Netgear DG834G

lenora

I have the Netgear DG834G router and use it to connect wirelessly to the internet from my room in the loft I regularly find that I am unable to connect to my wireless network that is setup and most of the time connect via a unsecured network (probably a neighbour)

I bought the router second hand and it already had the network setup I wondered if I need to setup a new network for myself seperate from the old owners or if its just that I have set it up wrongly what are other peoples experiences of this router

MercilessKiller

I have this router and to be honest, it was the best money I'd spent on hardware Does a fantastic job once set up correctly!!!!

You need to make sure the DHCP setting is enabled on the router. If an "IP Address" is manually configured, chances are it won't be on your laptop/pc thus you can't connect.. so the first step is enabling DHCP....

The next step is make sure that you dont have a firewall switched on your pc. (Zone Alarm etc...) These pieces of software can interfere and stop you from finding the network.

Also, it may be a good idea to encrypt/password your network securely using WEP. Then you know for sure when you connect what you're connecting to, your network or your neighbours...

Hope this helps

Worst comes to the worst.. reset the router back to manufacturer settings.. its not too hard to start from the beginning.. there are tutorials around and manuals on the netgear website

espresso

MercilessKiller wrote:

The next step is make sure that you dont have a firewall switched on your pc. (Zone Alarm etc...) These pieces of software can interfere and stop you from finding the network.

:mad:

Bad advice. It is never necessary to disable your firewall, learn how to use it instead.

Caso_2

espresso wrote:

:mad:

Bad advice. It is never necessary to disable your firewall, learn how to use it instead.

Disabling a firewall or removing?

That is certainly tru if using ICS and Zonealarm free as it doesnt support ICS



Thats why I use Kerio personal.

Tharweb

lenora wrote:

I have the Netgear DG834G router and use it to connect wirelessly to the internet from my room in the loft I regularly find that I am unable to connect to my wireless network that is setup and most of the time connect via a unsecured network (probably a neighbour)

I bought the router second hand and it already had the network setup I wondered if I need to setup a new network for myself seperate from the old owners or if its just that I have set it up wrongly what are other peoples experiences of this router

If you haven't set it up with your own ISP details, I can't see how you could connect to your own network at all

I would reset it back to factory status http://kbserver.netgear.com/kb_web_files/N100651.asp and set it up again with your own details.

albertross_2

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=142390&highlight=%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%40

MercilessKiller

espresso wrote:

:mad:

Bad advice. It is never necessary to disable your firewall, learn how to use it instead.

:S:S:S:S OK.. learn what a router does.. then tell me its bad advice?

fs.. Zone alarm interferes with networks and causes most problems between connecting... thus its not bad advice to remove it.

Every router uses NAT which is a hardware firewall.. so you dont have to worry about people hacking in. Good spyware/adware removes stop the spyware sending info out as well. If the network works, THEN install a software firewall if you wish.. but to test it, disable the firewall..

its not bad advice. Ignore espresso!


Tharweb:

Before entering ISP details a network can be set up. In other words several computers accessing each other. Once this is succesful you can enter ISP details to see if you can successfully connect.

So a network can be created without ISP details :S

lenora

i will check the DHCP settings when I get home, I have entered my ISP settings into the router but I think I made a bad job of setting it up I tried calling the Netgear support line but they just took me around in circles and after a fourty minute conversation I was more frustrated than ever

MercilessKiller

Netgear help line based in india... seriously.. this forums better than that

The main thing is to make sure that you're actucally connecting to a network before you focus on getting on the internet! So don't worry about ISP settings for the time being.

Once you know you're connecting to the network you can focus on ISP. The way you know you've connected is because you can do the following:

Start > run > cmd

ping 192.168.0.1

You should get 4 responses that are successful and see loads of teccy jargon That menas you can contact the router. Once thats done you can mess about with ISP settings

amosworks

MercilessKiller wrote:

Every router uses NAT which is a hardware firewall.. so you dont have to worry about people hacking in.

I like people like you Where's your wireless network located? :D:D

MercilessKiller

amosworks wrote:

I like people like you Where's your wireless network located? :D:D

I'd like to see you break encryption.. and if you did.. i'd wonder why you go to the effort when theres plenty of unsecure networks around