STEP 4 Set up the SnapGear appliance’s Internet connection settings
First, attach your SnapGear appliance to your modem device or Internet connection medium. If necessary, give the modem device some time to power up.
Select your Internet connection type and click Next.
If connecting using a cable modem, select the appropriate ISP. Choose Generic cable modem provider if unsure.
If connecting using a regular analog modem, enter the details provided by your ISP.
If connecting using an ADSL modem, select Auto detect ADSL connection type and enter the details provided by your ISP. If auto detection fails and you are unsure of your ADSL connection type, contact your ISP.
If you have a direct connection to the Internet (e.g. a leased line), enter the IP settings provided by your ISP.
Note: For detailed help for each of these options, please refer to the User Manual.
Once the SnapGear appliance’s Internet connection has been set up, click Next, select Reboot and click Next again.
Note: If you have changed the SnapGear appliance’s LAN connection settings, it may become uncontactable at this point. The next step describes how to set up the PCs on your network to access the SnapGear appliance and the Internet.
STEP 5 Set up the PCs on your LAN to access the Internet
If you haven’t already, connect your SnapGear appliance’s LAN Ethernet port directly to your LAN hub using the straight through Ethernet cable (blue).
To access the Internet, the PCs on your network must all be set up to use the SnapGear appliance as their default gateway. This can be done a number of different ways depending on how your LAN is set up.
If your LAN has a DHCP server already, proceed to STEP 5A.
If your LAN does not have a DHCP server, proceed to STEP 5B.
If you are not sure, you probably want STEP 5B.
STEP 5A LAN with a DHCP server
Add a lease to your existing DHCP server to reserve the IP address you chose in STEP 3 for the SnapGear appliance’s LAN connection.
If you chose to set the SnapGear appliance’s LAN connection settings using Manual configuration, you may simply remove this address from the pool of available addresses.
Enter this same IP address as the gateway IP address to be handed out by the DHCP server.
Enter this same IP address as the DNS server IP address to be handed out by the DHCP server.
Restart all the PCs on the network (this will reset their gateway and DNS addresses).
Note: The purpose of restarting the computers is to force them to gain a new DHCP lease. Alternatively you can use a utility such as ipconfig to release then renew a lease, or disable and
STEP 5B LAN with no DHCP server
A DHCP server allows PCs to automatically obtain network settings when they start up. If your network does not have a DHCP server, you may either manually set up each PC on your network, or set up the SnapGear appliance's DHCP server.
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