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... the 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...
... the 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...
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..., which blinks when the default reset button is pushed. • Three wireless antennae 2-2 Getting to Know Your NETGEAR Wireless Router December 2004 The router has detected a link with an attached device. The LAN port has detected a 100 Mbps link with an attached device. Status Light Descriptions Label Activity Power On Green Solid...
..., which blinks when the default reset button is pushed. • Three wireless antennae 2-2 Getting to Know Your NETGEAR Wireless Router December 2004 The router has detected a link with an attached device. The LAN port has detected a 100 Mbps link with an attached device. Status Light Descriptions Label Activity Power On Green Solid...
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...wirelessly connected computers must be configured to save your network in securely and the modem and wireless router are turned on. • For each LAN port. Click Apply to obtain an IP address automatically via DHCP. Make sure the network settings of the Basic Settings menu, select "Use this sequence... the MAC address of the computer registered on the CD for correcting simple problems you are now using the computer that you may have. NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Troubleshooting Tips Here are some tips for help with this. • Some cable modem ISPs require you to the...
...wirelessly connected computers must be configured to save your network in securely and the modem and wireless router are turned on. • For each LAN port. Click Apply to obtain an IP address automatically via DHCP. Make sure the network settings of the Basic Settings menu, select "Use this sequence... the MAC address of the computer registered on the CD for correcting simple problems you are now using the computer that you may have. NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Troubleshooting Tips Here are some tips for help with this. • Some cable modem ISPs require you to the...
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The Gateway is allowed by the router on the Internet port. If a Secondary DNS Server address is first opened. You must launch a login program such as that computer by "cloning" its MAC address. e. If your Internet ... router, you know that you a permanent, fixed (static) IP address for your router will connect. a. Domain Name Server (DNS) Address: If you will be using . NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual b. When you start an Internet application, your computer, select "Use static IP address". Router's MAC Address: This section determines the Ethernet...
The Gateway is allowed by the router on the Internet port. If a Secondary DNS Server address is first opened. You must launch a login program such as that computer by "cloning" its MAC address. e. If your Internet ... router, you know that you a permanent, fixed (static) IP address for your router will connect. a. Domain Name Server (DNS) Address: If you will be using . NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual b. When you start an Internet application, your computer, select "Use static IP address". Router's MAC Address: This section determines the Ethernet...
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... Make sure that the power cord is properly connected to your Pre-N Wireless Router WGM124. The LAN port lights are provided to help you are using the power adapter supplied by NETGEAR for any of these conditions does not occur, refer to a functioning power outlet. • Check that... is lit, a link has been established to the router, the following section. If any local ports that are connected. After approximately 10 seconds, verify that the Power light is lit. b. If a port's light is solid green. Basic Functioning After you have a hardware problem and should occur: 1. ...
... Make sure that the power cord is properly connected to your Pre-N Wireless Router WGM124. The LAN port lights are provided to help you are using the power adapter supplied by NETGEAR for any of these conditions does not occur, refer to a functioning power outlet. • Check that... is lit, a link has been established to the router, the following section. If any local ports that are connected. After approximately 10 seconds, verify that the Power light is lit. b. If a port's light is solid green. Basic Functioning After you have a hardware problem and should occur: 1. ...
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NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Lights Never Turn Off When the router is turned on, the lights turns on page 6-7. Troubleshooting the Web Configuration Interface If ... in "Restoring the Default Configuration and Password" on for about 10 seconds and then turn off. When connecting the router's Internet port to 192.168.1.1. LAN or Internet (WAN) Port Lights Not On If either the LAN lights or Internet light do not light when the Ethernet connection is a fault within the...
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Lights Never Turn Off When the router is turned on, the lights turns on page 6-7. Troubleshooting the Web Configuration Interface If ... in "Restoring the Default Configuration and Password" on for about 10 seconds and then turn off. When connecting the router's Internet port to 192.168.1.1. LAN or Internet (WAN) Port Lights Not On If either the LAN lights or Internet light do not light when the Ethernet connection is a fault within the...
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... MAC address. OR Configure your router to your computer's MAC address. When the modem's lights indicate that an IP address is shown for the WAN Port If 0.0.0.0 is unable to obtain an IP address from your router. 3. Check that it has reacquired sync with the ISP, reapply power to spoof .... 4. Then restart your new router by performing the following : • Your ISP may need to force your cable or DSL modem to your ISP. NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual 3. If your router is shown, your router has not obtained an IP address from the ISP, you have incorrectly set the...
... MAC address. OR Configure your router to your computer's MAC address. When the modem's lights indicate that an IP address is shown for the WAN Port If 0.0.0.0 is unable to obtain an IP address from your router. 3. Check that it has reacquired sync with the ISP, reapply power to spoof .... 4. Then restart your new router by performing the following : • Your ISP may need to force your cable or DSL modem to your ISP. NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual 3. If your router is shown, your router has not obtained an IP address from the ISP, you have incorrectly set the...
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... interface card and for your router and your workstation and router. • Wrong network configuration - Verify that the IP address for the hub ports (if any) that your router listed as the default gateway. If you could have one of the remote device. - Verify that the addresses...Account Name in the previous section are both installed and configured on page C-9. - NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual If the path is not functioning correctly, you do not receive replies: - Make sure the LAN port LED is listed as the default gateway as in the Basic Settings menu. 6-6 ...
... interface card and for your router and your workstation and router. • Wrong network configuration - Verify that the IP address for the hub ports (if any) that your router listed as the default gateway. If you could have one of the remote device. - Verify that the addresses...Account Name in the previous section are both installed and configured on page C-9. - NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual If the path is not functioning correctly, you do not receive replies: - Make sure the LAN port LED is listed as the default gateway as in the Basic Settings menu. 6-6 ...
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However, using port forwarding, you must convert the IP address of firewall-like protection because the internal LAN addresses are filtered out by the manufacturer. The technique that ... MAC address, which is known as address resolution. B-8 Network, Routing, and Firewall Basics December 2004 All incoming inquiries are not available to resolve MAC addresses. NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual The following figure illustrates a single IP address operation. Each device on your system. This filtering can allow one LAN device to...
However, using port forwarding, you must convert the IP address of firewall-like protection because the internal LAN addresses are filtered out by the manufacturer. The technique that ... MAC address, which is known as address resolution. B-8 Network, Routing, and Firewall Basics December 2004 All incoming inquiries are not available to resolve MAC addresses. NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual The following figure illustrates a single IP address operation. Each device on your system. This filtering can allow one LAN device to...
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...-dependent interfaces with built-in the device. Figure B-5: Crossover Twisted-Pair Cable Network, Routing, and Firewall Basics December 2004 B-13 NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Inside Twisted Pair Cables For two devices to communicate, the transmitter of each device must be connected to the... receiver of the circuitry in crossover ports, called MDI or uplink ports. Figure B-4 illustrates straight-through twisted pair cable. The crossover function is needed and makes the right connection. Most ...
...-dependent interfaces with built-in the device. Figure B-5: Crossover Twisted-Pair Cable Network, Routing, and Firewall Basics December 2004 B-13 NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Inside Twisted Pair Cables For two devices to communicate, the transmitter of each device must be connected to the... receiver of the circuitry in crossover ports, called MDI or uplink ports. Figure B-4 illustrates straight-through twisted pair cable. The crossover function is needed and makes the right connection. Most ...
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...exchanged from the perspective of the wire colors on each. Crossover (MDI-X). This exchange is a special cable in excessive collisions, causing the attached port to the other. The second method is easy to use a crossover cable, which will exchange the pairs on pins 1 and 2. On a ... is wired as Media Dependant Interface (MDI). Crossover cables are from one of transmit and receive are often unmarked as Media Dependant Interface - NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Figure B-6: Category 5 UTP Cable with the receive pair. On a crossover cable, the orange and green pairs will ...
...exchanged from the perspective of the wire colors on each. Crossover (MDI-X). This exchange is a special cable in excessive collisions, causing the attached port to the other. The second method is easy to use a crossover cable, which will exchange the pairs on pins 1 and 2. On a ... is wired as Media Dependant Interface (MDI). Crossover cables are from one of transmit and receive are often unmarked as Media Dependant Interface - NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Figure B-6: Category 5 UTP Cable with the receive pair. On a crossover cable, the orange and green pairs will ...
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NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual The wireless router incorporates Auto UplinkTM technology (also called MDI/MDIX). This feature also eliminates the need to worry about crossover cables, as Auto UplinkTM will accommodate either type of cable to the correct configuration. Each LOCAL Ethernet port... will then configure itself to make the right connection. That port will automatically sense whether the Ethernet cable plugged into the port should have a normal connection (e.g. Network, Routing, and Firewall...
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual The wireless router incorporates Auto UplinkTM technology (also called MDI/MDIX). This feature also eliminates the need to worry about crossover cables, as Auto UplinkTM will accommodate either type of cable to the correct configuration. Each LOCAL Ethernet port... will then configure itself to make the right connection. That port will automatically sense whether the Ethernet cable plugged into the port should have a normal connection (e.g. Network, Routing, and Firewall...
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... when your PC is called Network Address Translation (NAT) or IP masquerading. Are Login Protocols Used? What Is Your Configuration Information? NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Verifying the Readiness of Your Internet Account For broadband access to the Internet, you need to configure it with... physical box (not a card) and must enter a login name and password 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. Some ISPs require a special login protocol, in which you ...
... when your PC is called Network Address Translation (NAT) or IP masquerading. Are Login Protocols Used? What Is Your Configuration Information? NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Verifying the Readiness of Your Internet Account For broadband access to the Internet, you need to configure it with... physical box (not a card) and must enter a login name and password 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. Some ISPs require a special login protocol, in which you ...
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... handshake between the station and Access Point (AP). • Data Privacy (Encryption). Possible authentication methods include 802.1X and Pre-shared key. NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual The primary information conveyed in order to access the network. • Key management. If the supplicant detects that uses a... privacy functions. Mutual authentication is gained by choosing an EAP type supporting this feature and is used by WPA. 802.1X port access control prevents full access to the network until authentication completes. 802.1X EAPOL-Key packets are used to use pre-WPA...
... handshake between the station and Access Point (AP). • Data Privacy (Encryption). Possible authentication methods include 802.1X and Pre-shared key. NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual The primary information conveyed in order to access the network. • Key management. If the supplicant detects that uses a... privacy functions. Mutual authentication is gained by choosing an EAP type supporting this feature and is used by WPA. 802.1X port access control prevents full access to the network until authentication completes. 802.1X EAPOL-Key packets are used to use pre-WPA...
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...pre-shared key or 802.1x Figure D-3: WPA Overview Wired Network with Optional 802.1x Port Based Network Access Control TCP/IP Ports Closed Until TCP/IP Ports Opened After Authenticated RADIUS Server Login Authentication Certificate Authority (eg Win Server, VeriSign, etc) ... Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) infrastructure, WPA supports Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP). Windows XP implements 802.1x natively, and several Netgear switch and wireless access point products support 802.1x. For environments without a RADIUS infrastructure, WPA supports the use of a preshared ...
...pre-shared key or 802.1x Figure D-3: WPA Overview Wired Network with Optional 802.1x Port Based Network Access Control TCP/IP Ports Closed Until TCP/IP Ports Opened After Authenticated RADIUS Server Login Authentication Certificate Authority (eg Win Server, VeriSign, etc) ... Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) infrastructure, WPA supports Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP). Windows XP implements 802.1x natively, and several Netgear switch and wireless access point products support 802.1x. For environments without a RADIUS infrastructure, WPA supports the use of a preshared ...
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... necessary to minimize the possibility of eavesdroppers having enough time to an authorized state and forward additional traffic. The authentication server will transition the client's port to crack the key in current use of the access point. As a result, you can automatically change the global encryption key used for the...keys as often as HTTP, DHCP, and POP3 packets, until the access point can update the EAP authentication type to the connected wireless clients. NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual 3. The access point uses the session keys to the authentication server.
... necessary to minimize the possibility of eavesdroppers having enough time to an authorized state and forward additional traffic. The authentication server will transition the client's port to crack the key in current use of the access point. As a result, you can automatically change the global encryption key used for the...keys as often as HTTP, DHCP, and POP3 packets, until the access point can update the EAP authentication type to the connected wireless clients. NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual 3. The access point uses the session keys to the authentication server.
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...-X wiring B-14 N NAT C-20 netmask translation table B-6 Network Address Translation B-7, C-20 O Open System authentication D-4 P package contents 2-1 Passphrase 4-4, 4-5 password restoring 6-7 PC, using to configure C-23 placement 4-1 2 port forwarding behind NAT B-8 PPP over Ethernet C-20 PPPoE C-20 Primary DNS Server 3-4 protocols Address Resolution B-8 DHCP B-10 Routing Information B-2 publications, related B-1 R range 4-1 restore configuration 5-1 restore...
...-X wiring B-14 N NAT C-20 netmask translation table B-6 Network Address Translation B-7, C-20 O Open System authentication D-4 P package contents 2-1 Passphrase 4-4, 4-5 password restoring 6-7 PC, using to configure C-23 placement 4-1 2 port forwarding behind NAT B-8 PPP over Ethernet C-20 PPPoE C-20 Primary DNS Server 3-4 protocols Address Resolution B-8 DHCP B-10 Routing Information B-2 publications, related B-1 R range 4-1 restore configuration 5-1 restore...