Configuring Adsl Settings - NETGEAR DGN3500 User Manual

Table 1.
Settings
NAT (Net Address Translation)
These fields Router MAC Address
appear only if no
login is required.
1. Disabling NAT reboots the wireless modem router and resets its configuration settings to the factory defaults.
Disable NAT only if you plan to install the wireless modem router in a setting where you will be manually
administering the IP address space on the LAN side of the router.

Configuring ADSL Settings

For information about how to install ADSL filters, see the Setup
Note:
Manual.
NETGEAR recommends that you use the Setup Wizard to automatically detect and configure
your ADSL settings. This usually works fine. However, if you have technical experience and
are sure of the multiplexing method and virtual circuit number for the virtual path identifier
(VPI) and virtual channel identifier (VCI), you can specify those settings here.
N300 Wireless Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router DGN3500
Description
NAT automatically assigns private IP addresses (10.1.1.x) to
LAN-connected devices.
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The Ethernet MAC address that will be used by the wireless
modem router on the Internet port. Some ISPs register the
Ethernet MAC address of the network interface card in your
computer when your account is first opened. They will then
accept traffic only from the MAC address of that computer. This
feature allows your wireless modem router to masquerade as
that computer by "cloning" its MAC address.
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Connecting Your Router to the Internet
Enable. Usually NAT is enabled.
Disable. This disables NAT, but leaves the firewall active.
Disable NAT only if you are sure that you do not require it.
When NAT is disabled, only standard routing is performed
by this router. Classical routing lets you directly manage the
IP addresses that the wireless modem router uses.
Classical routing should be selected only by experienced
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users
Disable firewall. This disables the firewall in addition to
disabling NAT. With the firewall disabled, the protections
usually provided to your network are disabled.
Use Default Address. Use the default MAC address.
Use Computer MAC Address. The wireless modem router
will capture and use the MAC address of the computer that
you are now using. You must be using the one computer
that is allowed by the ISP.
Use This MAC Address. Enter the MAC address that you
want to use.
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