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NTRODUCTION The Netopia™ Router is designed to be easy to connect, configure, and use. Netopia and your ISP together make it even easier for you to get your router set up and connected to the Internet in a few minutes.
(see “Advanced option” on page 9) to change your Netopia default IP address (192.168.1.1). You should make a note of it before running SmartStart, in case you do not want to use the dynamic addressing features built in to the Netopia Router and need to restore the fixed IP address.
OUTER WITH THE The SmartStart Wizard is tailored for your computer platform, but it works the same way on either a PC or a Macintosh. Inser t the Netopia CD or diskette (if that is what was supplied to you), and in the desktop navigation screen that appears, launch the SmartStart Wizard application.
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Make your selection and click Next. If you select ISP Automation, SmartStart offers you the option of choosing one of several Netopia ISP par tners that support the Netopia Router. You then see the Internet Service Provider Selection screen shown on page 7.
In most cases, this Smar tStart configuration is all that you need to get your router up and running and connected to the Internet. However, you may want to take advantage of additional features or special configuration options available through the console-based configuration inter face. For detailed instructions, see the on-line User’s Reference Guide on your Netopia CD. SmartStart tests to see if the...
Remember, the serial number is on the bottom of the router. It is also found in your documentation folio. Note: Forcing a new IP address may turn off the Netopia Router’s IP address serving capabilities, if you assign an IP address and subnet mask outside the router’s current IP address serving pool.
DHCP. Click OK in this window, and the next window. When prompted, reboot the computer. Note: You can also use these instructions to configure other computers on your network to accept IP addresses served by the Netopia Router. COMPUTERS...
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You must have either Open Transport or Classic Networking (MacTCP) installed. Note: If you want to use the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) ser ver built into your Netopia Router to assign IP addresses to your Macintoshes, you must be running Open Transport, standard in MacOS 8, and optional for MacOS 7.5 and above. You can have your Netopia Router dynamically assign IP addresses using MacTCP;...
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Choose Basic and click OK. In the TCP/IP window, select “Connect via: Ethernet” and “Configure: Using DHCP Server.” Note: You can also use these instructions to configure other computers on your network to accept IP addresses served by the Netopia Router. TATIC CONFIGURATION OPTIONAL If you are manually configuring the computer on your Local Area Network for a...
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