User manual

Manage the Internet Settings Manually
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AC1200 WiFi DSL Modem Router—Essentials Edition Model D6100
9. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
10. Click the Test
button to test your Internet connection.
If the NETGEAR website does not display within one minute, see Troubleshoot the
Internet Connection on page 210.
Specify an IPv6 Internet Connection
If you want to use an IPv6 Internet connection, you must specify the settings manually.
NETGEAR genie does not detect an IPv6 Internet connection automatically.
IPv6 Internet Connections and IPv6 Addresses
The modem router can support an IPv6 Internet connection through the following connection
types:
• Auto Detect. For more information, see Set Up and IPv6 Connection Through Auto
Detect on page 57.
• Auto Config. For more information, see Set Up and IPv6 Connection Through Auto
Config on page 59.
• 6to4 tunnel. For more information, see Set Up an IPv6 6to4 Tunnel Connection on
page 61.
Internet IP Address
Get Dynamically from ISP Your ISP uses DHCP to assign your IP address. Your ISP automatically
assigns these addresses.
Use Static IP Address Enter the IP address, IP subnet mask, and gateway IP address that your
ISP assigned.
The gateway is the ISP modem router to which your modem
router connects.
Domain Name Server (DNS)
Address
The DNS server is used to look up site addresses based on their names.
Get Automatically from ISP Your ISP uses DHCP to assign your DNS servers. Your ISP automatically
assigns this address.
Use These DNS Servers If you know that your ISP does not automatically transmit DNS addresses
to the modem router during login, select this option and enter the IP
address of your ISP primary DNS server
. If a secondary DNS server
address is available, enter it also.
NA
T (Network Address Translation)
NAT allows computers on your home network to share the modem router Internet connection. NAT is
enabled by default because it is needed in most situations. Select the NA
T setting:
• Enable
. NA
T is enabled.
This is the default setting.
• Disable. NAT is disabled.
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