Connecting Your Wireless Router - NETGEAR WNR3500v2 - RangeMax Wireless N Gigabit Router Setup Manual

Connecting Your Wireless Router

Before you install your wireless router, make sure that the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Property
settings on your computer are set to "automatically obtain an IP address" using DHCP and "Obtain
DNS server address automatically." You can check these settings by looking at the TCP/IP
Properties of your Internal Network Connections, which are accessible through the Control Panel
of your computer. If you are unsure about this, refer to the documentation for your computer or see
the link to TCP/IP Addressing in
If you are replacing an existing router, disconnect it completely from your network
and set it aside before starting to install your new router, then go to
your wireless router:" on page
To connect the wireless router, the computer, and the modem:
Turn off and unplug the power to the broadband cable modem or DSL modem.
1.
Locate the Ethernet cable (A) that connects your computer to the modem.
2.
Disconnect the Ethernet cable at the modem end only (B). You will connect it to the router
3.
later.
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Locate the Ethernet cable that came with your NETGEAR product. Securely insert one end of
4.
the Ethernet cable into your modem (C) and the other end into the Internet port of the wireless
router (D). The Ethernet cable and the Internet port label are color coded.
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