Netgear wgt624v3 User Manual

Preparing Your Network

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An IP address and subnet mask

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A gateway IP address, which is the address of the ISP’s router

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One or more domain name server (DNS) IP addresses

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Host name and domain suffix

For example, your account’s full server names may look like this:

mail.xxx.yyy.com

 

In this example, the domain suffix is 

xxx.yyy.com

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If any of these items are dynamically supplied by the ISP, your firewall automatically acquires 
them.

If an ISP technician configured your PC during the installation of the broadband modem, or if you 
configured it using instructions provided by your ISP, you need to copy the configuration 
information from your PC’s Network TCP/IP Properties window or Macintosh TCP/IP Control 
Panel before reconfiguring your PC for use with the firewall. These procedures are described next.

As mentioned above, you may need to collect configuration information from your PC so that you 
can use this information when you configure the WGR624v3 router. Following this procedure is 
only necessary when your ISP does not dynamically supply the account information. 

To get the information you need to configure the firewall for Internet access:

1.

On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.

2.

Double-click the Network icon.

The Network window opens, which displays a list of installed components.

3.

Select TCP/IP, and then click Properties.

The TCP/IP Properties dialog box opens.

4.

Select the IP Address tab.

If an IP address and subnet mask are shown, write down the information. If an address is 
present, your account uses a fixed (static) IP address. If no address is present, your account 
uses a dynamically-assigned IP address. Click “Obtain an IP address automatically”.

5.

Select the Gateway tab.