Niveo Professional NWAR33P - Manual (Page 16)

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Chapter 3: Basic Installation
The router can be configured through your web browser. A web browser is included as a
standard application in the following operating systems: Linux, Mac OS, Windows
98/NT/2000/XP/Me/Vista/W7, etc. The product provides an easy and user-friendly interface for
configuration.
Please check your PC network components. The TCP/IP protocol stack and Ethernet network
adapter must be installed. If not, please refer to your Windows-related or other operating system
manuals.
There are ways to connect the router, either through an external repeater hub or connect
directly to your PCs. However, make sure that your PCs have an Ethernet interface installed
properly prior to connecting the router device. You ought to configure your PCs to obtain an IP
address through a DHCP server or a fixed IP address that must be in the same subnet as the
router. The default IP address of the router is 192.168.1.254 and the subnet mask is
255.255.255.0 (i.e. any attached PC must be in the same subnet, and have an IP address in the
range of 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.253). The best and easiest way is to configure the PC to get
an IP address automatically from the router using DHCP. If you encounter any problem
accessing the router web interface it is advisable to uninstall your firewall program on your PCs,
as they can cause problems accessing the IP address of the router. Users should make their
own decisions on what is best to protect their network.
Please follow the following steps to configure your PC network environment.
Connecting Your Router
Users will not be able to connect to the internet through EWAN if DSL is already connected to
the internet. Only one connection type (EWAN or DSL) is allowed to connect to the internet at
one time.