Install Your Router - NETGEAR AC1200 Installation Manual

Install Your Router

Make sure that your Internet service is active before you install the
router.
To install your router:

1. Prepare your modem.
a. Unplug your modem's
power.
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.
Your modem should be turned off, and cabled only to the wall jack
for your Internet service.
DSL or cable
Internet
1
Modem