Preparing Your Computers for TCP/IP Networking

Reference Manual for the MR814 v3 Cable/DSL Wireless Router

Record Your Internet Connection Information

Print this page. Fill in the configuration parameters from your Internet Service Provider (ISP).

ISP Login Name: The login name and password are case sensitive and must be entered exactly as given by your ISP. Some ISPs use your full e-mail address as the login name. The Service Name is not required by all ISPs. If you connect using a login name and password, enter the following:

Password: ____________________________

Service Name: _____________________________

Fixed or Static IP Address: If you have a static IP address, record the following information. For example, 169.254.141.148 could be a valid IP address.

Fixed or Static Internet IP Address: ______ ______ ______ ______

Gateway IP Address: ______ ______ ______ ______

Subnet Mask: ______ ______ ______ ______

ISP DNS Server Addresses: If you were given DNS server addresses, fill in the following:

Primary DNS Server IP Address: ______ ______ ______ ______

Secondary DNS Server IP Address: ______ ______ ______ ______

Host and Domain Names: Some ISPs use a specific host or domain name like CCA7324-Aor home. If you haven’t been given host or domain names, you can use the following examples as a guide:

•If your main e-mail account with your ISP is aaa@yyy.com, then use aaa as your host name. Your ISP might call this your account, user, host, computer, or system name.

•If your ISP’s mail server is mail.xxx.yyy.com, then use xxx.yyy.com as the domain name. ISP Host Name: _________________________ ISP Domain Name: _______________________

For Wireless Access: See the configuration worksheet at “Information to Gather Before Changing Basic Wireless Settings“ on page 4-7.