Install Your Router - NETGEAR Nighthawk X4S Quick Start Manual

Install Your Router

Make sure that your Internet service is active before you install
your router.
¾ To install your router:
1. Attach and position the antennas:
a. To determine where to attach the antennas, match the
labels on the antennas with the labels on the router.
b. Align the antennas with the antenna posts on the router.
c. Attach the antennas on the threaded antenna posts.
d. Position the antennas for the best WiFi performance.
NETGEAR recommends that you position all of the antennas
vertically, as shown.
2. Prepare your modem:
a. Unplug your modem's power.
b. If the modem uses a battery backup,
remove its batteries.
c. If your modem is already connected
to another router, disconnect the
cable between your modem and that router.
Make sure that your modem is turned off and is cabled only to
the wall jack for your Internet service.
Internet
4
Cable or
DSL
Modem