User Manual

NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual
Connecting the Router to the Internet 3-9
September 2004
How to Manually Configure Your Internet Connection
You can manually configure your router using the menu below, or you can allow the Setup Wizard
to determine your configuration as described in the previous section.
Figure 3-6: Browser-based configuration Basic Settings menus
You can manually configure the router using the Basic Settings menu shown in Figure 3-6 using
these steps:
1. Connect to the wireless router by typing http://192.168.61.1 in the address field of your
browser, then click Enter.
2. For security reasons, the wireless router has its own user name and password. When prompted,
enter
admin for the router user name and password for the router password, both in lower
case letters.
3. Click Basic Settings on the Setup menu.
4. If your Internet connection does not require a login, click No at the top of the Basic Settings
menu and fill in the settings according to the instructions below. If your Internet connection
does require a login, click Yes, and skip to step 5.
a. Enter your Account Name (may also be called Host Name) and Domain Name.
These parameters may be necessary to access your ISP’s services such as mail or news
servers.
ISP Does Not Require Login
ISP Does Require Login