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Netgear DG834G ?

I have inherited this wireless router and I am looking at how to set it up.

on the system requirements it says it needs internet explorer 5.0 or higher.

I havent used IE for ages ,I use opera or firefox and anyway the IE I have on this PC crashes after 2 minutes.

do I really need IE or will I be able to get it working with firefox or opera?

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  • Sput2001
    Sput2001 Posts: 1,206 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    No reason why it shouldn't work with another browser, as far as I can see...
  • neiljc_2
    neiljc_2 Posts: 258 Forumite
    I wonder if it needs IE just for the initial set up though?
  • M4RKM
    M4RKM Posts: 5,132 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    plug it in wired to a computer, make sure you wired connection is set up to "Automatic" or "DHCP". double click your network connection, and in the other tab, it should give you an ip address, but more importantly, a default gateway.

    type the default gateway into Firefox, or whatever, and then you'll be prompted with a username and password box..

    admin is the username

    and i think admin or password is the actual default password.

    M
  • malamute
    malamute Posts: 710 Forumite
    just type http://192.168.0.1 on any browser they all work
  • The user name is admin the password is password.
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