NETGEAR CG814WG Obtaining ISP Configuration Information from Your Computer, mail.xxx.yyy.com

Hardware Manual for the Model CG814WG Wireless Cable Modem Gateway

•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 suffix

For example, your account’s full server names may look like this:

mail.xxx.yyy.com

In this example, the domain suffix is xxx.yyy.com.

If any of these items are dynamically supplied by the ISP, your gateway automatically acquires them.

If an ISP technician configured your PC during the installation of the broadband modem, or if you configured it using instructions provided by your ISP, you need to copy the configuration information from your PC’s Network TCP/IP Properties window or Macintosh TCP/IP Control Panel before reconfiguring your PC for use with the gateway. These procedures are described next.

Obtaining ISP Configuration Information from Your Computer

As mentioned above, you may need to collect configuration information from your PC so that you can use this information when you configure the CG814WG Gateway. Following this procedure is only necessary when your ISP does not dynamically supply the account information.

To get the information you need to configure the gateway for Internet access:

1.On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.

2.Double-click the Network icon.

The Network window opens, which displays a list of installed components.

3.Select TCP/IP, and then click Properties. The TCP/IP Properties dialog box opens.

4.Select the IP Address tab.

If an IP address and subnet mask are shown, write down the information. If an address is present, your account uses a fixed (static) IP address. If no address is present, your account uses a dynamically-assigned IP address. Click “Obtain an IP address automatically”.

5.Select the Gateway tab.

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