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of your computer. If you are unsure about this, refer to the documentation for your computer or see the link to TCP/IP Addressing in “Related Documents” on page 39.
If you are replacing an existing router, disconnect it completely from your network and set it aside before starting to install your new router.
To connect the wireless router, the computer, and the modem:
1.Turn off your computer.
2.Turn off and unplug the cable or DSL broadband modem.
3.Locate the Ethernet cable (A) that connects your computer to the modem.
4.Disconnect the cable at the modem end only (B). You will connect it to the router later.
A
B
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5.Locate the Ethernet cable that came with your NETGEAR product. Securely insert one end of the Ethernet cable into your modem and the other end into the Internet port of the wireless router (C). (The Ethernet cable and the Internet port label are color coded.)
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