NETGEAR CG814M manual Connecting the Gateway to the Internet, What You Will Need Before You Begin

Reference Manual for the Model CG814M Wireless Cable Modem Gateway

Chapter 2 Connecting the Gateway to the Internet

This chapter describes how to set up the CG814M Gateway on your Local Area Network (LAN), connect to the Internet and perform basic configuration.

What You Will Need Before You Begin

You need to prepare these three things before you can connect your gateway to the Internet:

1.A computer properly connected to the gateway as explained below.

2.Active Data Over Cable Internet service provided by cable modem account.

3.The Internet Service Provider (ISP) configuration information for your cable modem account.

LAN Hardware Requirements

The CG814M Gateway connects to your LAN using either its twisted-pair Ethernet, USB or 802.11b wireless port.

Computer Requirements

To use the CG814M Gateway on your network, each computer must have either an installed Ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC) , USB Host port or 802.11b wireless adapter. If the computer will connect to your network at 100 Mbps, you must use a Category 5 (CAT5) cable such as the one provided with your gateway.

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