Rear Panel; What You Need Before You Begin; Hardware Requirements - NETGEAR CG834WG User Manual

Rear Panel

The rear panel of the CG834WG contains the connections identified below:
wireless antenna
reset button
AC power adapter input
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What You Need Before You Begin

You need these three things before you can connect your gateway to the Internet:
• A computer properly connected to the gateway as explained below.
• Active Data Over Cable Internet service provided by cable modem account.
• The Internet Service Provider (ISP) configuration information for your cable modem account.

Hardware Requirements

The CG834WG Gateway connects to your LAN using either its twisted-pair Ethernet, USB or
802.11b or 802.11g wireless port.
To use the CG834WG Gateway on your network, each computer must have either an installed
Ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC), USB Host port or 802.11b or 802.11g wireless adapter. If
the computer will connect to your network at 100 Mbps, you must use a Category 5 (CAT5) cable
such as the one provided with your gateway.
Wireless Cable Modem Gateway CG834WG User Manual
USB port
coaxial cable to your cable service provider
4 Ethernet LAN ports
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