Netgear Router WGT624 V3 User Manual

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2.If not already selected, select Built-in Ethernet in the Configure list.
3.If not already selected, Select Using DHCP in the TCP/IP tab.
4.Click Save.
Verifying TCP/IP Properties for Macintosh Computers
After your Macintosh is configured and has rebooted, you can check the TCP/IP configuration by 
returning to the TCP/IP Control Panel. From the Apple menu, select Control Panels,...

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Verifying the Readiness of Your Internet Account
For broadband access to the Internet, you need to contract with an Internet service provider (ISP) 
for a single-user Internet access account using a cable modem or DSL modem. This modem must 
be a separate physical box (not a card) and must provide an Ethernet port intended for connection 
to a Network Interface Card (NIC) in a...

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• An IP address and subnet mask
• A gateway IP address, which is the address of the ISP’s router
• One or more domain name server (DNS) IP addresses
• Host name and domain suffix
For example, your account’s full server names may look like this:
mail.xxx.yyy.com 
In this example, the domain suffix is 
xxx.yyy.com.
If any of these items are dynamically supplied by the ISP, your firewall...

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If an IP address appears under Installed Gateways, write down the address. This is the ISP’s 
gateway address. Select the address and then click Remove to remove the gateway address.
6.Select the DNS Configuration tab.
If any DNS server addresses are shown, write down the addresses. If any information appears 
in the Host or Domain information box, write it down. Click Disable DNS....

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Restarting the Network
Once you’ve set up your computers to work with the firewall, you must reset the network for the 
devices to be able to communicate correctly. Restart any computer that is connected to the firewall.
After configuring all of your computers for TCP/IP networking and restarting them, and 
connecting them to the local network of your WGT624 v3 wireless router, you...

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Appendix D
Wireless Networking Basics
This chapter provides an overview of Wireless networking.
Wireless Networking Overview
The WGT624 v3 wireless router conforms to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 
(IEEE) 802.11b and 802.11g standards for wireless LANs (WLANs). On an 802.11b or g wireless 
link, data is encoded using direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) technology and is transmitted 
in the unlicensed radio spectrum at...

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Ad Hoc Mode (Peer-to-Peer Workgroup)
In an ad hoc network, computers are brought together as needed; thus, there is no structure or fixed 
points to the network - each node can generally communicate with any other node. There is no 
Access Point involved in this configuration. This mode enables you to quickly set up a small 
wireless workgroup and allows workgroup members to...

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•Shared Key. With Shared Key authentication, only those PCs that possess the correct 
authentication key can join the network. By default, IEEE 802.11 wireless devices operate in 
an Open System network. 
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) data encryption is used when the wireless devices are configured 
to operate in Shared Key authentication mode. 
802.11 Authentication
The 802.11...

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2.The access point authenticates the station.
3.The station associates with the access point and joins the network.
This process is illustrated below.
Figure 7-4:  Open system authentication
Shared Key Authentication
The following steps occur when two devices use Shared Key Authentication:
1.The station sends an authentication request to the access point.
2.The access point sends...