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...of the placing of this equipment on a circuit different from that to which can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may occur due to part 15 of the FCC Rules. Other brand and product names... restrictions. This equipment generates, uses, and can be subject to comply with the regulations. Conformity is no guarantee that the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 is a trademark of Netgear, Inc. Das Bundesamt für Zulassungen in der Betriebsanleitung. The operation of some equipment (for example, test transmitters) in ...
...of the placing of this equipment on a circuit different from that to which can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may occur due to part 15 of the FCC Rules. Other brand and product names... restrictions. This equipment generates, uses, and can be subject to comply with the regulations. Conformity is no guarantee that the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 is a trademark of Netgear, Inc. Das Bundesamt für Zulassungen in der Betriebsanleitung. The operation of some equipment (for example, test transmitters) in ...
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... Manual 1-3 Chapter 2 Introduction Key Features ...2-1 RangeMax™ Multi-In, Multi-Out (MIMO) Technology 2-2 802.11g Wireless Networking 2-2 A Powerful, True Firewall with Content Filtering 2-3 Security ...2-3 Autosensing Ethernet Connections with Auto Uplink 2-4 Extensive Protocol Support 2-4 Easy Installation and Management 2-5 Maintenance and Support 2-5 NETGEAR Related Products 2-6 Package Contents ...2-6 The Router's Front Panel 2-6 The Router's Rear Panel 2-7 A Road Map for...
... Manual 1-3 Chapter 2 Introduction Key Features ...2-1 RangeMax™ Multi-In, Multi-Out (MIMO) Technology 2-2 802.11g Wireless Networking 2-2 A Powerful, True Firewall with Content Filtering 2-3 Security ...2-3 Autosensing Ethernet Connections with Auto Uplink 2-4 Extensive Protocol Support 2-4 Easy Installation and Management 2-5 Maintenance and Support 2-5 NETGEAR Related Products 2-6 Package Contents ...2-6 The Router's Front Panel 2-6 The Router's Rear Panel 2-7 A Road Map for...
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...Selecting Windows' Internet Access Method C-8 Verifying TCP/IP Properties C-8 Configuring Windows NT4, 2000 or XP for IP Networking C-9 Install or Verify Windows Networking Components C-9 DHCP Configuration of TCP/IP in Windows XP, 2000, or NT4 C-10 DHCP Configuration... Information for Windows Computers C-21 Obtaining ISP Configuration Information for Macintosh Computers C-22 Restarting the Network C-23 Appendix D Wireless Networking Basics Wireless Networking Overview D-1 Infrastructure Mode D-1 Ad Hoc Mode (Peer-to-Peer Workgroup D-2 Network Name: Extended Service Set Identification...
...Selecting Windows' Internet Access Method C-8 Verifying TCP/IP Properties C-8 Configuring Windows NT4, 2000 or XP for IP Networking C-9 Install or Verify Windows Networking Components C-9 DHCP Configuration of TCP/IP in Windows XP, 2000, or NT4 C-10 DHCP Configuration... Information for Windows Computers C-21 Obtaining ISP Configuration Information for Macintosh Computers C-22 Restarting the Network C-23 Appendix D Wireless Networking Basics Wireless Networking Overview D-1 Infrastructure Mode D-1 Ad Hoc Mode (Peer-to-Peer Workgroup D-2 Network Name: Extended Service Set Identification...
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... upper left of the window. The Acrobat reader is dedicated to a major topic. About This Manual 1-3 202-10072-01, March 2005 Reference Manual for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 How to Print this Manual To print this manual you can choose one of the following several options, according to your needs. • Printing... of the complete manual opens in the HTML version of any page in the manual. Note: Your computer must have the free Adobe Acrobat reader installed in the upper left of any page. - Use the Print button on the Adobe Web site at the top left of the window.
... upper left of the window. The Acrobat reader is dedicated to a major topic. About This Manual 1-3 202-10072-01, March 2005 Reference Manual for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 How to Print this Manual To print this manual you can choose one of the following several options, according to your needs. • Printing... of the complete manual opens in the HTML version of any page in the manual. Note: Your computer must have the free Adobe Acrobat reader installed in the upper left of any page. - Use the Print button on the Adobe Web site at the top left of the window.
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... chapter describes the features of this manual. With minimum setup, you will find product firmware updates for installation and management. • Content Filtering and Site Blocking Security. Chapter 2 Introduction Congratulations on your WPN824. Go to the Internet through an external access device such as of the date of the NETGEAR® RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824.
... chapter describes the features of this manual. With minimum setup, you will find product firmware updates for installation and management. • Content Filtering and Site Blocking Security. Chapter 2 Introduction Congratulations on your WPN824. Go to the Internet through an external access device such as of the date of the NETGEAR® RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824.
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...NETGEAR offers the following features simplify installation and management tasks: • Browser-based management Browser-based configuration allows you maximize your use of the WPN824 router: • Flash memory for firmware upgrades. • Free technical support seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day, for your router... the need to the network. Easy Installation and Management You can be updated if a newer version of ISP account. • Firmware Update The WPN824 router can install, configure, and operate the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 within minutes after connecting it to...
...NETGEAR offers the following features simplify installation and management tasks: • Browser-based management Browser-based configuration allows you maximize your use of the WPN824 router: • Flash memory for firmware upgrades. • Free technical support seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day, for your router... the need to the network. Easy Installation and Management You can be updated if a newer version of ISP account. • Firmware Update The WPN824 router can install, configure, and operate the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 within minutes after connecting it to...
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... with the wireless router installation, familiarize yourself with your local area network (LAN) and connect to the Internet. You will find out how to configure your RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 for configuring...router on PCs. Prepare to Install Your Wireless Router • Observe the wireless placement and range guidelines in "Observe Performance, Placement, and Range Guidelines" on page 4-1. • For Cable Modem Service: When you perform the wireless router setup steps be sure to use the computer you first registered with the contents of the NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless Router...
... with the wireless router installation, familiarize yourself with your local area network (LAN) and connect to the Internet. You will find out how to configure your RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 for configuring...router on PCs. Prepare to Install Your Wireless Router • Observe the wireless placement and range guidelines in "Observe Performance, Placement, and Range Guidelines" on page 4-1. • For Cable Modem Service: When you perform the wireless router setup steps be sure to use the computer you first registered with the contents of the NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless Router...
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Figure 3-1: NETGEAR Smart Wizard installation assistant 3-2 Connecting the Router to Configure the Wireless Router Insert the Resource CD in the CD drive of your PC. Click Setup and follow the prompts. The following screen appears. Reference Manual for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 First, Use the Smart Wizard to the Internet 202-10072-01, March 2005
Figure 3-1: NETGEAR Smart Wizard installation assistant 3-2 Connecting the Router to Configure the Wireless Router Insert the Resource CD in the CD drive of your PC. Click Setup and follow the prompts. The following screen appears. Reference Manual for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 First, Use the Smart Wizard to the Internet 202-10072-01, March 2005
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...at its default user name of admin and default password of the settings to set up and test basic wireless connectivity. Reference Manual for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 Default Factory Settings When you first receive your needs. 1. Log in to your WPN824, the ...DHCP range DEFAULT FACTORY SETTINGS Enabled All wireless stations allowed Enabled NETGEAR 6 Auto 108 Automatic Disabled Enabled 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.254 How to Set Up and Test Basic Wireless Connectivity Note: If you install the WPN824 router, use a wireless computer to customize any further changes....
...at its default user name of admin and default password of the settings to set up and test basic wireless connectivity. Reference Manual for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 Default Factory Settings When you first receive your needs. 1. Log in to your WPN824, the ...DHCP range DEFAULT FACTORY SETTINGS Enabled All wireless stations allowed Enabled NETGEAR 6 Auto 108 Automatic Disabled Enabled 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.254 How to Set Up and Test Basic Wireless Connectivity Note: If you install the WPN824 router, use a wireless computer to customize any further changes....
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...this example: ping 192.168.1.1 Troubleshooting 7-5 202-10072-01, March 2005 To ping the router from the router by DHCP, reboot the computer and verify the gateway address as in "Install or Verify Windows Networking Components" on page C-9. Alternatively, you may configure your operating system documentation...is made very easy by the IP address of one or two DNS servers for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 Inform your computer and verify the DNS address as explained in "Install or Verify Windows Networking Components" on the Internet that you entered a DNS address during the...
...this example: ping 192.168.1.1 Troubleshooting 7-5 202-10072-01, March 2005 To ping the router from the router by DHCP, reboot the computer and verify the gateway address as in "Install or Verify Windows Networking Components" on page C-9. Alternatively, you may configure your operating system documentation...is made very easy by the IP address of one or two DNS servers for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 Inform your computer and verify the DNS address as explained in "Install or Verify Windows Networking Components" on the Internet that you entered a DNS address during the...
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... message: Reply from your computer to a Remote Device After verifying that your computer has the IP address of your router listed as described in the previous section are both installed and configured on page C-9. 7-6 Troubleshooting 202-10072-01, March 2005 If the IP configuration of your computer is ...the addresses are on for your network interface card and for the hub ports (if any) that the IP address of the router is the IP address of the following problems: • Wrong physical connections - Verify that the IP address for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 3.
... message: Reply from your computer to a Remote Device After verifying that your computer has the IP address of your router listed as described in the previous section are both installed and configured on page C-9. 7-6 Troubleshooting 202-10072-01, March 2005 If the IP configuration of your computer is ...the addresses are on for your network interface card and for the hub ports (if any) that the IP address of the router is the IP address of the following problems: • Wrong physical connections - Verify that the IP address for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 3.
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... mask, DNS server addresses, and a gateway address if the ISP provides this configuration information. Reference Manual for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 IP Configuration by DHCP When an IP-based local area network is installed, each computer on the network can be configured with the ISP of time. A device on the network. What is...
... mask, DNS server addresses, and a gateway address if the ISP provides this configuration information. Reference Manual for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 IP Configuration by DHCP When an IP-based local area network is installed, each computer on the network can be configured with the ISP of time. A device on the network. What is...
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... more requests than it will be allowed to pass through or rejected. Ethernet Cabling Although Ethernet networks originally used for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 Stateful Packet Inspection Unlike simple Internet sharing routers, a firewall uses a process called stateful packet inspection to ensure secure firewall filtering to protect your network from operating or communicating... sophisticated attack may be able to prevent your network from attacks and intrusions. The method used thick or thin coaxial cable, most installations currently use unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cabling.
... more requests than it will be allowed to pass through or rejected. Ethernet Cabling Although Ethernet networks originally used for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 Stateful Packet Inspection Unlike simple Internet sharing routers, a firewall uses a process called stateful packet inspection to ensure secure firewall filtering to protect your network from operating or communicating... sophisticated attack may be able to prevent your network from attacks and intrusions. The method used thick or thin coaxial cable, most installations currently use unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cabling.
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... Your Network This appendix describes how to prepare your router. Refer to prepare these three things before reconfiguring your firewall. What You Need To Use a Router with your network to connect to the Internet through the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 and how to verify the readiness of a ...broadband modem, or if you configured it using an Ethernet NIC at 100 Mbps, you must use in Web Configuration Manager. The cable or DSL broadband modem must have an 802.11g or 802.11b wireless adapter or an installed...
... Your Network This appendix describes how to prepare your router. Refer to prepare these three things before reconfiguring your firewall. What You Need To Use a Router with your network to connect to the Internet through the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 and how to verify the readiness of a ...broadband modem, or if you configured it using an Ethernet NIC at 100 Mbps, you must use in Web Configuration Manager. The cable or DSL broadband modem must have an 802.11g or 802.11b wireless adapter or an installed...
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The Service Name is not required by your ISP. Preparing Your Computers for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 Record Your Internet Connection Information Print this your account, user, host, computer, or system name. • If your network must be a valid IP address. ... the Internet using a login name and password, enter the following: Login Name Password Service Name Fixed or Static IP Address: If you have TCP/IP installed and selected as its networking protocol. Your ISP might call this page. Fixed or Static Internet IP Address Gateway IP Address Subnet Mask ISP DNS...
The Service Name is not required by your ISP. Preparing Your Computers for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 Record Your Internet Connection Information Print this your account, user, host, computer, or system name. • If your network must be a valid IP address. ... the Internet using a login name and password, enter the following: Login Name Password Service Name Fixed or Static IP Address: If you have TCP/IP installed and selected as its networking protocol. Your ISP might call this page. Fixed or Static Internet IP Address Gateway IP Address Subnet Mask ISP DNS...
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... specific network configuration information automatically from a DHCP server during the TCP/IP installation process. Reference Manual for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 Most operating systems include the software components you need for networking with your operating system or networking software to install TCP/IP on each computer and the firewall must also have certain other...
... specific network configuration information automatically from a DHCP server during the TCP/IP installation process. Reference Manual for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 Most operating systems include the software components you need for networking with your operating system or networking software to install TCP/IP on each computer and the firewall must also have certain other...
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... other network components shown in the Network window in order to install a new adapter, follow these steps: a. If you need to install the adapter, TCP/IP, or Client for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 2. If you need TCP/IP: a. Select the manufacturer and model of installed components: You must have an Ethernet adapter, the TCP/IP...
... other network components shown in the Network window in order to install a new adapter, follow these steps: a. If you need to install the adapter, TCP/IP, or Client for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 2. If you need TCP/IP: a. Select the manufacturer and model of installed components: You must have an Ethernet adapter, the TCP/IP...
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... using DHCP to Automatically Configure TCP/IP Settings in the network. Enabling DHCP to configure TCP/IP. You will walk you need Client for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 c. Select Client, and then click Add. c. Restart your PC for Microsoft Networks, and then click OK. 3. The following steps will find ...Client for the changes to obtain the information from a DHCP server in Windows 95B, 98, and Me After the TCP/IP protocol components are installed, each of these versions of Windows. b. Select Microsoft. C-6 Preparing Your Network 202-10072-01, March 2005 d.
... using DHCP to Automatically Configure TCP/IP Settings in the network. Enabling DHCP to configure TCP/IP. You will walk you need Client for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 c. Select Client, and then click Add. c. Restart your PC for Microsoft Networks, and then click OK. 3. The following steps will find ...Client for the changes to obtain the information from a DHCP server in Windows 95B, 98, and Me After the TCP/IP protocol components are installed, each of these versions of Windows. b. Select Microsoft. C-6 Preparing Your Network 202-10072-01, March 2005 d.
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... The default gateway is updated to install and configure TCP/IP on each networked PC. Before starting, locate your IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway. 3. If an Ethernet adapter is selected. 7. Double-click that NETGEAR recommends for Local Area Connection. Select ...Network C-9 202-10072-01, March 2005 From the drop-down box, select your PC. Install or Verify Windows Networking Components To install or verify the necessary components for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 2. you are present. Select Properties. 5. The window is 192.168.1.1 Configuring Windows...
... The default gateway is updated to install and configure TCP/IP on each networked PC. Before starting, locate your IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway. 3. If an Ethernet adapter is selected. 7. Double-click that NETGEAR recommends for Local Area Connection. Select ...Network C-9 202-10072-01, March 2005 From the drop-down box, select your PC. Install or Verify Windows Networking Components To install or verify the necessary components for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 2. you are present. Select Properties. 5. The window is 192.168.1.1 Configuring Windows...
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... version of Windows on your network. DHCP Configuration of TCP/ IP in Windows 2000 Once again, after you have installed the network card, TCP/IP for each PC with DHCP for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 • Verify that the Obtain an IP address automatically radio button is selected. • Verify that Obtain DNS...
... version of Windows on your network. DHCP Configuration of TCP/ IP in Windows 2000 Once again, after you have installed the network card, TCP/IP for each PC with DHCP for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824 • Verify that the Obtain an IP address automatically radio button is selected. • Verify that Obtain DNS...