NETGEAR WPNT834 manual Overview of How to Access the Wireless Router, Ways to access the router

Reference Manual for the RangeMax 240 Wireless Router WPNT834

Overview of How to Access the Wireless Router

The table below describes how you access the wireless router, depending on the state of the wireless router.

Table 3-1. Ways to access the router

Router State	Access Options	Description
Factory Default	Automatic Access via	Any time a browser is opened on any computer connected to
	the Smart Wizard	the wireless router, the wireless router will automatically
Note: The wireless	Configuration	connect to that browser and display the Configuration
	Assistant	Assistant welcome page.
router is supplied in
the factory default		There is no need to enter the wireless router URL in the
state. Also, the		browser, or provide the login user name and password.
factory default state
	Manually enter a URL	You can bypass the Smart Wizard Configuration Assistant
is restored when you
	to bypass the Smart	feature by typing
use the factory reset	Wizard Configuration	http://www.routerlogin.net/basicsetting.htm
button. See	Assistant	in the browser address bar and clicking Enter. You will not be
“Restoring the
		prompted for a user name or password.
Default
Configuration and		This will enable you to manually configure the wireless router
Password” on
		even when it is in the factory default state. When manually
page 7-7for more
		configuring the router, you must complete the configuration
information on this
		by clicking Apply when finished entering your settings. If you
feature.
		do not do so, a browser on any PC connected to the router
		will automatically display the router's Configuration Assistant
		Welcome page rather than the browser’s home page.
Configuration	Enter the standard	Connect to the wireless router by typing either of these URLs
Settings Have	URL to access the	in the address field of your browser, then click Enter:
Been Applied	wireless router	•	http://www.routerlogin.net
		•	http://www.routerlogin.com
		The wireless router will prompt you to enter the user name of
		admin and the password. The default password is password.
	Enter the IP address	Connect to the wireless router by typing the IP address of the
	of the wireless	wireless router in the address field of your browser, then click
	router to access the	Enter. 192.168.1.1 is the default IP address of the wireless
	wireless router.	router. The wireless router will prompt you to enter the user
		name of admin and the password. The default password is
		password.

Connecting the Router to the Internet 3-5

v1.0, November 2005