need help to configure Netgear router

[paulanan]

Hello everyone, I have problem to connect to internet and with my little knowledge of computer..I can not solve my problem.. All help from you guys will be really really appreciated..

My wireless router is Netgear WGR614 v6. It was working fine with my cable modem. Recently, We have changed our internet connection to DSL. We bought new dsl modem - d link 320T- it works fine with both computer and laptop.

So, I tried setting up wireless connection using same Netgear router but it does not work.

Here is how my dsl modem configuration pages looks like:

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Here is my router configuration pages;

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Router status
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What have I done wrong?
Please suggest.. if you need more details, please tell me..

Thanks in advance..

[YeOldeStonecat]

Your DSL modem is already running as a router....it's a combo modem/router gateway appliance. If you want wireless...get a wireless access point...or you can flip your Netgear router to run in somewhat of an access point mode.

[paulanan]

really?

I carefully read the description on d-link box, it does not mention that it acts as a router as well. I also checked at the official website, it says that it is only a modem.

I could get it worked for one hour, then it was disconnected.. well untill now, i can not still make it work.

I asked my brother in law, he checked briefly and told me that modem and wireless router had same ip address. So, he changed ip address.

Furthermore, both router and modem have DHCP activated. Shall I deactivate one of them?

[YeOldeStonecat]

It appears to be a model you have over across the pond....but it seems similar to some DSL devices we have over here. I've not worked with that particular model.

I see in the web management screen..that it runs DHCP, it has 2x buttons on the left...one that say "WAN", and the other that says "LAN"..meaning..2x sides. Its LAN IP is a private class C IP address...coupled with the fact that its DHCP section states starting and ending IP addresses..it makes me think it can hand out a private IP address to a computer/device...which leads me to think it runs NAT...which makes it a router IMO.

Yes...one of the problems of having 2x routers daisy chained...is if they are both running on the same IP range. A router routes traffic between two networks. Those two networks should be different..else...it gets in a perpetual loop. "Which way do I go George?"

You can probably get somewhere...although not the ideal setup IMO, by changing the LAN IP of the Netgear to 192.168.0.1...and leaving the WAN interface set to "obtain auto". I bet the Netgear will pickup a 192.168.1.100 address on the outside.

[paulanan]

thanks for your advice.

I have changed Lan ip adress for Netgear to 192.168.0.1 as you suggested.
Now i can not access the configuration page any more.
what should I do?

[YeOldeStonecat]

Release/renew the computers address..and access the web admin at the new IP address.

Worse comes to worse..there's always the factory reset button on the router which restores defaults.

[paulanan]

everything is working properly now.
I just disabled DHCP in Netgear and connected the modem to the router using LAN port not WAN port.

Thanks again.

[paulanan]

oh, now .. it shows something like "there is a conflict....same ip address"

[YeOldeStonecat]

If you wish to bandaid together a wireless router with another router....on the wireless router...make its LAN IP address in the same range..but outside the DHCP pool... as your main router. Main router for example may be 192.168.1.1, and hand out IPs to workstations at starting at .100...so make the wireless router up high in the range, something like 192.168.1.245. Disable DHCP naturally..as you generally don't want 2x separate DHCP services on the same network. Uplink using a LAN port on each. Now you've effectively McGuyver'd your wireless router into just an access point.