Problems with a Netgear wireless router

GTS,

I had a similar problem to this, though the only thing that I'm currently not able to do is to use file sharing. Any tips? Hints? Thoughts?

I have a Linksys WRT54g as the main router and then a Netgear WGU624 with the 802.11b/g turned off and only using it as an 802.11a access point.

Thanks,

-gg-

GTS wrote:

GTS,

Thanks for the information. I read through the second document that you listed and that's what I had done before :-D

-D

GTS wrote:

You need to temporarily connect it directly to one of your computers like this - Set the PC to a static IP address in the 192.168.11.xx range and subnet matching the router (probably 255.255.255.0); Connect the PC's Ethernet port to a LAN port on the router. (Alternatively to the WAN port, but that would probably need a crossover cable.) Open your browser to http://192.168.11.11 to access the router configuration. After your changes, reset the PC to DHCP (assuming it's that way now).

You should be able to connect to it via the LAN IP address that you assigned to it. Some routers don't work well if their WAN side is looking for a DHCP assigned address and can't find one. You might try connecting immediately after a power cycle of the router, or temporarily connect the WAN connection to you existing router, just to make the DHCP-hunt happier. You might have to go back to factory defaults and assign a static address on an unused 192.168 subnet to the WAN side (like 192.168.22.11).

I take it you can access the Internet but not the other networked computer(s)? Assuming your file sharing is otherwise properly setup, that probably indicates the Netgear is not configured correctly. When chaining a router (not the best idea, but doable) it must have a static IP address in the (non-DHCP) range of the primary, have it's own DHCP disabled, and be connected by a LAN port.

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Does file sharing work if you take the Netgear out of the circuit? Can you ping the other workstation?

I tried all that, but non of it worked so I gave up and reset the router. Why would they design a router on which the settings can't be modified unless it's connected to the internet? Doesn't sound very thought through to me.

Right, but then I wouldn't be able to share files between the computers.

Thanks for your help guys anyway.

Ulf

GTS,

Thanks for the reply... after tooling around with my laptop some more I found that the driver for the nic was corrupt... and giving me other issues as well. So now I have my netgear 802.11a/g router working as an

Thanks,

-gg-

GTS wrote:

You know you're a hacker when you never met most of your friends :)

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