Step by step guide to a Netgear wireless router setup?

Are you looking for help to set up a Netgear wireless router? If yes, then you have come to the right place. Setting up a router might look easy in the first glance, but as they say ‘do not judge a book by its cover.’ Similar is the situation is here; A Netgear wireless router setup is not so simple.

Considering user’s busy schedule, it is quite natural that would not want to spend their time in configuring the router. Also, if you are willing to do it on your own, you might lack the proper knowledge. Hence we have come up with this post. The article presents step by step process of a Netgear wireless router setup.

Ways of Netgear wireless router setup

1.       Manual setup

2.       Smart wizard installation assistant setup

Before you start with the installation process, make sure you have an active and high-speed internet connection. Additionally, you’ll also need configuration details, as provided by your ISP (internet service provider). Other than this information, you may also need one or more than one of the following details for 

Netgear wireless router setup:

• DNS address
• Host and domain names
• Fixed and static IP address
• Internet login username and password (could be an email address & password)

If you choose the smart wizard installation assistant setup, do the following:

• Insert the resource CD in your PC and wait for the next step/message. The CD will start automatically and will prompt your PC language. Select the language and continue
• Once the language is selected, click on NEXT
• Click on 'setup' to launch the Smart Installation Assistant
• Further do as instructed, and simultaneously the wizard would check your internet connection, configure wireless network settings, and choose the optimum security level for your network.

Netgear Router setup Support

If you choose manual Netgear wireless router setup, follow the below steps:

• Open your browser
• Type 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1 in the address bar, and press ENTER. Once you do this, a login screen will prompt you to insert your username and password
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*Note: In case of new connection, you will get the login information with the router. In case of the router being old, the information that you entered while setting up the router is to be used.

• Once logged in, you’ll see a setup utility window
• Once the Netgear wireless router setup is done, you can start using it for wireless networking