User manual NETGEAR KWGR614

[. . . ] 54Mbps Wireless Router Model KWGR614 Reference Manual NETGEAR, Inc. 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA September 2006 © 2006 by NETGEAR, Inc. September 2006. Trademarks NETGEAR is a trademark of Netgear, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. [. . . ] Select the protocol used by your ISP from the "Internet Service Provider" drop-down list. Figure 4-2 Note: Not all ISP protocols are listed here. The ones on this list have special requirements. The screen will change according to the ISP settings requirements of the ISP you select. Fill in the parameters for your Internet service provider. Click the Test button to verify you have Internet access. 4-4 v1. 2, September 2006 Maintenance 54Mbps Wireless Router Model KWGR614 Reference Manual Viewing Wireless Router Status Information The Router Status menu provides status and usage information. From the Maintenance section of the Main Menu, click Router Status to view the Router Status screen, shown below. Figure 4-3 This screen shows the following parameters: Table 4-1. Field Account Name Firmware Version Internet Port Wireless Router Status Fields Description This field displays the Host Name assigned to the router. This field displays the router firmware version. These parameters apply to the Internet (Wire Area Network also referred to as WAN) port of the router. Maintenance v1. 2, September 2006 4-5 54Mbps Wireless Router Model KWGR614 Reference Manual Table 4-1. Field MAC Address IP Address Wireless Router Status Fields Description This field displays the Media Access Control address being used by the Internet (WAN) port of the router. This field displays the IP address being used by the Internet (WAN) port of the router. If no address is shown, the router cannot connect to the Internet. If set to FixedIP, the router is configured to use a fixed IP address on the WAN. If set to Client, the router is configured to obtain an IP address dynamically from the ISP. This field displays the IP Subnet Mask being used by the Internet (WAN) port of the router. These parameters apply to the Local (LAN) port of the router. This field displays the Media Access Control address being used by the LAN port of the router. This field displays the IP address being used by the Local (LAN) port of the router. The default is www. routerlogin. net Identifies if the router's built-in DHCP server is active for the LAN attached devices. This field displays the IP Subnet Mask being used by the Local (LAN) port of the router. The default is 255. 255. 255. 0 These parameters apply to the Wireless port of the router. The Basic Service Set IDentifier (BSSID) is the MAC address being used by the wireless port (WLAN) of the router. This field displays the wireless network name (SSID) being used by the wireless port of the router. This field displays the geographic region where the router being used. [. . . ] Check to see that the network address of your computer (the portion of the IP address specified by the netmask) is different from the network address of the remote device. Check that your cable or DSL modem is connected and functioning. If your ISP assigned a host name to your computer, enter that host name as the Account Name in the Basic Settings menu. ­ ­ ­ 6-6 v1. 2, September 2006 Troubleshooting 54Mbps Wireless Router Model KWGR614 Reference Manual ­ Your ISP could be rejecting the Ethernet MAC addresses of all but one of your computers. Many broadband ISPs restrict access by only allowing traffic from the MAC address of your broadband modem, but some ISPs additionally restrict access to the MAC address of a single computer connected to that modem. [. . . ]