NETGEAR CGD24N, User Manual

Page: 16 / 84

DOCSIS 2.0 Advanced Cable Gateway CGD24N v2 User Manual
1-4 Connecting the Gateway to the Internet
v1.0, August 2009
Gateway Label
The bottom label of the gateway contains its serial number and MAC address, as well as the
gateway default login IP address, User Name and Password.
What You Need Before You Begin
Before you begin, make sure that you have the following:
•
A computer with an active Ethernet port with DHCP enabled.
• An active account with your Internet Service Provider (ISP) for data services.
• Depending on how your ISP set up the Internet account, you need one or more of these
configuration settings to connect the gateway to the Internet:
–
Host and Domain Names
– ISP Domain Name Server (DNS) Addresses
– Fixed or Static IP Address
• Each computer that will connect to the gateway must have an Ethernet Network Interface Card
(NIC), USB host port, or 802.11b or 802.11g wireless adapter.
Figure 1-4
Note:
For help with DHCP configuration, see the link to the online document “ITCP/
IP Networking Basics” in Appendix B .