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    ST ART HERE Congr atulati ons on your pur chase of a NETG EAR ™ Model R T311 Inte rnet Access Gateway Router . T hese instructions show y ou how to conf i gure y our W i ndows ® PC network and y our N ETG EAR router f or basic Inter net access. F or more detailed i nfor mation about install ing y our router or conf i gur ing adv anced features, [...]

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    PR ODUCT ILLUSTRA TION F ront Pan el T he front pane l of the Model R T311 Inter net Access Gateway Router contains LEDs that pro vide diagnostic and connectivity i nfor mation. T he table be low describes the LEDs on the fr ont panel of the r outer . Label Activity Descr iption PWR (P ower) On P ower is suppl ied to the router . TES T On T he syst[...]

  • Page 4

    Rear Panel T he rear panel of the Model R T311 Internet Access Gateway Router i ncludes: • Ground • 12 V DC power adapter connecti on • 10/100 Mbps Ether net por t, for Local (LAN) connecti ons to attached PCs • 10 Mbps Ether net por t, for Inte rnet (W AN) connection to a broadband access dev ice, such as a cable or DSL modem • RS-232 se[...]

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    PREP ARA TION AND SETUP Before usi ng the r outer to connect your LAN to the Inter net, you must: • Order Inter net service fr om an Internet se rvice pro vi der (ISP) • Set up your PCs f or using the T r ansmissi on Control Pr otocol/Inter net Protocol (TCP/IP) networki ng protocol ISP Checklist Contact an ISP to reques t a sing le-user Inter [...]

  • Page 6

    PREP ARA TION AND SETUP CONT . Network Checklist T he Model R T311 Inter net Access Gateway Router uses IP . IP confi gurati on has the follo win g requirements: • All PCs must have TCP/IP manually installed and selected as the networki ng protocol. • All PCs and the router must be assigned IP addresses. The r outer ’ s DHCP function automati[...]

  • Page 7

    Conf iguring TCP/IP Proper ties N ETG EAR recommends that you leave the TCP/IP setup par ameters at their factor y default settings unless you have a spec if ic reason to change them. W ith the d efault settings, your PC is conf ig ured to obtain its TCP/IP conf igur ation i nfor mati on automatically from a DHCP server on the local networ k. T he [...]

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    8. Select Obtain an IP address autom atically . 9. Click on OK. T o obtain the conf igur ation i nfor mati on from the router : 1. T urn on the router . Be sure the router has been on f or at least on e minute before continuing to the next step. 2. Reboot each PC on your network. V erifying TCP/IP Proper ties After y our PC has been conf ig ured an[...]

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    5. In the f irst Wizard screen, enter your account’ s Host Name and Dom ain Name, as shown belo w: 6. Click on Next to go to the ISP Parameters screen, sho wn below: T his screen deter mi nes whether a log in pr ogr am will be run. a. If your service provider does not require a login program, leav e Encapsulation as Ethernet and proceed to Step 7[...]

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    b. If your service provider uses PPP oE, select Encapsulation as PPP oE, and enter these additional parameters: – If your connecti on suppor ts multiple ISPs, enter the Se rvice Name of the one you use. Otherwise leave Service Name b lank. – Enter the user name and password pr o vided by y our ISP . These f ields are case sensitive. – If you [...]

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    b. DNS Server Address Assignment: If you kno w that your ISP does not automatically transmit DNS addresses to the router during login, select “ Use this server ” and enter the IP address of the ISP ’ s DNS server . A DNS server is a host on the Internet that tr anslates Inter net names (such as www addresses) to numer ic IP addresses. T ypica[...]

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    TR OUBLESHOOTING T his section l ists the followi ng pr oblems, their probable causes, and solu tions: • If the PWR and other LEDs are not l it when you plug y our router i nto a powe r outlet make sure: – T he powe r cord is proper ly connected to the router . – Y ou are usin g the correct N ETGEAR po wer adapte r supplied with y our rou ter[...]

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    © 2000 by N ETG EAR, Inc. All ri ghts reserved. T radem arks N ETG EAR is a trademark of N ETGEAR, Inc. Microsoft, Wi ndows, and W indo ws NT are reg is tered tr ademarks of Microsoft Corpor ati on. All other tr ademarks and reg istered trademar ks are the prope r ty of their respec tive o wners. Statement of Conditions In the inte rest of impro v[...]

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    NETGEAR, Inc. 4401 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA Phone: 1-888-NETGEAR www .NETGEAR.com Support Inf ormation See Support Informati on Card f or phone numbers. Internet / W orld Wide W eb Go to http://www .NETG EAR.com f or the NETG EAR W eb page. Defective or damaged mer chandise can be returned to y our poi nt-of-sale representati[...]