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NETGEAR - Configure Your Router with Smart Wizard
This article will help you configure your NETGEAR router for cable/broadband internet connection.
The information in this article applies if you configuring a cable internet connection with a NETGEAR router that uses the Smart Wizard user interface.
If you have a router with a NETGEAR genie user interface, see How to configure your NETGEAR router for cable internet connection with NETGEAR genie?
If you have a DSL internet connection, see one of the following articles:
- If your router uses the NETGEAR genie user interface, see How to configure a NETGEAR DSL Gateway for internet connection with NETGEAR genie?
- If your router uses the old Smart Wizard user interface, see How to configure a NETGEAR DSL gateway for internet connection with Smart Wizard?
To configure your router for cable internet connection with Smart Wizard:
- Connect your modem to the internet port of the NETGEAR router and your computer to any of the four LAN ports.
- Switch the computer, router, and broadband/cable modem, off and on again. Wait for them all to finish booting up.
- Open a web browser and type the router's IP address which would be either http://192.168.0.1 or http://192.168.1.1 in the address bar and press Enter.
- You are prompted to log into the router.
- The default username is admin and the default password is password.
- The username and password are case-sensitive.
- If the default username and password are not working, you might have changed the password. Please try other passwords that you might have changed too. Otherwise, a factory reset is needed to restore the router to factory defaults. To perform a factory reset, see Restoring a NETGEAR home router to the factory default settings.
- Click Setup Wizard.
The Setup Wizard screen displays. - Select Yes and click Next.
The Setup Wizard detects the type of internet connection. For cable internet connections, the Setup Wizard detects Dynamic IP. - Click Next. The router saves the settings.
Note: Do not change the default settings unless your internet service provider gave you specific DNS information that must be configured.
- (Optional) To check if you are connected to the internet, select Router Status under Maintenance.
Look at the IP Address field to see if you have a valid IP address (that is, not blank or filled with zeroes, such as 0.0.0.0).
For additional troubleshooting, see I lost connection to the internet, how do I get my connection back?
The following video demonstrates these steps: