User manual NETGEAR DM111 RM

[. . . ] DM111P ADSL2+ Ethernet Modem Reference Manual NETGEAR, Inc. 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA Beta August 2006 © 2006 by NETGEAR, Inc. All rights reserved. Trademarks NETGEAR is a trademark of Netgear, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. [. . . ] You will need the new address to access the modem management utility in the future. 2-8 v1. 0, August 2006 Connecting to the Internet DM111P ADSL2+ Ethernet Modem Reference Manual 4. By default, most routers (and all NETGEAR routers) include an active DHCP server. If this is the case for your router, click the Off radio button to disable the DHCP server in the modem. If you changed the LAN IP address or DHCP server setting, click Apply to make the new settings take effect. Note: If you change the LAN IP address, you will lose your connection to the modem management utility. You will need to type the new IP address into your browser address box to re-access the utility. Connecting to the Internet v1. 0, August 2006 2-9 DM111P ADSL2+ Ethernet Modem Reference Manual 2-10 v1. 0, August 2006 Connecting to the Internet Chapter 3 Managing Your Modem This chapter describes how to perform management tasks on your DM111P ADSL2+ Ethernet Modem. All sections in this chapter refer to functions in the modem management utility, and assumes the utility has been opened in your web browser, as described in "Opening the Web-Based Modem Management Utility" on page 2-4. Changing the Password To keep your modem configuration settings secure, you can change the password needed to access the modem management utility, as folllows: 1. Click Set Password in the Maintenance section of the main menu. Figure 3-1 2. Type the new password where prompted, and click Apply. Managing Your Modem v1. 0, August 2006 3-1 DM111P ADSL2+ Ethernet Modem Reference Manual Backing Up, Restoring, or Erasing Your Settings The configuration settings of the ADSL2+ Modem are stored in a configuration file in the modem. This file can be backed up to your computer, restored, or reverted to factory default settings. The procedures below explain how to do these tasks. How to Back Up the Configuration to a File 1. From the Maintenance heading of the Main Menu, select the Backup Settings menu as seen in Figure 3-2. Figure 3-2 2. Click Backup to save a copy of the current settings. Store the . cfg file on a computer on your network. How to Restore the Configuration from a File 1. From the Maintenance heading of the Main Menu, select the Settings Backup menu as seen in Figure 3-2. Enter the full path to the file on your network or click the Browse button to locate the file. When you have located the . cfg file, click the Restore button to upload the file to the modem. The modem will then reboot automatically. How to Erase the Configuration It is sometimes desirable to restore the modem to the factory default settings. This can be done by using the Erase function. 3-2 v1. 0, August 2006 Managing Your Modem DM111P ADSL2+ Ethernet Modem Reference Manual 1. To erase the configuration, from the Maintenance menu Settings Backup link, click the Erase button on the screen. The modem will then reboot automatically. After an erase, the modem's password will be password, the LAN IP address will be 192. 168. 0. 1, and the modem's DHCP client will be enabled. [. . . ] Unless you have been assigned a static IP address, your modem must request an IP address from the ISP. You can determine whether the request was successful using the browser interface. To check the WAN IP address from the browser interface: 1. Launch your browser and select an external site such as www. netgear. com. [. . . ]