TechMate

In my last post I talked about Netgear WGR614 54mbps Wireless Router so that it might help some of you to make a better choice and get a value for your money. I am writing this post for those of you who have already picked up a Netgear WGR614v7 and are having a tough time configuring it (even though it is meant to be a cakewalk) for your existing broadband connection . I actually never looked at the setup guide in the beginning and tried configuring the wireless router by going through few online forums which were of least help. Later I to referred to the Netgear knowledge base and managed to successfully configure the router (it is actually a cakewalk) with UT300R2U provided by my ISP (BSNL). Although I am referring to UTSTARCOM model UT300R2U in this post, steps for configuring Netgear WGR614 wireless router would hold good with any other model of modem which you might be using. I assume that your modem is already configured and you have a working broadband connection. Follow the steps and victory shall be yours:

1. Remove all wired connections between your modem (UT300R2U), router (WGR614R2U) and the PC. Power up your modem and wait for the DSL/ADSL LED on your modem to become stable.
2. Using the ethernet cable, connect the LAN port of your modem to the WAN port of your wireless router. Power up your wireless router and wait for all theLEDs on the front panel of the router to become stable. At this stage, only the power LED and Internet LED should be glowing.
3. Now using another ethernet cable, connect any one of the LAN ports of your router to the LAN interface your PC. The complete connection would look something like this:

4. Open network connections by following the path "Start-->Control Panel-->Network Connections" for Microsoft Windows XP and following the path "Start-->Control Panel-->Network and Sharing Center" for Microsoft Windows Vista. For any other operating system that you might be using, refer to the help manual.
5. Click on the option "Manage Network Connections" from the options provided on the left hand side of the window. Right click the "Local Area Connection" icon and select "Properties".
6. Select "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)" from the options and click on "Properties" button.
7. In the "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties" window, select "Obtain an IP address automatically" & "obtain DNS server address automatically" and click on "Ok" button.
8. Close all the windows and open a new browser window. Open the link "http://www.routerlogin.com" to access the wireless router. Provide the username and password details ( default username=admin and password=password) and click on "Ok" button". This would initialize the setup wizard which would like something like this:

9. Select the first option and click on the "Next" button. Setup wizard will try to detect your type of internet connection. Once your type of internet connection has been detected by the setup wizard, click on "Next button" to proceed.

10. In the next window, enter the login details for your broadband connection provided by your ISP. For internet IP Address, choose an option suitably (whichever is applicable), provide the details and click on "Next" button.

11. In order to configure the wireless access, select your region in the next window and click on "Next" button.

12. In the proceeding window, provide a name for your wireless network and click on the "Next" button.

13. Follow the instructions further to configure the wireless security and complete the router setup. You are ready to surf the internet and enjoy the wireless connectivity to world wide web !
14. If at any point, you encounter an error page which looks something like this