Connecting The Gateway To The Internet; What You Will Need Before You Begin; Hardware Requirements; Lan Configuration Requirements - NETGEAR CG814WG V2 Reference Manual

Reference Manual for the Wireless Cable Modem Gateway CG814WG v2
Chapter 3

Connecting the Gateway to the Internet

This chapter describes how to set up the CG814WG v2 Gateway on your Local Area Network
(LAN), connect to the Internet and perform basic configuration.

What You Will Need Before You Begin

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

Hardware Requirements

The CG814WG v2 Gateway connects to your LAN using either its twisted-pair Ethernet, USB or
802.11b or 802.11g wireless port.
To use the CG814WG v2 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.

LAN Configuration Requirements

For the initial connection to the Internet and configuration of your gateway, you will need to
connect a computer to the gateway which is set to automatically get its TCP/IP configuration from
the gateway via DHCP.
Note: Please refer to Appendix C, "Preparing Your Network" for assistance with DHCP
configuration.
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