NETGEAR CWGE111 User Manual

CWGE111

802.11g WiFi Receiver

User Manual

350 East Plumeria Drive
San Jose, CA 95134
USA

April 2010
202-10634-01
v1.0

CWGE11 1 802.1 1g WiFi Receiver User Manual

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 CWGE111 Initial Setup

About the CWGE111 802.11g WiFi Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Hardware Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

LED Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Preconfiguration Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

First Time Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Associating the Wireless Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Chapter 2 Advanced Configuration

CPE Setup Screen & Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

LAN Interface Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

DHCP Server Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Radio Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

WAN Mode Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Wireless Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Roaming Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

IP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

AP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

WAI Redirection Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Web Password Protection Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Restore and Reboot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Port Forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

DMZ Host. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

QoS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Firmware Upgrade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Debug and System Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Index

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CWGE111 Initial Setup

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This chapter includes the following topics:

• About the CWGE111 802.11g WiFi Receiver

• Hardware Setup

• LED Descriptions

• Preconfiguration Setup

• Associating the Wireless Access Point

• First Time Setup

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About the CWGE111 802.11g WiFi Receiver

Congratulations on purchasing your NETGEAR CWGE111 802.11g WiFi Receiver.

Hardware Setup

Figure 1-1 CWGE111 WiFi Receiver

To connect your modem

1. Attach the provided antenna to the antenna connector.

2. Insert the provided power adapter into the DC socket on the receiver.

3. Plug the power adaptor into an electric wall socket.

4. Connect one end of the provided Ethernet cable to the LAN port on the receiver, and the

other end to the Ethernet port on the computer.

LED Descriptions

Figure 1-2 CWGE111 LED Status Indicators

LED Description

Power - PWR Green: Power is on.

Status - RDY Green: Device is booted.

Ethernet - ENET Green: Ethernet is connected.

Signal bars

Off: Power is off.

Off: Device is not booted.

Blinking: Sending/Receiving data.
Off: Ethernet is not connected.

Green: Associated with an access point.
Back-and-forth: Searching access point.
Blinking: Acquiring IP address.
Off: Not associated with an access point.

The number of lit signal bars depends on the strength of the received signal.
More lit bars indicate a stronger signal.

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Preconfiguration Setup

Before you begin, be sure of the following:

1. You have an active ISP account and can access the Internet.

Open a web browser (e.g, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, etc.) and visit an Internet
web site. If you successfully see the web site, you are connected. If not, you need to
establish an active Internet connection before proceeding with the installation.

2. Preconfigure your computer to automatically obtain an IP address.

If not already done, set up the LAN interface on your computer to obtain an IP address
automatically. If you are already set up for automatic IP, you should encounter no
problems with your set up.

To obtain an automatic IP address

1. Go to the Start menu

2. Open the Control Panel and then Network Connections.

3. Right click on the Local Area Connection icon

a. Choose Properties
b. Double-click on Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) from the list.
c. Check the “Obtain IP address automatically” radial button.
d. Click OK to confirm the change.

Figure 1-3 LAN interface configuration for automatic IP addressing

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First Time Setup

Once your system is preconfigured, when you plug in your CWGE111 802.11g WiFi Receiver
User Manual, you should be automatically redirected to the connection page.

If this page (Figure 1-4) does not automatically appear, open a browser and enter

http://192.168.20.1/ in the address field.

Figure 1-4 Opening Connection Page

Connection Failed

Initially you may get a Connection Failed message. If this happens, click the Advanced
Configuration button and use the options to set the correct access point parameters.

Figure 1-5 Connection Failed

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Associating the Wireless Access Point

When you click the Advanced Options button, you will see the CPE Setup screen:

Figure 1-6 CPE Setup Screen

To Associate the Access Point

1. Click the Advanced Option button.

1. On the CPE Setup screen, locate the Wireless Settings options.

2. In the SSID field, input the access point SSID (also called the network name).

3. Select the Authentication method. According to Access Point settings you are

associating to, you might need to choose a different Authentication setting.

4. Enter the Encryption Key if a Static WEP or WPA/WPA2-Personal is selected for

Authentication.
Additional options include 802.1x with dynamic WEP key and WPA/WPA2-Enterprise.

You do not need to use these settings unless instructed to do so by your ISP.

5. Click the Save button at the bottom of the screen.

Figure 1-7 Associate wireless access points

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6. Click the Connect link on the top bar

7. Then click the Connect button to associate with the access point.

Figure 1-8 Establishing Connection to the Internet

Connection Established

At this point, you are associated with the access point. You can now close the web browser
and open a new one to start web browsing.

Figure 1-9 Connection Established

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