Netgear / laptop wireless connection

Instructions are for a Netgear DG834GV2 ! adsl router..

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Note: always click apply before changing screens in the router config, otherwise the changes will be lost..

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In IE, goto to:

https://www.grc.com/passwords

Highlight the box under 63 random printable ASCII characters:

Copy to clipboard (Control C)

In IE, go to:

http://192.168.0.1

Enter admin and password

Click Set password

Enter old password, choose a new one, and Repeat new password, then click apply


Click Wireless settings

Name (SSID): Enter a unique SSID (that doesn't identify you..)

Remove the tick next to Allow Broadcast of Name (SSID)

Tick Enable Wireless access point and Wireless Isolation

Tick WPA-PSK (Wi-Fi Protected Access Pre-Shared Key) Radio Button

Paste the key into Network Key (8 ~ 63 characters) box

Click Wireless Station Access List (Setup access list)

In the Add New Station Manually section, fillout the mac address (e.g) 000102030405

(see below to find out YOUR wireless mac address)

Click add

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To find out your mac address, do this..

start run cmd

ipconfig /all > c:\ipconfig.txt
notepad c:\ipconfig.txt

look for the physical address (FOR YOUR WIRELESS CARD, not ethernet adapter)

e.g.

Ethernet adapter Wireless network Area Connection:

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-01-02-03-04-05-06

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Click Apply

Click Remote Management, make sure that "Turn Remote Management is unchecked"

Click UPnP, Make sure that "Turn UPnP on" is unticked, click apply.


When finished, if you wish, click backup settings, backup, Save


Start , run, control panel,Wireless network settings

Click next, click setup a new wireless network, enter the Network name (SSID): that
you chose earlier

change the network authentication to WPA-PSK, data encryption to tkip

Tick WPA encryption, tick manually assign a network key, paste the 63 character key into the Network Key, and Confirm network key boxes, click next, click setup a network manually, click next, click finish


In IE, go to:

http://192.168.0.1

Click knowledge base, click DG834Gxxx, click Firmware Version, V3.01.25, right click the "right click to save and download"
Save the img file to your c: drive

Click Router Upgrade, browse to the image file you have downloaded.

Assuming that everything is working, right click on your wireless network icon, view available wireless networks, change advanced settings, wireless networks, highlight your ssid, properties, connection. Make sure "connect when this network is in range" is ticked. Click OK, advanced, make sure Access point (Infrastrucure) networks only is selected, and automatically connect to non-preferred networks is unticked.

Problems

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It doesn't connect at all.. Check that you have entered the correct encryption key on all computers using copy and paste. Save it in a text file using notepad, if you need to setup more than one PC. Check that your Unique SSID is the only one listed and is set to automatic on the (right click on your wireless network icon, view available wireless networks, change advanced settings, wireless networks) screen.

Nothing seems to work. Try start, run, ipconfig /release followed by ipconfig /renew, or right click on the wireless icon and do a repair. If you do an ipconfig /all your router should have issued you with a 192.168.x.x address.

You can ping -t 192.168.0.1 but can browse in IE. In IE, click tools, internet options, connections, make sure "never dial a connection" is checked, click on lan settings, and make sure everything is unticked.

The connection works, but drops out.