Reference Manual for the Model DG824M Wireless ADSL Modem Gateway

b.Internet IP Address:

If your ISP has assigned you a permanent, fixed (static) IP address for your PC, select “Use static IP address”. Enter the IP address that your ISP assigned. Also enter the netmask and the Gateway IP address. The Gateway is the ISP’s router to which your gateway will connect.

c.Domain Name Server (DNS) Address:

If you know that your ISP does not automatically transmit DNS addresses to the gateway during login, select “Use these DNS servers” and enter the IP address of your ISP’s Primary DNS Server. If a Secondary DNS Server address is available, enter it also.

A DNS server is a host on the Internet that translates Internet names (such as www.netgear.com) to numeric IP addresses. Typically your ISP transfers the IP address of one or two DNS servers to your gateway during login. If the ISP does not transfer an address, you must obtain it from the ISP and enter it manually here. If you enter an address here, you should reboot your PCs after configuring the gateway.

d.Gateway’s MAC Address:

This section determines the Ethernet MAC address that will be used by the gateway on the Internet port. Some ISPs will register the Ethernet MAC address of the network interface card in your PC when your account is first opened. They will then only accept traffic from the MAC address of that PC. This feature allows your gateway to masquerade as that PC by “cloning” its MAC address.

To change the MAC address, select “Use this Computer’s MAC address.” The gateway will then capture and use the MAC address of the PC that you are now using. You must be using the one PC that is allowed by the ISP. Or, select “Use this MAC address” and enter it.

4.Click Apply to save your settings.

5.Click on the Test button to test your Internet connection.

If the NETGEAR website does not appear within one minute, refer to Chapter 7, “Troubleshooting”.

Connecting the Gateway to the Internet

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NETGEAR DG824M manual Connecting the Gateway to the Internet