NETGEAR DG834

Reference Manual for the ADSL Firewall Router DG834
Connecting the Router to the Internet 3-5
v2.0, September 2005
• If your main e-mail account with your ISP is aaa@yyy.com, then use aaa as your host name.
Your ISP might call this your account, user, host, computer, or system name.
• If your ISP’s mail server is mail.xxx.yyy.com, then use xxx.yyy.com as the domain name.
ISP Host Name: _________________________
ISP Domain Name: _______________________
Connecting the DG834 to Your LAN
This section provides instructions for connecting the DG834 ADSL router.
How to Connect the Router
There are four steps to connecting your firewall:
1. Install ADSL filters on the phone lines.
2. Connect the router to the ADSL filter.
3. Log in to the router.
4. Connect to the Internet.
Follow the steps below to connect your router to your network. Before you begin, locate the ADSL
configuration information from your Internet Service Provider (ISP).
1. Install ADSL Filters on the Phone Lines.
a. You need to install a filter on every telephone or device that shares the same phone
number as your ADSL router. Select the filter that came with your router.
Note: The Resource CD included with your router contains an animated Installation
Assistant to help you through this procedure.