WG602v4 Manual: NetBIOS Name Login

The NETGEAR WG602v4 54 Mbps Wireless Access Point can be configured remotely from Microsoft Internet Explorer browser version 5.0 or above, or Netscape Navigator Web browser version 4.78 or above or Mozilla Firefox. You can connect to the WG602v4 by using its default NetBIOS name or its default IP address.

Enter the NetBIOS name of your access point. The default NetBIOS name is NETGEARxxxxxx where xxxxxx is the last 6 digits of the WG602v4's MAC address (for example, NETGEAR123456, with no spaces or delimiters.). To locate the NetBIOS name of your WG602v4, see the bottom label.


	Note: If the computer you are using to connect to the WG602v4 is on a different subnet, you will not be able to connect via its NetBIOS name unless there is a WINS server on your LAN. If the NetBIOS name login fails, use the procedure for IP Address Login

Open a Web browser.

Enter the NetBIOS name of the WG602v4 into the browser window (you do not need to include "www" or "http://")

Figure 2-8

When prompted enter the default User Name admin and default Password password into the login window and click OK.

Figure 2-9

Once you have entered your User Name and Password, your Web browser should automatically find the Wireless AP and display the home page, as shown in Figure 2-3.