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Contents Wireless-N Router Setup Manual Getting to Know Your Wireless Router 1 Unpacking Your New Router 1 Hardware Features ...3 Front Panel ...3 Back Panel ...5 Router Label ...6 Positioning Your Wireless Router 6 Updating Your Router Firmware 7 Setting Up Your Wireless Security 7 Installing Your Wireless Router 7 Installing Your Router Using the Smart Wizard 9 Using the Smart Wizard ...9 Accessing Your Router After Installation 10 Manually Installing Your Router 11 Connecting Your Wireless Router 12 Verifying...
Contents Wireless-N Router Setup Manual Getting to Know Your Wireless Router 1 Unpacking Your New Router 1 Hardware Features ...3 Front Panel ...3 Back Panel ...5 Router Label ...6 Positioning Your Wireless Router 6 Updating Your Router Firmware 7 Setting Up Your Wireless Security 7 Installing Your Wireless Router 7 Installing Your Router Using the Smart Wizard 9 Using the Smart Wizard ...9 Accessing Your Router After Installation 10 Manually Installing Your Router 11 Connecting Your Wireless Router 12 Verifying...
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Checking the Internet Service Connection 33 Obtaining an Internet IP Address 33 Troubleshooting PPPoE 34 Troubleshooting Internet Browsing 35 Using the Ping Utility to Troubleshoot 35 Testing the Path from Your Computer to Your Router 35 Testing the Path from a Computer to the Internet 36 Technical Specifications ...37 Default Configuration Settings 37 Restoring the Default Password and Configuration Settings 39 Related Documents...41 Registration and Certifications 43 iv
Checking the Internet Service Connection 33 Obtaining an Internet IP Address 33 Troubleshooting PPPoE 34 Troubleshooting Internet Browsing 35 Using the Ping Utility to Troubleshoot 35 Testing the Path from Your Computer to Your Router 35 Testing the Path from a Computer to the Internet 36 Technical Specifications ...37 Default Configuration Settings 37 Restoring the Default Password and Configuration Settings 39 Related Documents...41 Registration and Certifications 43 iv
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..., read the section on "Positioning Your Wireless Router" on the main menu. - (A link to return the product for your router-especially the status lights-and the important information on the router label (see "Unpacking Your New Router" on stand for repair. A PDF version of a NETGEAR® high-speed wireless router, the Wireless-N Router Model WNR2000. Become familiar with the front and...
..., read the section on "Positioning Your Wireless Router" on the main menu. - (A link to return the product for your router-especially the status lights-and the important information on the router label (see "Unpacking Your New Router" on stand for repair. A PDF version of a NETGEAR® high-speed wireless router, the Wireless-N Router Model WNR2000. Become familiar with the front and...
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... protective film covering both sides of the router. Place your router in a suitable area for installation: 1. Then, remove the protective film covering the status light panel of your router (see Figure 1). To prepare your wired computers). Set up your wireless router by inserting the tabs of the stand ...(supplied with your router) into the slots on the bottom of your router in Figure 2. To ensure proper heat ...
... protective film covering both sides of the router. Place your router in a suitable area for installation: 1. Then, remove the protective film covering the status light panel of your router (see Figure 1). To prepare your wired computers). Set up your wireless router by inserting the tabs of the stand ...(supplied with your router) into the slots on the bottom of your router in Figure 2. To ensure proper heat ...
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Front Panel The router front panel, shown in Figure 3, contains status lights. (For more information on interpreting the status lights, see "Verifying Your Connection" on page 15 and "Checking Basic Router Functions" on page 30.) 1 2 3 4 5 Figure 3 Getting to become familiar with the front and back panels of the router-especially the status lights on the front panel. Hardware Features Before you install and connect your router, take a moment to Know Your Wireless Router 3
Front Panel The router front panel, shown in Figure 3, contains status lights. (For more information on interpreting the status lights, see "Verifying Your Connection" on page 15 and "Checking Basic Router Functions" on page 30.) 1 2 3 4 5 Figure 3 Getting to become familiar with the front and back panels of the router-especially the status lights on the front panel. Hardware Features Before you install and connect your router, take a moment to Know Your Wireless Router 3
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... WPS connection exists. 4 Getting to a 100 Mbps device. Push 'N' Connect Solid Green Blinking Green Off Description The router is a problem with the wireless router software. WPA-capable device can use the status lights to verify various conditions. Status Light Descriptions Label LED Activity Solid ... Solid Green 1. LAN Solid Amber (Ports 1-4) Blinking Amber Off 5. There is performing the power-on self-test diagnostic. The wireless router has acquired an Internet address. Data is connected to a WPS-capable device. The local port is being transmitted at 100 Mbps....
... WPS connection exists. 4 Getting to a 100 Mbps device. Push 'N' Connect Solid Green Blinking Green Off Description The router is a problem with the wireless router software. WPA-capable device can use the status lights to verify various conditions. Status Light Descriptions Label LED Activity Solid ... Solid Green 1. LAN Solid Amber (Ports 1-4) Blinking Amber Off 5. There is performing the power-on self-test diagnostic. The wireless router has acquired an Internet address. Data is connected to a WPS-capable device. The local port is being transmitted at 100 Mbps....
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...panel, shown in Figure 4, contains port connections. 1 2 3 4 5 Figure 4 Viewed from top to Know Your Wireless Router 5 AC power adapter outlet for connecting the router to your local computers. 3. Four Local Area Network (LAN) 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports for connecting the power adapter.... Power on/off push-button. 5. Internet/Wide Area Network (WAN) Ethernet port for approximately 5 seconds to reset the router to a cable or DSL modem. 4. Press for connecting the router to the factory default settings. 2. Getting to bottom, the rear panel contains the following elements: 1.
...panel, shown in Figure 4, contains port connections. 1 2 3 4 5 Figure 4 Viewed from top to Know Your Wireless Router 5 AC power adapter outlet for connecting the router to your local computers. 3. Four Local Area Network (LAN) 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports for connecting the power adapter.... Power on/off push-button. 5. Internet/Wide Area Network (WAN) Ethernet port for approximately 5 seconds to reset the router to a cable or DSL modem. 4. Press for connecting the router to the factory default settings. 2. Getting to bottom, the rear panel contains the following elements: 1.
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...can result in significant performance degradation or an inability to wirelessly connect to the Internet. 6 Getting to the wired computer(s) on your Local Area Network (LAN). Figure 5 Positioning Your Wireless Router The wireless router lets you access your network from virtually anywhere within line ... the other four ports that connect to Know Your Wireless Router However, the operating distance or range of your wireless connection can also affect your wireless signal. Router Label The label on the physical placement of your router. For example, the thickness and number of walls ...
...can result in significant performance degradation or an inability to wirelessly connect to the Internet. 6 Getting to the wired computer(s) on your Local Area Network (LAN). Figure 5 Positioning Your Wireless Router The wireless router lets you access your network from virtually anywhere within line ... the other four ports that connect to Know Your Wireless Router However, the operating distance or range of your wireless connection can also affect your wireless signal. Router Label The label on the physical placement of your router. For example, the thickness and number of walls ...
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Installing Your Wireless Router To help you through the steps required to Getting to -date features of your router, NETGEAR provides a variety of the setup activity (see "Using the Smart Wizard" on page 9). • The router includes an update feature that best fits your router and get on the Internet quickly, the Resource CD contains a Smart Wizard...
Installing Your Wireless Router To help you through the steps required to Getting to -date features of your router, NETGEAR provides a variety of the setup activity (see "Using the Smart Wizard" on page 9). • The router includes an update feature that best fits your router and get on the Internet quickly, the Resource CD contains a Smart Wizard...
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..." on a corporate PC to a Mac, are unsure about whether there might conflict with a a NETGEAR router. The wizard guides you have been successfully completed. - Before running Microsoft Windows. Set up your home router, check with your wireless network (see "Connecting Your Wireless Router" on page 11). For example, if you cannot or prefer not to Know Your...
..." on a corporate PC to a Mac, are unsure about whether there might conflict with a a NETGEAR router. The wizard guides you have been successfully completed. - Before running Microsoft Windows. Set up your home router, check with your wireless network (see "Connecting Your Wireless Router" on page 11). For example, if you cannot or prefer not to Know Your...
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... you are using a PC with Windows Vista, Windows 2000, or Windows XP with Service Pack 2, and with a wired Ethernet connection, not a wireless connection. • You have an Internet service connection through the setup process by your ISP. If the CD does not automatically start and detect the...and PC(s). The CD will automatically start , browse the CD and double-click on your PC. Installing Your Router Using the Smart Wizard 9 Using the Smart Wizard The NETGEAR Smart Wizard takes you prefer. At each step in the setup process, the Smart Wizard checks to complete. ...
... you are using a PC with Windows Vista, Windows 2000, or Windows XP with Service Pack 2, and with a wired Ethernet connection, not a wireless connection. • You have an Internet service connection through the setup process by your ISP. If the CD does not automatically start and detect the...and PC(s). The CD will automatically start , browse the CD and double-click on your PC. Installing Your Router Using the Smart Wizard 9 Using the Smart Wizard The NETGEAR Smart Wizard takes you prefer. At each step in the setup process, the Smart Wizard checks to complete. ...
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...for example, if you have reset the router to its default factory settings). Figure 6 To set up additional wireless computers in its factory default state (for your router. For more information, see the online User Manual. Accessing Your Router After Installation The Smart Wizard only appears ... of your network to access the router and connect to the router. If you want to change the settings after installing and configuring your router using the Smart Wizard, you first install the router or when the router is in your high-speed wireless router, the wireless adapter card for new...
...for example, if you have reset the router to its default factory settings). Figure 6 To set up additional wireless computers in its factory default state (for your router. For more information, see the online User Manual. Accessing Your Router After Installation The Smart Wizard only appears ... of your network to access the router and connect to the router. If you want to change the settings after installing and configuring your router using the Smart Wizard, you first install the router or when the router is in your high-speed wireless router, the wireless adapter card for new...
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... have not already done so: • Check the package contents of your router to ensure that it is complete (see "Unpacking Your New Router" on page 1"). • Select an optimum location for your wireless router after reviewing the guidelines presented in this information, ask your ISP. •... - Fixed or static IP address Your ISP should have all the information needed to connect to set up your wireless router and access the Internet: - Manually Installing Your Router 11 Host and domain name - Domain Name Server (DNS) addresses - Depending on which you first set up ...
... have not already done so: • Check the package contents of your router to ensure that it is complete (see "Unpacking Your New Router" on page 1"). • Select an optimum location for your wireless router after reviewing the guidelines presented in this information, ask your ISP. •... - Fixed or static IP address Your ISP should have all the information needed to connect to set up your wireless router and access the Internet: - Manually Installing Your Router 11 Host and domain name - Domain Name Server (DNS) addresses - Depending on which you first set up ...
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... computer are set it to TCP/IP Addressing in the following procedure NETGEAR does not recommend or support adding a NETGEAR router behind another router, or replacing a gateway with a NETGEAR router. Then, skip to the documentation for your computer. Connecting Your Wireless Router Before you install your wireless router, make sure that connects your computer. 2. Disconnect the cable at the TCP...
... computer are set it to TCP/IP Addressing in the following procedure NETGEAR does not recommend or support adding a NETGEAR router behind another router, or replacing a gateway with a NETGEAR router. Then, skip to the documentation for your computer. Connecting Your Wireless Router Before you install your wireless router, make sure that connects your computer. 2. Disconnect the cable at the TCP...
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...cable into one of the wireless router (D). (The cable and the Internet port label are color coded.) ,QWHUQHW D ,QWHUQHW C Figure 8 6. Connect any additional wired PCs to your NETGEAR product. Manually Installing Your Router 13 Securely insert one end... of the Ethernet cable into your router by inserting an Ethernet cable from a PC into a port on the router, such as port 4 (E), as shown in Figure 9. 5. Internet A 1...
...cable into one of the wireless router (D). (The cable and the Internet port label are color coded.) ,QWHUQHW D ,QWHUQHW C Figure 8 6. Connect any additional wired PCs to your NETGEAR product. Manually Installing Your Router 13 Securely insert one end... of the Ethernet cable into your router by inserting an Ethernet cable from a PC into a port on the router, such as port 4 (E), as shown in Figure 9. 5. Internet A 1...
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... strip, and into the power adapter outlet of your network is now set up (as described below. Figure 10 9. Wait 1 minute. 14 Manually Installing Your Router Failure to start your network. ,QWHUQHW 8+. Review that your wireless router (F). Plug in Figure 10);
... strip, and into the power adapter outlet of your network is now set up (as described below. Figure 10 9. Wait 1 minute. 14 Manually Installing Your Router Failure to start your network. ,QWHUQHW 8+. Review that your wireless router (F). Plug in Figure 10);
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Verifying Your Connection Verify that software. Turn on your Internet provider. It will take several minutes for your router to establish a connection with your computer and your computer. Manually Installing Your Router 15 Internet 1 2 3 4 F Figure 11 3. For DSL customers, if software logs you in Figure 12). You might need to go to the Internet, do not run that your router is connected correctly by checking the wireless router status lights (as illustrated in to the Internet Explorer Tools menu, Internet Options, Connections tab and select "Never dial a connection."
Verifying Your Connection Verify that software. Turn on your Internet provider. It will take several minutes for your router to establish a connection with your computer and your computer. Manually Installing Your Router 15 Internet 1 2 3 4 F Figure 11 3. For DSL customers, if software logs you in Figure 12). You might need to go to the Internet, do not run that your router is connected correctly by checking the wireless router status lights (as illustrated in to the Internet Explorer Tools menu, Internet Options, Connections tab and select "Never dial a connection."
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... connected Ethernet cable, make sure the Ethernet cable is securely attached to your wireless router's settings later. The factory default state is powered on your wireless router: http://www.routerlogin.net or http://www.routerlogin.com. 16 Manually Installing Your Router Power. Wireless. See "Restoring the Default Password and Configuration Settings" on page 23. You can...
... connected Ethernet cable, make sure the Ethernet cable is securely attached to your wireless router's settings later. The factory default state is powered on your wireless router: http://www.routerlogin.net or http://www.routerlogin.com. 16 Manually Installing Your Router Power. Wireless. See "Restoring the Default Password and Configuration Settings" on page 23. You can...
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... later; Figure 13 2. When prompted, enter admin for the router user name and password for the router password, both in lowercase letters. (For security reasons, the router has its own user name and password.) The router user name and password are not the same as any user ... in to your Internet connection. Click Yes to the router until the router finishes restarting! The Firmware Upgrade Assistant screen will display. If no new firmware version is available, click Yes, and the router will automatically check the NETGEAR database for a new firmware image file. When the ...
... later; Figure 13 2. When prompted, enter admin for the router user name and password for the router password, both in lowercase letters. (For security reasons, the router has its own user name and password.) The router user name and password are not the same as any user ... in to your Internet connection. Click Yes to the router until the router finishes restarting! The Firmware Upgrade Assistant screen will display. If no new firmware version is available, click Yes, and the router will automatically check the NETGEAR database for a new firmware image file. When the ...
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...need assistance, follow the Basic Settings Help screens on the router interface or see the online User Manual for your computer documentation or see the links in the appropriate fields. 5. For assistance, see "Configuring Your Wireless Network" on page 41. • Select No to ... Basic Settings screen will display. Click Apply to the Internet! 18 Manually Installing Your Router You should be connected to save your settings and complete your wireless router to set to the wireless router, check the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) properties in the left navigation pane, click...
...need assistance, follow the Basic Settings Help screens on the router interface or see the online User Manual for your computer documentation or see the links in the appropriate fields. 5. For assistance, see "Configuring Your Wireless Network" on page 41. • Select No to ... Basic Settings screen will display. Click Apply to the Internet! 18 Manually Installing Your Router You should be connected to save your settings and complete your wireless router to set to the wireless router, check the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) properties in the left navigation pane, click...