NETGEAR DG834

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v2.0, September 2005
Record Your Internet Connection Information ..........................................................3-4
Connecting the DG834 to Your LAN ...............................................................................3-5
How to Connect the Router ......................................................................................3-5
Auto-Detecting Your Internet Connection Type ............................................................3-10
Wizard-Detected PPPoE Login Account Setup ......................................................3-11
Wizard-Detected PPPoA Login Account Setup ......................................................3-12
Wizard-Detected Dynamic IP Account Setup .........................................................3-12
Wizard-Detected IP Over ATM Account Setup ......................................................3-13
Wizard-Detected Fixed IP (Static) Account Setup ..................................................3-14
Testing Your Internet Connection ..................................................................................3-15
Manually Configuring Your Internet Connection ...........................................................3-16
How to Perform Manual Configuration ...................................................................3-16
ADSL Settings ........................................................................................................3-20
Chapter 4
Protecting Your Network
Protecting Access to Your DG834 ADSL Firewall Router ...............................................4-1
How to Change the Built-In Password .....................................................................4-1
Changing the Administrator Login Timeout ..............................................................4-2
Configuring Basic Firewall Services ...............................................................................4-2
Blocking Keywords, Sites, and Services ..................................................................4-3
How to Block Keywords and Sites ...........................................................................4-3
Firewall Rules .................................................................................................................4-5
Inbound Rules (Port Forwarding) .............................................................................4-6
Outbound Rules (Service Blocking) .........................................................................4-9
Order of Precedence for Rules ..............................................................................4-11
Services ........................................................................................................................4-12
How to Define Services ..........................................................................................4-12
Setting Times and Scheduling Firewall Services ..........................................................4-13
How to Set Your Time Zone ...................................................................................4-13
How to Schedule Firewall Services ........................................................................4-14
Chapter 5
Managing Your Network
Backing Up, Restoring, or Erasing Your Settings ...........................................................5-1
How to Back Up the Configuration to a File .............................................................5-1
How to Restore the Configuration from a File ..........................................................5-2