Auto-Detecting Your Internet Connection Type - NETGEAR DG834 Reference Manual

Reference Manual for the ADSL Firewall Router DG834
4. Connect to the Internet
The router is now properly attached to your network. You are now ready to configure your
router to connect to the Internet. There are two ways you can configure your router to connect
to the Internet:
a. Let the DG834 auto-detect the type of Internet connection you have and configure it. See
"Auto-Detecting Your Internet Connection Type" on page 3-10
b. Manually choose which type of Internet connection you have and configure it. See
"Manually Configuring Your Internet Connection" on page 3-16
These options are described below. In either case, unless your ISP automatically assigns your
configuration automatically via DHCP, you need the configuration parameters from your ISP you
recorded in "Record Your Internet Connection Information" on page

Auto-Detecting Your Internet Connection Type

The Web Configuration Manager built in to the router contains a Setup Wizard that can
automatically determine your network connection type.
1. If your router has not yet been configured, the Setup Wizard shown in
launch automatically.
Note: If instead of the Setup Wizard menu, the main menu of the router's Configuration
Manager as shown in
bring up this menu.
2. You must select a country and language. Language choices are English, French, German, and
Italian. After you change the language, the remaining setup screens change to the language of
your choice.
3. Select Yes to allow the router to automatically determine your connection.
4. Click Next.
The Setup Wizard will now check for the following connection types:
• Dynamic IP assignment
• A login protocol such as PPPoE or PPPoA
• Classical IP over ATM (RFC1577)
• Fixed IP address assignment
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Figure 3-15 appears, click the Setup Wizard link in the upper left to
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for instructions.
for instructions.
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Figure 3-9
Connecting the Router to the Internet
should