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Chapter 5

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

This chapter covers the following topics:

■“Before running SmartStart” on page 2

■“Setting up your Router with the SmartStart Wizard” on page 3

■“Sharing the Connection” on page 6

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Netopia R5000 manual Chapter Setting up your Router with the SmartStart Wizard