Netopia R2020 manual Chapter Setting up your Router with the SmartStart Wizard

Setting up your Router with the SmartStart Wizard 3-1

Chapter 3

Setting up your Router with the SmartStart Wizard

Once you’ve connected your router to your computer and your telecommunications line and installed a web browser, you’re ready to run the Netopia SmartStart™ Wizard. The SmartStart Wizard will help you set up the router and share the connection. The SmartStart Wizard walks you through a series of questions and based on your responses automatically configures the router for connecting your LAN to the Internet or to your remote corporate network.

The SmartStart Wizard will:

■automatically check your Windows 95, 98, or NT PC’s TCP/IP configuration to be sure you can accept a dynamically assigned IP address, and change it for you if it is not set for dynamic addressing

■check the physical connection from your computer to your router without your having to enter an IP address

■assign an IP address to your router

■allow you to register with a new ISP if you don’t already have one. For a list of ISPs that support Netopia Routers in North America, see the Netopia website at http://www.netopia.com.

■allow you to enter your dial-up telephone numbers and other information, dial up and test your connection to your chosen ISP or other remote site

Before running SmartStart

Be sure you have connected the cables and power source as described in Step 1 “Connect the Router” guide contained in your Netopia folio.

Before you launch the SmartStart application, make sure your computer meets the following requirements:

	PC	Macintosh
System	Windows 95, 98, or NT operating system	MacOS 7.5 or later
software
Connectivity	TCP/IP must be installed and properly	MacTCP or Open Transport TCP/IP must be
software	configured. See “Configuring TCP/IP on	installed and properly configured. See
	Windows 95, 98, or NT computers” on	“Configuring TCP/IP on Macintosh
	page 3-9	computers” on page 3-13.
Connectivity	Ethernet card (10Base-T)	Either a built-in or third-party Ethernet card
hardware		(10Base-T)
Browser	Netscape Communicator™ or Microsoft Internet Explorer, included on the Netopia CD.
software	Required for web-based registration and web-based monitoring.