User Manual

6 Getting to Know Your Wireless Router
• Away from any large metal surfaces, such as a solid metal door or aluminum studs. Large
expanses of other materials such as glass, insulated walls, fish tanks, mirrors, brick, and
concrete can also affect your wireless signal.
Installing Your Wireless-N Router
To help you set up your router and get on the Internet quickly, the Resource CD contains a Smart
Wizard™ EZ SETUP Installation Assistant. The EZ SETUP Installation Assistant walks you
through the steps required to connect your router, modem, and PC(s); configure your wireless
settings; and enable wireless security for your network. When you have finished, you will be
Internet ready!
You can set up your wireless-N router using one of two methods:
• Smart Wizard Setup: The Smart Wizard EZ SETUP Installation Assistant is available on
your Resource CD. See “Installing Your Router Using the Smart Wizard” on page 8 to use the
Smart Wizard EZ SETUP Installation Assistant.
This is the easiest option. The wizard guides you through the setup process. It automates many
of the steps and verifies that the steps have been successfully completed..
Failure to follow these guidelines can result in significant performance degradation
or an inability to wirelessly connect to the Internet.
NETGEAR does not recommend or support adding a NETGEAR router behind
another router, or replacing a gateway with a a NETGEAR router.
If you have a Macintosh or Linux system, you need to use the manual installation
method (see “Manually Installing Your Router” on page 10).
Before running the Smart Wizard Installation Assistant on a corporate PC to set
up your home router, check with your company’s network support staff.
Corporate network settings or Virtual Private Network (VPN) client software
might conflict with the default settings of a home router. If you are unsure about
whether there might be a conflict, use a different computer.