NETGEAR 54 Mbps Wireless ADSL Firewall DG834G User Manual

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Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router DG834G User Manual

Configuring Your Internet Connection

1-5

v1.0, May 2008

No, I want to Configure the Router Myself. Enter your Internet settings manually in the
Basic Settings screen. See

“Viewing or Manually Configuring Your ISP Settings” on

page 1-6

.

If you selected Yes for the Auto-Detect Connection Type, then click Next to proceed.

The Setup Wizard detects your ISP configuration. Depending on the type of connection,
you are prompted to enter your ISP settings, as shown in the following table.

In either case, use the configuration settings that your ISP provided to assure that the
configuration for your Internet connection is correct.

Table 1-1. Auto-Detected Internet Connection Types

Connection Type

ISP Information

PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE)
PPP over ATM (PPPoA)

Enter the login user name and password. These fields are case-
sensitive.

Dynamic IP Account Setup

No entries needed.

IP over ATM Classical IP
assignment (RFC1577)

• Enter the assigned IP address, subnet mask, and the IP address

of your ISP’s primary DNS server. If a secondary DNS server
address is available, enter it also.

• DNS servers are required to perform the function of translating

an Internet name such as

www.netgear.com

to a numeric IP

address. For a fixed IP address configuration, you must obtain
DNS server addresses from your ISP and enter them manually
here.

Fixed IP (Static) Account
Setup

1. If required, enter the account name and domain name from

your ISP.

2. Select Use Static IP Address or Use IP Over ATM (IPoA —

RFC1483 Routed) according to the information from your ISP.
If you select IPoA, the router will detect the gateway IP
address, but you still need to provide the router IP address.

3. Enter your assigned IP address, subnet mask, and the IP

address of your ISP’s gateway modem router. This information
should have been provided to you by your ISP.

4. Enter the IP address of your ISP’s primary DNS server. If a

secondary DNS server address is available, enter it also.

DNS servers are required to perform the function of translating
an Internet name such as

www.netgear.com

to a numeric IP

address. For a fixed IP address configuration, you must obtain
DNS server addresses from your ISP and enter them manually
here.

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