What You Need To Use A Router With A Broadband Modem; Cabling And Computer Hardware - NETGEAR WGX102 Reference Manual

This appendix describes how to prepare your network to connect to the Internet through the 54
Mbps Wall-Plugged Wireless Range Extender WGX102 and how to verify the readiness of
broadband Internet service from an Internet service provider (ISP).
Note: If an ISP technician configured your computer during the installation of a
broadband modem, or if you configured it using instructions provided by your ISP, you
may need to copy the current configuration information for use in the configuration of
your firewall. Write down this information before reconfiguring your computers. Refer
to "Obtaining ISP Configuration Information for Windows
"Obtaining ISP Configuration Information for Macintosh
further information.

What You Need To Use a Router with a Broadband Modem

You need to prepare these three things before you begin:

Cabling and Computer Hardware

To use the WGX102 Wall-Plugged Range Extender on your network, each computer must have an
802.11g or 802.11b wireless adapter or an installed Ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC) and an
Ethernet cable. If the computer will connect to your network using an Ethernet NIC at 100 Mbps,
you must use a Category 5 (Cat 5) cable such as the one provided with your router. For an
explanation of Ethernet cabling, see
broadband modem must provide a standard 10 Mbps (10BASE-T) or 100 Mbps (100BASE-Tx)
Ethernet interface.
Preparing Your Network
Preparing Your Network
"Ethernet Cabling" on page
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