NETGEAR MR814v2 - Manual (Page 31)

Reference Manual for the MR814v2 Cable/DSL Wireless Router
Connecting the Router to the Internet 2-11
• Enter your Account Name (may also be called Host Name) and Domain Name. These
parameters may be necessary to access your ISP’s services such as mail or news servers. If you
leave the Domain Name field blank, the router try to discover the domain. Otherwise, you may
need to enter it manually.
• If you know that your ISP does not automatically transmit DNS addresses to the router during
login, select Use these DNS servers and enter the IP address of your ISP’s Primary DNS
Server. If a Secondary DNS Server address is available, enter it also.
Note: If you enter DNS addresses, restart your computers so that these settings take effect.
• Click Apply to save your settings.
• Click Test to test your Internet connection. If the NETGEAR website does not appear within
one minute, refer to
Chapter 7, “Troubleshooting .”
Fixed IP Account Wizard-Detected Option
If the Setup Wizard discovers that your ISP uses Fixed IP assignment, you will see this menu:
Figure 2-10: Setup Wizard menu for Fixed IP address accounts
• Fixed IP is also called Static IP. Enter your assigned IP Address, Subnet Mask, and the IP
Address of your ISP’s gateway router. This information should have been provided to you by
your ISP. You will need the configuration parameters from your ISP you recorded in
“Record
Your Internet Connection Information” on page 2-3 .
• Enter the IP address of your ISP’s Primary and Secondary DNS Server addresses.