Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product RM356 NETGEAR
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Model RM356 M odem Router Installation Guide Congrat ulat ions on yo ur pu rc has e of a N ETG EAR ™ Mo del RM356 Mo dem Rout er . These in stru ct ion s show you how t o confi gure you r Wi ndows ® PC network and your NETGE AR rou ter fo r basi c In terne t acce ss thr ough an I ntern et ser vice prov ider (IS P).
Model RM356 M odem Router Installation Guide Re a r Pa n e l Refer t o t h is dia gram to iden tify all of the p orts o n the rou t e r when you att empt to m ake an y connec t i ons.
Model RM356 M odem Router Installation Guide T el eph on e Li ne Ch e ckli st The Mode l RM356 Mo dem Route r connec ts to t he Publ ic Switch ed T elephone Netwo rk (PSTN) using a s tanda rd ana log vo ice l ine .
Model RM356 M odem Router Installation Guide Network Check list The Mod el RM356 M odem Rout er us es the Inter ne t Protoco l (IP ). The IP conf igura tion h as the fo llo wi ng r e quir em ents : • All PC s mu st have TCP /I P manua ll y inst alle d and man ual ly sel ected as the net wor ki ng pro- tocol .
Model RM356 M odem Router Installation Guide Conf igurin g Wind ows 95 for IP Ne tworki ng All PCs mu st have an Ether net net wor k adapte r card in stal led and mus t have the TCP/IP networ kin g protoc ol ins talled and config ure d as thei r networ king pr otocol .
Model RM356 M odem Router Installation Guide C onf i gu ring TC P / IP P rop ert ie s Man ual ly If you choo se not to con figur e your PC by DHCP , you m ust ma nuall y ente r the f ollo win g inf o .
Model RM356 M odem Router Installation Guide T o r un t he Fi rs tGear ™ con figur atio n softwa re: 1. Ins t al l the First Gear sof twa r e on any PC wit h an Etherne t connec t i on to the r outer b y inser ting the d is kette a nd runni ng the Set up prog ram.
Model RM356 M odem Router Installation Guide When y our r outer an d PCs ar e conf igur ed corre ctly , your r outer plac es a cal l aut omati call y whene ver an app lica t i on requi res acc es s to the In terne t . T he route r also disc onnect s from the Inter ne t wh e n th e co nnection has b een idl e for a peri od of ti me.
Model RM356 M odem Router Installation Guide © 1998 by NET GEAR, In c. All ri gh ts reserv ed Tradem ar ks Bay Net works is a registered tr ademark of Bay Networks , Inc. NETGEAR an d FirstGe ar are trademar ks of Bay Networks, Inc. Micro soft, Windows, and Windows NT are registered t rademarks of Microsoft Cor poration.
NET G EAR, In c . A Bay Netwo rks Company 4401 Great Americ a P ar kw a y Santa Cl ara, CA 95054 USA Phone: 8 88-NETGE AR *M2-RM356NA-0* Customer Support Phone Austr al ia: 18 00-142- 046 Fran ce: 080.
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