NETGEAR WGU624 Reference Manual page 32

Reference Manual for the Double 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGU624
If your Internet connection does not require a login, click No at the top of the Basic Settings
2.
menu and fill in the settings according to the instructions below. If your Internet connection
does require a login, click Yes, and skip to step 3.
Enter your Account Name (may also be called Host Name) and Domain Name.
a.
These parameters may be necessary to access your ISP's services such as mail or news
servers.
Internet IP Address:
b.
If your ISP has assigned you a permanent, fixed (static) IP address for your PC, select
"Use static IP address". Enter the IP address that your ISP assigned. Also enter the IP
Subnet Mask and the Gateway IP address. The Gateway is the ISP's router to which your
router will connect.
Domain Name Server (DNS) Address:
c.
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 an address here, restart the computers on your network so that these
settings take effect.
Gateway's MAC address:
d.
This section determines the Ethernet MAC address that will be used by the router on the
Internet port. Some ISPs register the Ethernet MAC address of the network interface card
in your PC when your account is first opened. Then they only accept traffic from the MAC
address of that PC. This feature allows your router to masquerade as that PC by "cloning"
its MAC address.
To change the MAC address, select "Use this Computer's MAC address." The router will
capture and use the MAC address of the PC that you are now using. You must be using the
one PC that is allowed by the ISP. Or, select "Use this MAC address" and enter it.
Click Apply to save your settings.
e.
If your Internet connection does require a login, fill in the settings according to the instructions
3.
below. Select Yes if you normally must launch a login program such as Enternet or WinPOET
in order to access the Internet.
Note: After you finish setting up your router, you will no longer need to launch the ISP's login
program on your PC in order to access the Internet. When you start an Internet application,
your router will automatically log you in.
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