NETGEAR DG824M - 802.11b Wireless ADSL Modem, Reference Manual

Page: 35 / 163

Reference Manual for the Model DG824M Wireless ADSL Modem Gateway
3-14 Connecting the Gateway to the Internet
Wizard-Detected Dynamic IP Account Setup
If the Setup Wizard determines that your Internet service account uses Dynamic IP assignment,
you will be directed to the menu shown in
Figure 3-12 below:
Figure 3-12: Setup Wizard menu for Dynamic IP address
1.
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. If you
leave the Domain Name field blank, the gateway will attempt to learn the domain
automatically from the ISP. If this is not successful, you may need to enter it manually.
2.
If you know that your ISP does not automatically transmit DNS addresses to the gateway
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 also.
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 gateway during login. If the ISP does not transfer an address, you
must obtain it from the ISP and enter it manually here.
Note: If you enter a DNS address, after you finish configuring the gateway, you must reboot
your PCs so that the settings take effect.
3.
The Router’s MAC Address is the Ethernet MAC address that will be used by the gateway on
the Internet port.