Netgear FWG114Pv2 FWG114Pv2 Reference Manual - Page 189

Reference Manual for the ProSafe Wireless 802.11g Firewall/Print Server Model FWG114P v2 OR Configure your router to spoof your computer's MAC address. This can be done in the Basic Settings menu. Refer to "Manually Configuring Your Internet Connection" on page 3-18. If your router can obtain an IP address, but your computer is unable to load any Web pages from the Internet: • Your computer may not recognize any DNS server addresses. A DNS server is a host on the Internet that translates Internet names (such as www addresses) to numeric IP addresses. Typically your ISP will provide the addresses of one or two DNS servers for your use. Alternatively, you may configure your computer manually with DNS addresses, as explained in your operating system documentation. • Your computer may not have the router configured as its TCP/IP gateway. If your computer obtains its information from the router by DHCP, reboot the computer and verify the gateway address. Troubleshooting a TCP/IP Network Using a Ping Utility Most TCP/IP terminal devices and routers contain a ping utility that sends an echo request packet to the designated device. The device then responds with an echo reply. Troubleshooting a TCP/IP network is made very easy by using the ping utility in your computer or workstation. Testing the LAN Path to Your Router You can ping the router from your computer to verify that the LAN path to your router is set up correctly. To ping the router from a computer running Windows 95 or later: 1. From the Windows toolbar, click on the Start button and select Run. 2. In the field provided, type Ping followed by the IP address of the router, as in this example: ping 192.168.0.1 3. Click on OK. You should see a message like this one: Pinging with 32 bytes of data If the path is working, you see this message: Troubleshooting 11-5 201-10301-02, May 2005