Manually Configuring Your Internet Connection - NETGEAR MBR814X Reference Manual

Reference Manual for the Mobile Broadband Router MBR814X

Manually Configuring Your Internet Connection

You can configure your router using the Basic Setup
menu shown to the right, or you can allow the Setup
Wizard to determine your configuration as described
in the previous section.
1. Set the WAN IP Address:
• Select "Get Dynamically from ISP" if your
ISP uses DHCP to assign your IP address.
Your ISP will automatically assign these
addresses.
• Select "Use Static IP Address" if your ISP
has assigned you a permanent, fixed (static)
IP address. Enter the IP address that your
ISP assigned. Also enter the IP Subnet
Mask and the Gateway IP Address. The
gateway is the ISP's router to which your
router will connect.
2. Specify the Domain Name Server (DNS) Address:
• Select "Get Dynamically from ISP" if your ISP uses DHCP to assign your IP address.
Your ISP will automatically assign this address.
• If you know that your ISP does not automatically transmit DNS addresses to the router
during login, select "Use these DNS servers" and enter the IP address of your ISP's
Primary DNS Server. If a Secondary DNS Server address is available, enter it also.
A DNS server is a host on the Internet that translates Internet names (such as
www.netgear.com) to numeric IP addresses. Typically your ISP transfers the IP address of one
or two DNS servers to your router during login. If the ISP does not transfer an address, you
must obtain it from the ISP and enter it manually here.
3. You should only disable NAT if you are sure you do not require it. NAT automatically assigns
private IP addresses (192.168.0.x) to LAN connected devices. When NAT is disabled, only
standard routing is performed by this router.
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Figure 3-5
v1.0, January 2006