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Setting up and testing basic wireless connectivity – NETGEAR N150 Wireless Router WNR1000 User Manual

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N150 Wireless Router WNR1000 User Manual

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Configuring Basic Connectivity

v1.0, January 2009

Dial on Demand. The router logs in only when outgoing traffic is present and logs out
after the idle time-out.

Manually Connect. The router logs in or logs out only when the user clicks Connect
or Disconnect in the Router Status screen.

Idle Timeout. Your Internet connection is logged out if there is no data transfer during the
specified time interval.

Domain Name Server (DNS) Address. If you know that your ISP does not automatically
transmit DNS addresses to the router during login, select Use These DNS Servers, and enter
the IP address of your ISP’s primary DNS server. If a secondary DNS server address is
available, enter it also.

Setting Up and Testing Basic Wireless Connectivity

Follow these instructions to set up and test basic wireless connectivity. Once you have established
basic wireless connectivity, you can enable security settings appropriate to your needs.

1. Select Wireless Settings under Setup in the main menu of the WNR1000 router.

Note: If you enter or change a DNS address, restart the computers on your network

so that these settings take effect.

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