use these steps to manually configure the primary internet connection in the basic settings menu.

    1. select your internet connection type (broadband with or without login, or serial).

    if you are a telstra bigpond broadband customer, or if you are in an area such as austria that uses broadband pptp, login is required. if so, select bigpond or pptp from the internet service type drop down box.

    2. enter your account name (may also be called host name) and domain name. these parameters may be necessary to access your isp’s services such as mail or news servers.

    3. if needed, enter the pppoe login user name and password provided by your isp. these fields are case sensitive. to change the login timeout, enter a new value in minutes.

    you will no longer need to run the isp’s login program on your computer in order to access the internet. when you start an internet application, your firewall automatically logs you in.

    4. you should only disable nat if you are sure you do not require it. nat automatically assigns private ip addresses (for example, 192.168.0.x) to lan connected devices. when nat is disabled, only standard routing is performed by this router.

    disabling nat will reboot the router and reset all the fwg114p configuration settings to the factory default. disable nat only if you plan to install the fwg114p in a setting where you will be manually administering the ip address space on the lan side of the router.

    5. internet ip address: if your isp assigned you a permanent, fixed ip address for your computer, select “use static ip address.” enter the ip address your isp assigned. also enter the ip subnet mask and the gateway ip address. the gateway is the isp’s router to which your firewall will connect.

    6. domain name server (dns) address: if your isp does not automatically transmit dns addresses to the firewall during login, select “use these dns servers” and enter the ip address of your isp’s primary dns server. if a secondary dns server address is available, enter it.

    a dns server is a host on the internet that translates internet names (such as www.netgear.com) to numeric ip addresses. typically your isp transfers the ip address of one or two dns servers to your firewall during login. if the isp does not transfer an address, you must obtain it from the isp and enter it manually here. if you enter an address here, you should reboot your pcs after configuring the firewall.

    7. router’s mac address: this section determines the ethernet mac address that will be used by the firewall on the internet port. some isps will register the ethernet mac address of the network interface card in your computer when your account is first opened. they will then only accept traffic from the mac address of that computer. this feature allows your firewall to masquerade as that computer by “cloning” its mac address. to change the mac address, select “use this computer’s mac address.” the firewall will then capture and use the mac address of the computer that you are now using. you must be using the one computer that is allowed by the isp. or, select “use this mac address” and enter it.

    8. click apply to save your settings.

    9. click test to test your internet connection. if the netgear website does not appear within one minute, refer to chapter 8, “troubleshooting.”

    the remaining chapters in this manual describe how to configure the advanced features of your firewall, and how to troubleshoot problems that may occur.