1. connect the router to your network
2. log in to the router
3. connect to the internet
follow the steps below to connect your router to your network. you can also refer to the resource cd included with your router which contains an animated installation assistant to help you through this procedure.
1. connect the wireless firewall/print server to your network.
a. turn off your computer and broadband modem.
b. disconnect the ethernet cable (a) from your computer which connects to your broadband modem.
c. connect the ethernet cable from the broadband modem to the fwg114p internet port (a).
d. connect the ethernet cable that came with the router from a local port on the router (b) to your computer.
figure 3-3: connect the computers on your network to the router
the fwg114p incorporates auto uplinktm technology. each local ethernet port will automatically sense if the cable should have a normal connection or an uplink connection. this feature eliminates the need to worry about crossover cables because auto uplink will make the right connection for either type of cable.
e. now, turn on your computer. if software usually logs you in to your internet connection, do not run that software or cancel it if it starts automatically.
f. verify the following:
1 when your turn the router on, the power light goes on.
2 the router's local lights are lit for any computers that are connected to it.
3 the router's internet light is lit, indicating a link has been established to the broadband modem.
for wireless placement and range guidelines, and wireless configuration instructions, please see chapter 4, “wireless configuration.”
2. log in to the firewall
to connect to the firewall, your computer needs to be configured to obtain an ip address automatically via dhcp. please refer to appendix c, 揚reparing your network for instructions on how to do this.
a. turn on the firewall and wait for the test light to stop blinking.
b. now, turn on your computer.
if you usually run software to log in to your internet connection, do not run that software.
c. now that the cable or dsl modem, firewall, and the computer are turned on, verify the following:
1 when power on the firewall was first turned on, the pwr light went on, the test light turned on within a few seconds, and then went off after approximately 10 seconds.
2 the firewall's local link/act lights are lit for any computers that are connected to it.
3 the firewall's internet link light is lit, indicating a link has been established to the cable or dsl modem.
d. next, use a browser like internet explorer or netscape to log in to the firewall at its default address of http://192.168.0.1.
a login window opens as shown here:
figure 3-5: login window
e. for security reasons, the firewall has its own user name and password. when prompted, enter admin for the firewall user name and password for the firewall password, both in lower case letters.
the user name and password are not the same as any user name or password you may use to log in to your internet connection.
3. connect to the internet
a. you are now connected to the firewall. if you do not see the menu above, click the setup wizard link on the upper left of the main menu.
b. select the nat option and click next to follow the steps in the setup wizard to input the configuration parameters from your isp to connect to the internet. if you choose not to use nat, each computer on the lan connected to the fwg114p must have a valid public ip address in the same subnet as the wan port of the fwg114p. for more information on nat, please see “single ip address operation using nat” on page b-8.
if you were unable to connect to the firewall, please refer to troubleshooting “basic functions” on page 8-1.