Netgear Router WGT624 V2 User Manual
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Reference Manual for the 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGT624 v2 Preparing Your Network C-5 M-10153-01 Verify the following settings as shown: • Client for Microsoft Network exists • Ethernet adapter is present • TCP/IP is present •Primary Network Logon is set to Windows logon Click on the Properties button. The following TCP/IP Properties window will display.
Reference Manual for the 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGT624 v2 C-6 Preparing Your Network M-10153-01 Selecting Windows’ Internet Access Method 1.On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. 2.Double-click the Internet Options icon. 3.Select “I want to set up my Internet connection manually” or “I want to connect through a Local Area Network” and click Next. 4.Select “I want to connect through a Local Area Network” and click Next. 5.Uncheck all boxes in the LAN Internet Configuration screen and click Next. 6.Proceed to the end of the Wizard. Verifying TCP/IP Properties After your PC is configured and has rebooted, you can check the TCP/IP configuration using the utility winipcfg.exe: 1.On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, and then click Run. • By default, the IP Address tab is open on this window. • Verify the following: Obtain an IP address automatically is selected. If not selected, click in the radio button to the left of it to select it. This setting is required to enable the DHCP server to automatically assign an IP address. • Click OK to continue. Restart the PC. Repeat these steps for each PC with this version of Windows on your network.
Reference Manual for the 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGT624 v2 Preparing Your Network C-7 M-10153-01 2.Ty p e winipcfg, and then click OK. The IP Configuration window opens, which lists (among other things), your IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway. 3.From the drop-down box, select your Ethernet adapter. The window is updated to show your settings, which should match the values below if you are using the default TCP/IP settings that NETGEAR recommends for connecting through a router or gateway: • The IP address is between 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.254 • The subnet mask is 255.255.255.0 • The default gateway is 192.168.0.1 Configuring Windows NT4, 2000 or XP for IP Networking As part of the PC preparation process, you may need to install and configure TCP/IP on each networked PC. Before starting, locate your Windows CD; you may need to insert it during the TCP/IP installation process. Install or Verify Windows Networking Components To install or verify the necessary components for IP networking: 1.On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. 2.Double-click the Network and Dialup Connections icon. 3.If an Ethernet adapter is present in your PC, you should see an entry for Local Area Connection. Double-click that entry. 4.Select Properties. 5.Verify that ‘Client for Microsoft Networks’ and ‘Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)’ are present. If not, select Install and add them. 6.Select ‘Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)’, click Properties, and verify that “Obtain an IP address automatically is selected. 7.Click OK and close all Network and Dialup Connections windows. 8.Then, restart your PC.
Reference Manual for the 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGT624 v2 C-8 Preparing Your Network M-10153-01 DHCP Configuration of TCP/IP in Windows XP, 2000, or NT4 You will find there are many similarities in the procedures for different Windows systems when using DHCP to configure TCP/IP. The following steps will walk you through the configuration process for each of these versions of Windows. DHCP Configuration of TCP/IP in Windows XP Locate your Network Neighborhood icon. • Select Control Panel from the Windows XP new Start Menu. • Select the Network Connections icon on the Control Panel. This will take you to the next step. • Now the Network Connection window displays. The Connections List that shows all the network connections set up on the PC, located to the right of the window. • Right-click on the Connection you will use and choose Sta tus.
Reference Manual for the 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGT624 v2 Preparing Your Network C-9 M-10153-01 • Now you should be at the Local Area Network Connection Status window. This box displays the connection status, duration, speed, and activity statistics. • Administrator logon access rights are needed to use this window. • Click the Properties button to view details about the connection. • The TCP/IP details are presented on the Support tab page. • Select Internet Protocol, and click Properties to view the configuration information.
Reference Manual for the 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGT624 v2 C-10 Preparing Your Network M-10153-01 DHCP Configuration of TCP/IP in Windows 2000 Once again, after you have installed the network card, TCP/IP for Windows 2000 is configured. TCP/IP should be added by default and set to DHCP without your having to configure it. However, if there are problems, follow these steps to configure TCP/IP with DHCP for Windows 2000.• Verify that the Obtain an IP address automatically radio button is selected. • Verify that Obtain DNS server address automatically radio button is selected. • Click the OK button. This completes the DHCP configuration of TCP/ IP in Windows XP. Repeat these steps for each PC with this version of Windows on your network.
Reference Manual for the 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGT624 v2 Preparing Your Network C-11 M-10153-01 • Click on the My Network Places icon on the Windows desktop. This will bring up a window called Network and Dial-up Connections. • Right click on Local Area Connection and select Properties. •The Local Area Connection Properties dialog box appears. • Verify that you have the correct Ethernet card selected in the Connect using: box. • Verify that at least the following two items are displayed and selected in the box of “Components checked are used by this connection:” • Client for Microsoft Networks and • Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) • Click OK.
Reference Manual for the 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGT624 v2 C-12 Preparing Your Network M-10153-01 • With Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) selected, click on Properties to open the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties dialogue box. • Verify that •Obtain an IP address automatically is selected. •Obtain DNS server address automatically is selected. • Click OK to return to Local Area Connection Properties. • Click OK again to complete the configuration process for Windows 2000. Restart the PC. Repeat these steps for each PC with this version of Windows on your network.
Reference Manual for the 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGT624 v2 Preparing Your Network C-13 M-10153-01 DHCP Configuration of TCP/IP in Windows NT4 Once you have installed the network card, you need to configure the TCP/IP environment for Windows NT 4.0. Follow this procedure to configure TCP/IP with DHCP in Windows NT 4.0. • Choose Settings from the Start Menu, and then select Control Panel. This will display Control Panel window. • Double-click the Network icon in the Control Panel window. The Network panel will display. • Select the Protocols tab to continue.
Reference Manual for the 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGT624 v2 C-14 Preparing Your Network M-10153-01 • Highlight the TCP/IP Protocol in the Network Protocols box, and click on the Properties button.