How to setup a NETGEAR routers?

India
March 12, 2007 11:15pm CST
It is a quite a big chalLenge to setup your netgear router with the following "Internet Service Providers".All DSL providers follow the same steps.... VERIZON,BELLSOUTH,AT&T,SBC GLOBAL,SYMPATICO(Canada) The following modems are double nating compatible modems. WESTELL,SPEEDSTREAM,NETOPIA,MOTOROLA SURFBOAT.. STEPS --------------------- 1)TURN OFF YOUR MODEM 2)RESET THE ROUTER.... 3)OPEN THE BROWSER(IE OR FIREFOX) IN WINDOWS AND SAFARI IN MAC 4)TYPE ON THE ADDRESS BAR 192.168.1.1 FOR(WGR614V1 TO V6) WELCOME SCREEN WILL APPEAR) THIS IS AN HIJACK SCREEN,YOU NEED TO BYPASS THIS SCREEN ,BY TYPING ON THE BROWSER 192.168.1.1/basicsetting.htm scroll down the basic setting page and click on apply,it will ask for a username and password(enter "admin" and "password"),now you are back to the basic settings. 5)NOW ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE CLICK ON WIRELESS SETTINGS AND DO THE WIRELESS SETTINGS,SSID:TYPE YOU FIRST NAME,CHANNEL-06,MODE:G&B OR AUTOMODE108MBPS(WGT) OR AUTOMODE 270MBPS(N SERIES)....ENABLE SECURITY(CHOOSE THE SECOND OPTION ie WEP) WIRED EQUIVALENT PRIVACY.NOW BELOW THAT YOU HAVE TO SELECT AUTHENTICATION TYPE- "AUTOMATIC",ENCRPTION STRENGTH-"64 BIT" AND THEN CLICK ON KEY1 AND ENTER YOUR 10 DIGIT TELEPHONE OR ANY THING (BUT IT MUST BE A TEN DIGIT NUMBER,ONCE YOU DONE THAT CLICK ON APPLY. 6)NOW ON LEFT PANEL CLICK ON "LAN IP SETUP" AND CHANGE THE IP ADDRESS TO "192.168.10.1" THEN STARTING IP ADDRESS TO 192.168.10.2 AND ENDING IP ADDRESS TO 192.168.10.51,AND CLICK APPLY YOU WILL GET A MESSAGE PLEASE DO "IPCONFIG RELEASE/RENEW",CLICK OK AND CONTINUE,WAIT UNTIL YOU GET THE PAGE CANNOT BE DISPLAYED OR ACTION CANCELLEDCLOSE THIS WINDOW NOW. 7)TURN OFF THE NETGEAR ROUTER AND TURN ON THE MODEM AND WAIT FOR THE DSL LIGHT TO GLOW,ONCE IT HAPPENED ,TURN ON YOUR ROUTER AND WAIT FOR ANOTHER 10 SEC,THE COMPUTER WILL GO ONLINE... 8)STILL NOT GOING MEANS,ONCE AGAIN LOGIN TO ROUTER MANAGER "192.168.10.1" AND RUN THE SETUP WIZARD ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE,HERE IF YOU ARE GETTING PPPOE DETECTED,THEN ENTER YOUR ISP :"USERNAME AND PASSWORD",THEN CHECK ON ROUTER STATUS AND YOU WILL SEE AN IP ADDRESS UNDER THE INTERNET PORT ,THEN YOUR COMPUTER WILL GO ONLINE 9)NOW TRY FROM THE WIRELESS DEVICES,SCAN SSID AND GET CONNECTED................ HOPEFULLY YOU CAN GO ONLINE EASILY USING THE STEPS ABOVE IN A DSL CONNECTION AT UNITED STATES AND CANADA HERE YOU CAN SAVE 36.5$ FOR THE PAID SUPORT PLEASE COMMENT YOUR EXPERIENCE AND RATE ME TODAY ..THANKS IN ADVANCE AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT NETGEAR PRODUCTS YOU CAN ASK ME..........ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU.....
1 response
• Canada
13 Mar 07
Thanks, I use a netgear router as well, this was somewhat helpful.