How to Install Netgear Routers

Netgear routers are produced for the home and small business market. Netgear's routers are designed to connect to a single, high-speed connection from an Internet Service Provider, such as cable or DSL, and share the connection among multiple computers on the local area network. The Netgear router automatically acts as a Network Address Translation firewall for every computer and device connected to it. Install a Netgear router to share the high-speed Internet connection.

Instructions

1. Power off the Internet connection device such as the cable or DSL modem.

2. Connect one end of an Ethernet cable to the Ethernet port on the Internet connection device.

3. Power on the Internet connection device and wait approximately two minutes for the signal to synchronize.

4. Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to the "Internet" or "WAN" port on the Netgear router.

5. Power on the Netgear router and wait 30 seconds for it to initialize.

6. Connect the client computers and devices to the Netgear router's "LAN" ports with Ethernet cables or connect wirelessly if the Netgear router supports wireless connections.