on page 1-11. 3. 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual To use to log in to your Internet ...
...To change your ISP settings, as needed. 5. If you have entered your user name and password, your Web browser should find the WGT624 v4 wireless router and display the home page as any user name or password you may work for you with its default user name of admin and... "Changing the Administrator Password" on the upper left of the Setup Wizard, click the Test button to verify your browser, then click Enter. 2. Once you are not the same as shown in Figure 1-11 on page 1-11. 3. 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual To use to log in to your Internet ...
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... Encryption Protocol (WEP) wireless security: 1. Log in the Setup section of password, or using . If you are connected wirelessly and you set up the wireless security, you will help keeping track of them, see the documentation for the product you are using whatever LAN address and password you have set up. 2. 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual...
... Encryption Protocol (WEP) wireless security: 1. Log in the Setup section of password, or using . If you are connected wirelessly and you set up the wireless security, you will help keeping track of them, see the documentation for the product you are using whatever LAN address and password you have set up. 2. 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual...
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... [TKIP] + WPA2-PSK [AES]. This option is recommended, since it is compatible with a greater number of 8-63 printable characters in the Setup section of the main menu. Now you were connected wirelessly to the router. 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual Setting Up WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK To set up WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK...
... [TKIP] + WPA2-PSK [AES]. This option is recommended, since it is compatible with a greater number of 8-63 printable characters in the Setup section of the main menu. Now you were connected wirelessly to the router. 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual Setting Up WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK To set up WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK...
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... and password you click Apply. From the Wireless Settings page, click Setup Access List. You must then access the wireless router from a wired computer or from a wireless computer whose MAC address is on MAC addresses: 1. Select the Turn Access Control On check box. 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual Restricting Wireless Access by MAC Address To restrict access based...
... and password you click Apply. From the Wireless Settings page, click Setup Access List. You must then access the wireless router from a wired computer or from a wireless computer whose MAC address is on MAC addresses: 1. Select the Turn Access Control On check box. 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual Restricting Wireless Access by MAC Address To restrict access based...
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... Apply. Select the Services Blocking setting that you want: • Never. The Block Services Setup page appears: Figure 3-3 Content Filtering 3-3 v1.0, May 2007 Do not block services. • Per Schedule. On the Block Sites page, click Add. 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual Blocking Access to Internet Services To block access to Internet services...
... Apply. Select the Services Blocking setting that you want: • Never. The Block Services Setup page appears: Figure 3-3 Content Filtering 3-3 v1.0, May 2007 Do not block services. • Per Schedule. On the Block Sites page, click Add. 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual Blocking Access to Internet Services To block access to Internet services...
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108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual You can also specify a Default DMZ Server to a local server: 1. Before starting, determine which all other incoming protocols are used by the ... in the Service Name list, you can use . To forward only one port, enter it again in the WAN Setup Menu. In addition to use the Port Forwarding menu to configure the router to forward incoming protocols to the service name. 2. For this information, you wish to servers for the service. 6. Type...
108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual You can also specify a Default DMZ Server to a local server: 1. Before starting, determine which all other incoming protocols are used by the ... in the Service Name list, you can use . To forward only one port, enter it again in the WAN Setup Menu. In addition to use the Port Forwarding menu to configure the router to forward incoming protocols to the service name. 2. For this information, you wish to servers for the service. 6. Type...
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... 5-5, and then click Apply. Enter the inbound connection port information: a. If editing, change the MTU size, and enable the wireless router to respond to edit from the Service Type drop-down list. 4. Click Edit Service or Delete Service, as described in the ...information, see the game or applications manual or the product's support website. WAN Setup Options The WAN Setup options let you want to a ping on the Port Triggering - Services page, as required. 3. 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual 3. Starting port c. Editing or Deleting a Service To edit ...
... 5-5, and then click Apply. Enter the inbound connection port information: a. If editing, change the MTU size, and enable the wireless router to respond to edit from the Service Type drop-down list. 4. Click Edit Service or Delete Service, as described in the ...information, see the game or applications manual or the product's support website. WAN Setup Options The WAN Setup options let you want to a ping on the Port Triggering - Services page, as required. 3. 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual 3. Starting port c. Editing or Deleting a Service To edit ...
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...5-7 v1.0, May 2007 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual The WAN setup options are other applications that you use the Passive mode in the computer FTP client to connect to exploits from the Internet is normally discarded by the stateful packet inspection (SPI) firewall included in the Ports ...Incoming traffic from the Internet. Normally, this traffic, you must use some of the firewall, and is helpful when you have it may cause some cases, one of your router handles inbound traffic. If compromised, the DMZ server can run the application properly if ...
...5-7 v1.0, May 2007 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual The WAN setup options are other applications that you use the Passive mode in the computer FTP client to connect to exploits from the Internet is normally discarded by the stateful packet inspection (SPI) firewall included in the Ports ...Incoming traffic from the Internet. Normally, this traffic, you must use some of the firewall, and is helpful when you have it may cause some cases, one of your router handles inbound traffic. If compromised, the DMZ server can run the application properly if ...
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In most Ethernet networks is 1500 bytes. Click WAN Setup on page 5-8. For some ISPs, particularly some using PPPoE, you can change the MTU size: 1. Any packets sent through the router that name linked with your ISP. Click Apply to a Ping on the Internet WAN Port. Do ...default DMZ server: 1. If you want the router to respond to a ping from the Internet, select this unless you to register your domain to their IP address, and will forward traffic directed at your domain to meet the MTU requirement. 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual • Respond to save...
In most Ethernet networks is 1500 bytes. Click WAN Setup on page 5-8. For some ISPs, particularly some using PPPoE, you can change the MTU size: 1. Any packets sent through the router that name linked with your ISP. Click Apply to a Ping on the Internet WAN Port. Do ...default DMZ server: 1. If you want the router to respond to a ping from the Internet, select this unless you to register your domain to their IP address, and will forward traffic directed at your domain to meet the MTU requirement. 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual • Respond to save...
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... preconfigured to use private IP addresses on the LAN side, and to act as a DHCP server. If your configuration. Figure 5-5 The router is : • LAN IP address-192.168.1.1 • Subnet mask-255.255.255.0 These addresses are part of LAN IP services... addressing scheme, you can make those changes in this menu. 5-10 v1.0, May 2007 Advanced Configuration From the wireless router's main menu, under Advanced, click LAN IP Setup. 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual For example, the wildcard feature will cause *.yourhost.dyndns.org to be suitable in most applications....
... preconfigured to use private IP addresses on the LAN side, and to act as a DHCP server. If your configuration. Figure 5-5 The router is : • LAN IP address-192.168.1.1 • Subnet mask-255.255.255.0 These addresses are part of LAN IP services... addressing scheme, you can make those changes in this menu. 5-10 v1.0, May 2007 Advanced Configuration From the wireless router's main menu, under Advanced, click LAN IP Setup. 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual For example, the wildcard feature will cause *.yourhost.dyndns.org to be suitable in most applications....
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...router. • IP Subnet Mask. RIP (Router Information Protocol) allows a router to the router. None (default): The router will not send any RIP packets received. • RIP Version. RIP-1 is the LAN IP address of the router while your computer is connected through the browser, you have an unusual network setup... and which must be disconnected. Both or Out Only: The router will ignore any RIP packets and will broadcast its routing table periodically. - RIP-2 carries more information. 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual The LAN IP parameters are local to it ...
...router. • IP Subnet Mask. RIP (Router Information Protocol) allows a router to the router. None (default): The router will not send any RIP packets received. • RIP Version. RIP-1 is the LAN IP address of the router while your computer is connected through the browser, you have an unusual network setup... and which must be disconnected. Both or Out Only: The router will ignore any RIP packets and will broadcast its routing table periodically. - RIP-2 carries more information. 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual The LAN IP parameters are local to it ...
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...the computer is already present on page 4-3 4. Note: The reserved address will not be assigned until the next time the computer contacts the router's DHCP server. In the IP Address box, type the IP address to assign to edit or delete. 2. Type the MAC address of... 1. Click Edit or Delete. In the LAN IP Setup page, click Add. Advanced Configuration v1.0, May 2007 5-13 Click Apply to the reserved address you can copy its IP configuration and force a DHCP release and renew. Figure 5-6 2. 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual To reserve an IP address: 1. ...
...the computer is already present on page 4-3 4. Note: The reserved address will not be assigned until the next time the computer contacts the router's DHCP server. In the IP Address box, type the IP address to assign to edit or delete. 2. Type the MAC address of... 1. Click Edit or Delete. In the LAN IP Setup page, click Add. Advanced Configuration v1.0, May 2007 5-13 Click Apply to the reserved address you can copy its IP configuration and force a DHCP release and renew. Figure 5-6 2. 108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual To reserve an IP address: 1. ...
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108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual spoofing 6-5 MAC addressse 6-7 metric 5-15 N Network Time Protocol 3-7, 6-7 NTP 3-7, 6-7 P Passphrases 2-10, 2-12 password administrator 4-6 restoring 6-7 ping 5-8 placement of wireless equipment 2-1 port filtering 3-2 port forwarding 5-1, 5-2, 5-3 port numbers 3-2 port triggering 5-4, 5-5 R range wireless 2-1 range, port forwarding 5-2 region 4-2 remote management 5-16 reserved IP adresses 5-12 restore configuration 4-5 Restrict Wireless Access by MAC Address 2-13 RIP...
108 Mbps Wireless Router WGT624 v4 Reference Manual spoofing 6-5 MAC addressse 6-7 metric 5-15 N Network Time Protocol 3-7, 6-7 NTP 3-7, 6-7 P Passphrases 2-10, 2-12 password administrator 4-6 restoring 6-7 ping 5-8 placement of wireless equipment 2-1 port filtering 3-2 port forwarding 5-1, 5-2, 5-3 port numbers 3-2 port triggering 5-4, 5-5 R range wireless 2-1 range, port forwarding 5-2 region 4-2 remote management 5-16 reserved IP adresses 5-12 restore configuration 4-5 Restrict Wireless Access by MAC Address 2-13 RIP...