Netgear WGR613VAL Manual Do Utilizador

Preparing Your Network

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This appendix describes how to prepare your network to connect to the Internet through the 
Wireless Router and how to verify the readiness of broadband Internet service from an Internet 
service provider (ISP).

You need to prepare these three things before you begin:

To use the wireless router on your network, each computer must have an 802.11g or 802.11b 
wireless adapter or an installed Ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC) and an Ethernet cable. If 
the computer will connect to your network using an Ethernet NIC at 100 Mbps, you must use a 
Category 5 (Cat 5) cable such as the one provided with your router. For an explanation of Ethernet 
cabling, see 

. The cable or DSL broadband modem must provide 

a standard 10 Mbps (10BASE-T) or 100 Mbps (100BASE-Tx) Ethernet interface. 

The wireless router includes a built-in Web Configuration Manager. To access the configuration 
menus on the wireless router, your must use a Java-enabled Web browser program which supports 
HTTP uploads such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. Use Internet Explorer 
or Netscape Navigator 4.0 or above. 

Note: If an ISP technician configured your computer during the installation of a 
broadband modem, or if you configured it using instructions provided by your ISP, you 
may need to copy the current configuration information for use in the configuration of 
your firewall. Write down this information before reconfiguring your computers. Refer 
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further information.