Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto WGM124 del fabbricante NETGEAR
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December 2004 Version 1.0 December 2004 NETGEAR , Inc. 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95 054 USA NETGEAR Wi reless Router Setup Manual.
ii December 2004 © 2004 by NETGEAR, Inc. All ri ghts reserved. December 2004. T rademarks NETGEAR is a tr ademark of Netge ar , Inc. Microsoft, W indows, and W indow s NT are registered trademar ks of Microsoft Corporation. Other brand and product names are registered tradem arks or trademarks of their respective holders.
December 2004 iii Bestätigung des Hers tellers/Importe urs Es wird hiermit bestätigt, daß das Pre-N W i reless Router WGM124 ge mäß der im BMP T -Amt sblVfg 243/1991 und Vfg 46/1992 aufgeführten Bestimmungen entstört ist. Das vorschrifts mäßige Betreiben ei niger Geräte (z.
December 2004 iv Product and Publication Det ails Model Number: WGM124 Publication Date: December 2004 Product Family: router Product Name: Pre-N Wireless Router WGM124 Home or Business Prod uc t: Hom.
Contents v December 2004 Content s Chapter 1 About This Guide Audience, Conventions, and Formats ............. ... ............. ................ ............. ............. ..... 1-1 How to Use This Manual .................... ................ ......
December 2004 vi Contents Erasing the Configuration ... ............. ................ ................ ............. ................ ............ 5-3 Upgrading the Wireless Router Software . .... ......... ................ ............. ............
Contents vii December 2004 Ethernet Cabling .......... ... .... ... ............. ... ... .... ... ... ... ... .... ............. ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... .......... B-1 1 Category 5 Cable Quality .......... ................ ............. ....
December 2004 viii Contents Appendix D Wireless Networking Basics Wireless Networking Overview ........ ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... ............. .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... . D-1 Infrastructure Mode .. .......... ....... .
About This Guide 1 December 2004 Chapter 1 About This Guide This chapter describes the intended audience, sc ope, conventions, and formats of this manual. Audience, Conventions, and Format s This reference manual assumes that the reader has basic compute r and Internet skills.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l 2 About This Guide December 2004 How to Use This Manual The HTML version of this ma nual includes the following: • Buttons, and , for browsing forwards or backwards through the manual one p age at a time • A button that displays the table of cont ents and an button.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual About This Guide 3 December 2004 How to Print this Manual T o print this manual you can choose one of the fo llowing several options, a ccording to your needs. • Printing a Page in the HTML V iew . Each page in the HTML version of the manu al is dedicated to a major topic.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l 4 About This Guide December 2004.
Getting to Know Your NETGEAR Wireless Router 2-1 December 2004 Chapter 2 Getting to Know Y our NETGEAR W ireless Router NETGEAR wireless routers provide connections for multiple computers to th e Internet through an external broadband access device such as a cable modem or DSL modem that is normally intended for use by a single computer .
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l 2-2 Getting to Kn ow Your NETGEAR Wireless Router December 2004 The Front Pane l The front panel of the wireless router includes various status lights. Y ou can use the status lights to verify connec tions . The Rear Panel The rear panel of the WGM1 24 rout er contains the items listed below .
Connecting the Router to the Internet 3-1 December 2004 Chapter 3 Connecting the Router to the Internet This chapter describes how to set up the router on your local area network (LAN) and connect to the Internet. Y ou will find out how to configur e your wireless router for Internet access.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l 3-2 Connecting the Router to the Internet December 2004 T roubleshooting Tip s Here are some tips for correctin g simple problems you may have.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Connecting th e Rou te r to the Internet 3-3 December 2004 How to Manually Configure Y our Internet Connection Y ou can manually configure your router using the menu below , or you can allow the Setup W izard to determine your config uration as described in the previous section.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l 3-4 Connecting the Router to the Internet December 2004 b. Internet IP Address: If your ISP has assigned you a perma nent, fi xed (static) IP address for your computer , select “Use static IP address”. Enter the IP ad dres s that your ISP assigned.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Connecting th e Rou te r to the Internet 3-5 December 2004 Figure 3-2: Basic Settings ISP lis t Note: Not all ISPs are listed here. The ones on this list have special requirements. b. The screen will change accordi ng to the ISP settings requirements of the ISP you select.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l 3-6 Connecting the Router to the Internet December 2004.
Optimizing Wireless Connectivity and Security 4-1 December 2004 Chapter 4 Optimizing Wireless Connectivity and Security This chapter describes how to configure the wireless features of your wireless router. In planning your wireless network, you should consider the le vel of security required.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l 4-2 Optimizing Wireless Connectivity and Security December 2004 Implement Appropriate Wireless Security Unlike wired network data, your wireless data transmissions can be rece ived well beyo nd your walls by anyone with a compatib le adapter .
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Optimizing Wireless Connectivity and Security 4-3 December 2004 Underst anding Wireless Settings T o configure the W ireless settings of your firewall, click the W irel ess link in the main menu of the browser interface.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l 4-4 Optimizing Wireless Connectivity and Security December 2004 T able 4-1. Basic W ireless Securit y Options Field Description Automatic No wireless secu rity .
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Optimizing Wireless Connectivity and Security 4-5 December 2004 Information to Gather Before Changing Basic Wireless Settings Before customizing your wireless settings, print th is form and record the following information.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l 4-6 Optimizing Wireless Connectivity and Security December 2004 Default Factory Settings When you first receive your WGM124, the d efault factory settings are show n below . Y ou can restore these defaults with the Factory Default R estore button on the rear panel.
Doing Basic Router Housekeeping 5-1 December 2004 Chapter 5 Doing Basic Router Housekeeping This chapter de scribes how to use some of the ma intena nce features of your Pre-N W irele ss Router WGM124. These features can be found by clicking on the Maintenance head ing in the Main Menu of the browser interface.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l 5-2 Doing Basic R outer Housekeeping December 2004 T o change the password, first en ter the old password, then enter the new password twice. Click Apply . Configuration File Management The configuration settings of the wireless router are stored wit hin the wireless router in a configuration file.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Doing Basic Rout er Housek eeping 5-3 December 2004 T o restore your settings from a saved configuration file, enter the full path to the file on your PC or click the Browse button to browse to the file. When you ha ve located it, click the Restore button to send the file to the wireless router.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l 5-4 Doing Basic R outer Housekeeping December 2004 Figure 5-3: Router Upgrade menu T o upload new firmware: 1. Download and unzip the new so ftware file from NETGEAR. 2. In the Router Upgrade menu, click the Brow se button and browse to the location of the upgrade file 3.
Troubleshooting Common Prob lems 6-1 December 2004 Chapter 6 T roubleshooting Common Problems This chapter gives informatio n about troubleshooting your Pr e-N W ireless Router WGM124. After each problem description, instructions ar e provided to help yo u diagnose and sol ve the problem.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l 6-2 Troubleshoo tin g Co mmo n Pro ble m s December 20 04 Light s Never T urn Off When the router is turned on, th e lights turns on for about 10 secon ds and then turn of f. If all the lights stay on, there is a fault within the router .
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Troubleshooting Co mmon Problems 6-3 December 20 04 • Make sure your computer ’ s IP addre ss is on th e same subnet as the router . If you are using the default addressing schemes, your computer ’ s addres s sho uld be in the range of 192.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l 6-4 Troubleshoo tin g Co mmo n Pro ble m s December 20 04 3. Under the Maintenance heading, select Router Status 4. Check that an IP address is shown for the W AN Port If 0.0.0.0 is shown, your router has no t obtained an IP address from your ISP .
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Troubleshooting Co mmon Problems 6-5 December 20 04 A DNS server is a host on the Internet that translates Interne t names (such as www addresses) to numeric IP addresses. T ypically your ISP will provide the addresses of one or two DNS servers for your use.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l 6-6 Troubleshoo tin g Co mmo n Pro ble m s December 20 04 If the path is not functioning correctly , you could ha ve one of the following problems: • W rong ph ysical connections — Make sure the LAN port LED is on.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Troubleshooting Co mmon Problems 6-7 December 20 04 — Y our ISP could be rejecting the Ethernet MAC addresses of all but one of your computers.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l 6-8 Troubleshoo tin g Co mmo n Pro ble m s December 20 04.
Technical Specifications A-1 December 2004 Appendix A T echnical S pecifications This appendix provides technical specifications for the Pre-N W ireless Router WGM124.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l A-2 Technical Specifications December 2004 Wireless Radio Data Rates 1, 2, 5.5, 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 54 Mbps Auto Rate Sensing, and pre-N up to 108 Mbps Frequency 2.4-5Gh z Data Encoding: 802.1 1b/g2.4GHz to 2.
Network, Routing, and Firewall Basics B-1 December 2004 Appendix B Network, Routing, and Firewall Basics This chapter provides an overview of IP networks, routing, an d networking. Related Publications As you read this document, you may be dire cte d to various RFC documents for further information.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l B-2 Network, Routing, and Firewall Basi cs December 2004 Routing Information Protocol One of the protocol s used b y a rout er to b uild an d maintain a picture of the network is the Routing Information Protocol (RIP).
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Network, Routing, and Firewall Basics B-3 December 2004 Figure B-1: Three Main Address Classes The five address classes are: • Class A Class A addresses can have up to 16,777,2 14 hosts on a single net work. They use an eigh t-bit network number and a 24-bit node number .
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l B-4 Network, Routing, and Firewall Basi cs December 2004 This addressing structure allows IP addresses to uniquely identify each phys ical network and each node on each ph ysical network .
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Network, Routing, and Firewall Basics B-5 December 2004 Subnet addressing al lows us to split one IP network ad dress into smaller multiple physical networks known as sub networks. Some of the node numbers are used as a su bnet number instead.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l B-6 Network, Routing, and Firewall Basi cs December 2004 The following table lists the additional subnet mask bits in dotted-decimal notation. T o use the table, write down the original class netmask and replace the 0 value octets with the dotted-decimal value of the additional subnet b its.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Network, Routing, and Firewall Basics B-7 December 2004 • So that hosts recognize local IP broadcast packets When a device broadcasts to its segment neighb ors, it uses a destination address of the local network address with all ones for the host address.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l B-8 Network, Routing, and Firewall Basi cs December 2004 The following figure illustrates a single IP address operation.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Network, Routing, and Firewall Basics B-9 December 2004 If a device sends data to another station on the network and the destination MAC address is not yet recorded, ARP is used. An ARP request is broadcast onto the network.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l B-10 Network, Routing, and Firewall Ba sics December 2004 IP Configuration by DHCP When an IP-based local area network is installed, each computer must be configured with an IP address.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Network, Routing, a nd Firewall Basics B-11 December 2004 S t ateful Pac ket Inspection Unlike simple Internet sharing rout ers, a firewall uses a process ca ll ed stateful packet inspection to ensure secure firewall filtering to protect your network from attacks and intrusions.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l B-12 Network, Routing, and Firewall Ba sics December 2004 Category 5 Cable Quality Category 5 distributed cable that me ets ANSI/EIA/ TIA-568-A building wiring stan dards can be a maximum of 328 feet (ft.) or 10 0 meters (m) in length, divided as follows: 20 ft.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Network, Routing, a nd Firewall Basics B-13 December 2004 Inside T wisted Pair Cables For two devices to communicate, th e transmitter of each device must be connected to the receiver of the other device. The cro sso ver function is usually implemented inte rnally as part of the circuitry in the device.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l B-14 Network, Routing, and Firewall Ba sics December 2004 Figure B-6: Category 5 UTP Cable with Male RJ-45 Plug at Each End Note : Flat “silver satin” tele phone cable may have the same RJ-45 pl ug.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Network, Routing, a nd Firewall Basics B-15 December 2004 The wireless router incorporates Auto Uplink TM technology (also called MDI/MDIX). Each LOCAL Ethernet port will automati cally sense whether the Ethernet cable pl ugged into the port should have a normal con nection (e.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l B-16 Network, Routing, and Firewall Ba sics December 2004.
Preparing Your Netwo rk C-1 December 2004 Appendix C Prep aring Y our Network This appendix describes how to prepare your n etw ork to connect to the In ternet through the Pre-N W ireless Router WGM124 and how to verify the readines s of broadband Internet service from an Internet service provider (ISP).
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l C-2 Preparing Yo ur Network December 2004 For the initial setup of your rout er , you will need to connect a computer to the router . This computer has to be set to automatically get it s TCP/IP configuration from the router via DHCP .
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Preparing Your Netwo rk C-3 December 2004 Record Y our Internet Co nnection Information Print this page. Fill in the configuration parameters from your Internet Service Provider (ISP). ISP Login Name: The login name and password are case sensitive and must be ente red exactly as given by your ISP .
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l C-4 Preparing Yo ur Network December 2004 Most operating systems include the software comp onents yo u n eed for networking with TCP/IP: •W i n d o w s ® 95 or later includes the software compon ents for establishing a TCP/IP network.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Preparing Your Netwo rk C-5 December 2004 2. Double-click the Network icon. The Network window o pens, which disp lays a list of installed components: Y ou must have an Ethernet adapter , the TCP/IP protocol, and Client for Microsoft Networks.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l C-6 Preparing Yo ur Network December 2004 c. Select Microsoft. d. Select TCP/IP , and then click OK. If you need Client for Micro soft Networks: a. Click the Add button. b. Select Client, and then click Ad d. c. Select Microsoft.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Preparing Your Netwo rk C-7 December 2004 Locate your Network Neighborhood icon. • If the Network Neighbor hood icon is on the W indows desktop, position your mouse pointer over i t and right-click your mouse button.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l C-8 Preparing Yo ur Network December 2004 Selecting Windows’ In ternet Access Method 1. On the W indows taskbar , click the Start button, point to Settings, and th en click Control Panel. 2. Double-click the Internet Options icon.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Preparing Your Netwo rk C-9 December 2004 2. Ty p e winipcfg , and then click OK. The IP Configuration window opens, which lists (a mong other things), your IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway . 3. From the drop-down box, select your Ethernet adapter .
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l C-10 Preparing Your Network December 2004 DHCP Configuration of TCP/IP in Windows XP , 2000, or NT4 Y ou will find there are many similarities in th e procedures for different W i ndows systems whe n using DHCP to configure TCP/IP .
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Preparing Your Netwo rk C-11 December 2004 • Now you should be at the Local Area Network Connection S tatus window . This box displays the conn ection status, duration, speed, and activity statistics. • Administrator logon access rights are needed to use this window .
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l C-12 Preparing Your Network December 2004 DHCP Configuration of TC P/IP in Windows 2000 Once again, after you have installed the network card, TCP/IP for W indows 2000 is con figured. TCP/IP should be added by de fault and set to DHCP without your having to configure it.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Preparing Your Netwo rk C-13 December 2004 • Click on the My Network Places icon on the W indows desktop. This will bring up a window called Network and Dial-up Connectio ns. • Right click on Local Ar ea Connection and select Properties .
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l C-14 Preparing Your Network December 2004 • W ith Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) selected, click on Properties to open the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Propert ies dialogue box. • V erify that • Obtain an IP address automatically is selected.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Preparing Your Netwo rk C-15 December 2004 DHCP Configuration of TCP/IP in Windows NT4 Once you have installed the network card, you need to configure the TCP /IP environment for W indows NT 4.0. Follow this procedure to configure TCP/IP with DHCP in W indows NT 4.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l C-16 Preparing Your Network December 2004 • Highlight the TCP/IP Pr otocol in the Network Protocols box, and click on the Properties button.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Preparing Your Netwo rk C-17 December 2004 V erifying TCP/IP Properties fo r Windows XP , 2000, and NT4 T o check your PC’ s TCP/IP configuration: 1. On the W indows taskbar , click the Start button, and then click Run.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l C-18 Preparing Your Network December 2004 • The default gateway i s 192.168.1.1 4. Ty p e exit Configuring the Macintos h for TCP/IP Networking Beginning with Macintosh Operating System 7 , TCP/ IP is already installed on the Macint osh.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Preparing Your Netwo rk C-19 December 2004 2. If not already selected, select Built- in Ethernet in the Configure list.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l C-20 Preparing Your Network December 2004 V erifying the Readiness of Y our Internet Account For broadband access to the Internet, you need to contract with an Internet service provider (ISP) for a single-user Internet access account using a cable modem or DSL mode m.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Preparing Your Netwo rk C-21 December 2004 • An IP address and subnet mask • A gateway IP address, which is the address of the ISP’ s router • One or more domain name server (DNS) IP addresses • Host name and domain suf fix For example, your account’ s full server names may look like this: mail.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l C-22 Preparing Your Network December 2004 If an IP address appears under Installed Gatewa ys, write down the address. This is the ISP’ s gateway address. Select the address and then click Remove to remove the gateway address.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Preparing Your Netwo rk C-23 December 2004 Rest arting the Network Once you’ve set up yo ur computers to work with the firewall, you must reset the network for the devices to be able to communicat e correctly . Re start any computer that is connected to the firewall.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l C-24 Preparing Your Network December 2004.
Wireless Networking Basics D-1 December 2004 Appendix D Wireless Networking Basics Wireless Networking Overview The wireless router conforms to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.1 1g standard for wireless LANs (WLANs). On an 802.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l D-2 Wireless Networking Basics December 2004 Ad Hoc Mode (Peer- to-Peer Workgroup) In an ad hoc network, computers are brought together as needed; thus, there is no structure or fixed points to the network - each node can g enerally communicate with any ot her node.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Wireless Networking Basics D-3 December 2004 The radio frequency channels used are listed in Ta b l e D - 1 : Note: The av ailable channe ls sup ported by the wireless products in various countries are dif ferent.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l D-4 Wireless Networking Basics December 2004 WEP Wireless Security The absence of a ph ysical connection between no des makes the wireless links vulnerable to eavesdropping and information theft. T o provide a certain level of security , the IEEE 802.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Wireless Networking Basics D-5 December 2004 • Shared Key Authentication requires that the station and the access point have the same WEP Key to authenticate. These two authentication procedures are described below .
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l D-6 Wireless Networking Basics December 2004 WEP Shared Key Authentication This process is illustrated in below . Figure D-2: 802.1 1 shared key authentication The following steps occur when two de vices use Shared Key Authentication: 1.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Wireless Networking Basics D-7 December 2004 Key Size and Configuration The IEEE 802.1 1 standard su pports two types of WEP en cryption: 40-bit and 128-bit. The 64-bit WEP data encryption meth od, allows for a five -character (40-bit) input.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l D-8 Wireless Networking Basics December 2004 How to Use WEP Parameters W ired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) data encryption is used when the wireless devices are configure d to operate in Shared Key authentication mode.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Wireless Networking Basics D-9 December 2004 • Enhanced data privacy • Robust key management • Data origin authentication • Data integrity protection The W i-Fi Alliance is now perform ing interoperability certificatio n testing on W i-Fi Protected Access products.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l D-10 Wireless Networking B asics December 2004 How Does WP A Compare to IEEE 802.1 1i? WP A will be forward compatible with the IEEE 802.1 1i security specification currently under development. WP A is a subset of the current 8 02.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Wireless Networking Basics D-11 December 2004 The primary information conveyed in the Beacon frames is the authentication method and the cipher suite. Possible authentication methods in clude 802.1X an d Pr e-s h are d ke y .
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l D-12 Wireless Networking B asics December 2004 WP A Authentication: Enterprise-level User Authentication via 802.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Wireless Networking Basics D-13 December 2004 Figure D-4: 802.1x A uthenticat ion Sequenc e The AP sends Beacon Frames with WP A informatio n element to the stations in the service set. Information ele ments inclu de the required authentication method (8 02.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l D-14 Wireless Networking B asics December 2004 3. The client sends an EAP-response packet containing the identity to the authentication server . The access point responds by enabling a port fo r passing only EAP packets from the client to an authentication server located on the wired si de of the access point.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Wireless Networking Basics D-15 December 2004 T emporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) WP A uses TKIP to provide important data encr y ption enhancements including .
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l D-16 Wireless Networking B asics December 2004 Is WP A Perfect? WP A is not without its vulnerabiliti es. Specifically , it is susceptible to denial of service (DoS) attacks.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Wireless Networking Basics D-17 December 2004 • The new WP A information element T o advertise their support of WP A, wireless APs send the beacon frame with a new 802.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l D-18 Wireless Networking B asics December 2004 Changes to Wireless Client Programs W ireless client programs must be updated to pe rmit the configuration of WP A authentication (and preshared key) and the n ew WP A encryption algorithms (TKIP and the optional AES component).
December 2004 Glossary 1 Glossary Use the list below to find definitions for technical terms used in this manual. List of Glossary T erms 802.1 1 b IEEE specification for wireless networ king at 1 1 Mbps using direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) technology and operating in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l 2 Glossary December 2004 Domain Name A descriptive name for an address or gro up of addresses on the Internet. Dom ain names are of the form of a registered entity name plus one of a nu mber of predefined top level suffixes such as .
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manual Glossary 3 December 2004 MAC address The Media Access Control address is a unique 48-bit hardware address assigned to every network interface card. Usually written in the form 01:23:45 :67: 89:ab. Mbp s Megabits per second.
NETGEAR Wireless Router Setup Manua l 4 Glossary December 2004 Subnetting enables the network admi nistrator to further di vide the host part of the address into two or more subnets. In this case, a part of the host address is rese rved to identify the particular subnet.
Index 1 Numerics 802.1 1b D-1 A Account Name 3-3 Address Resolution Protocol B-8 ad-hoc mode D-2 Auto MDI/MDI-X B-15 Auto Uplink B-15 B backup configuration 5-2 BSSID D-2 C Cabling B-1 1 Cat5 cable B-.
2 Index auto-generated 6-3 private B-7 translating B-9 IP configuration by DHCP B-10 IP networking for Macintosh C-18 for W indows C-4, C-9 L LEDs troubleshooting 6-2 M MAC address 6-7, B-8 spoofing 3.
Index 3 U Uplink switch B-14 USB C-20 W WEP D-8 Wi - Fi D - 1 , D - 4 W indows, configuring for IP routing C-4, C-9 winipcfg utility C-8 W inPOET C-20 W ired Equivalent Privacy .
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Se non hai ancora comprato il NETGEAR WGM124 è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del NETGEAR WGM124 - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso NETGEAR WGM124 imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul NETGEAR WGM124 ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il NETGEAR WGM124, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del NETGEAR WGM124.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il NETGEAR WGM124. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo NETGEAR WGM124 insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.