How To Manually Configure The Primary Internet Connection - NETGEAR FWG114Pv2 - Wireless Firewall With USB Print Server Reference Manual

Reference Manual for the ProSafe Wireless 802.11g Firewall/Print Server Model FWG114P v2

How to Manually Configure the Primary Internet Connection

Use these steps to manually configure the primary Internet connection in the Basic Settings menu.
Select your Internet connection type (broadband with or without login, or serial).
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Note: If you are a Telstra BigPond broadband customer, or if you are in an area, such as
Austria that uses broadband PPTP, login is required. If so, select BigPond or PPTP from the
Internet Service Type drop down box.
Enter your Account Name (may also be called Host Name) and Domain Name. These
2.
parameters may be necessary to access your ISP's services, such as mail or news servers.
If needed, enter the PPPoE login user name and password provided by your ISP. These fields
3.
are case sensitive. To change the login timeout, enter a new value in minutes.
Note: You will no longer need to run the ISP's login program on your computer in order to
access the Internet. When you start an Internet application, your firewall automatically logs
you in.
You should only disable NAT if you are sure you do not require it. NAT automatically assigns
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private IP addresses (for example, 192.168.0.x) to LAN connected devices. When NAT is
disabled, only standard routing is performed by this router.
Note: Disabling NAT will reboot the router and reset all the FWG114P v2 configuration
settings to the factory default. Disable NAT only if you plan to install the FWG114P v2 in a
setting where you will be manually administering the IP address space on the LAN side of the
router.
Internet IP Address: If your ISP assigned you a permanent, fixed IP address for your computer,
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select "Use Static IP Address." Enter the IP address your ISP assigned. Also enter the IP
Subnet Mask and the Gateway IP address. The Gateway is the ISP's router to which your
firewall will connect.
Domain Name Server (DNS) Address: If your ISP does not automatically transmit DNS
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addresses to the firewall 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.
Note: 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 firewall during login. If the ISP does not transfer an address, you
must obtain it from the ISP and enter it manually here. If you enter an address here, you should
reboot your PCs after configuring the firewall.
Connecting the FWG114P v2 to the Internet
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