Testing Basic Wireless Connectivity - NETGEAR DGN3500 - Wireless-N Gigabit Router Setup Manual

Note the new SSID and WPA/WPA2 password for the wireless network.
4.
To access the Internet from any computer connected to your wireless-N modem router, launch a
browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Firefox. You should see the wireless-N modem
router's Internet LED blink, indicating communication to the ISP.
If you are planning a mixed network of WPS capable devices and non-WPS capable
devices, NETGEAR suggests that you set up your wireless network and security
settings manually first, and use WPS only for adding additional WPS capable
devices.
For more information on setting up your wireless network and configuring your wireless security
settings, see the User Manual. A link to the on-line User Manual is on your Resource CD.

Testing Basic Wireless Connectivity

Once you have established basic wireless connectivity, you can enable security settings
appropriate to your needs.
To set up and test basic wireless connectivity:
1. Log in to the wireless-N modem router at its default LAN address of http://192.168.0.1 with
its default user name of admin and default password of password, or using whatever LAN
address and password you have set up.
2. Click the Wireless Settings link in the main menu of the wireless-N modem router.
3. Note that the default SSID is NETGEAR.
The SSID of any wireless adapters must match the SSID you configure in the
wireless-N modem router. If they do not match, you will not get a wireless
connection.
4. Set the Region. Select the region in which the wireless interface will operate.
Leave the Wireless mode at the default setting of 130 Mbps. This mode is backward
5.
compatible with 802.11b and 802.11g wireless adapters.
26 Configuring Your Wireless Network