NETGEAR WGT624v4 - 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router Reference Manual

1-4 Connecting the Router to the Internet v1.0, May 2007 Preparing to Set Up Your Wireless Router Prepare the following before you set up your router: • Internet service. • The configuration information your Internet service provider (ISP) gave you. Depending on how your Internet account was set up, your may need one or more of these settings for the wireless router to access the Internet: – Host and domain names – Internet login name and password (frequently an e-mail address and password) – Domain name server (DNS) Addresses – F ...

1-4 Connecting the Router to the Internet v1.0, May 2007 Preparing to Set Up Your Wireless Router Prepare the following before you set up your router: • Internet service. • The configuration information your Internet service provider (ISP) gave you. Depending on how your Internet account was set up, your may need one or more of these settings for the wireless router to access the Internet: – Host and domain names – Internet login name and password (frequently an e-mail address and password) – Domain name server (DNS) Addresses – F ...

6-4 Troubleshooting v1.0, May 2007 Troubleshooting the ISP Connection If your router is unable to access the Internet, you should first determine whether the router is able to obtain a WAN IP address from the ISP. Unless you have been assigned a static IP address, your router must request an IP address from the ISP. You can determine whether the request was successful using the web Configuration Manager. To check the WAN IP address: 1. Launch your browser. 2. Access the main menu of the router’s configuration at http://192.168.1.1. 3. Under ...

Troubleshooting 6-7 v1.0, May 2007 – If your ISP assigned a host name to your computer, enter that host name as the Account Name in the Basic Settings page. – Your ISP could be rejecting the Ethernet MAC addresses of all but one of your computers. Many broadband ISPs restrict access by allowing traffic only from the MAC address of your broadband modem, but some ISPs additionally restrict access to the MAC address of a single computer connected to that modem. If this is the case, you must configure your router to “clone” or “spoof” ...

1-8 Connecting the Router to the Internet v1.0, May 2007 e. Securely insert the free end of the cable (1) into a LAN port on the router, such as LAN port 4 (3). f. Securely insert the yellow cable (5) that came with your wireless router into the yellow Internet port of the wireless router (4) and the other end into the modem (2). Your network cables are connected, and you are ready to start your network. Figure 1-6 Figure 1-7 3 1 4 5 2 ...

2-12 Wireless Settings and Security v1.0, May 2007 Setting Up WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK To set up WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK wireless security for the WGT624 v4 wireless router: 1. Click Wireless Settings in the Setup section of the main menu. 2. Select the security option that you want to use: • WPA-PSK [TKIP]. Only computers or devices that use WPA-PSK [TKIP] will be able to connect to the router. WPA2-PSK [AES] devices cannot connect. • WPA2-PSK [AES]. Only computers or devices that use WPA2-PSK [AES] will be able to connect to the router.WPA-PSK [ ...

Chapter 3 Content Filtering This chapter describes how to use the WGT624 v4 wireless router content filtering features to protect your network. The WGT624 v4 wireless router provides you with Web content filtering options, plus browser activity reporting and instant alerts via e-mail. You can establish restricted-access policies based on time of day, Web addresses and web address keywords. You can also block Internet access by applications and services, such as chat or games. Log in to the router at its default LAN address of http://www.routerlogin.net with its default user ...