Install Your Router; Prepare Your Modem; Connect Your Modem - NETGEAR N900 Installation Manual

Install Your Router

Make sure that your Internet service is active before you install the
router. Follow steps 1 through 5.

1. Prepare your modem.

a. Unplug the power to the
modem.
b. If the modem has a battery
backup, remove its batteries.
c. If your modem was already
connected to another router,
disconnect the cable
between your modem and
that router.
d. Check that your modem is
turned off and cabled only to
the wall jack for your Internet service.

2. Connect your modem.

a. Plug in and turn on your modem. (Replace the batteries if you
removed them previously.)
b. With the yellow Ethernet cable that came with the router,
connect your modem to the Internet port of your router.
2
Modem
5
DSL or cable
Internet
1
Modem
Router