[summertan]

I just got myself a Netgear router WRG614v5 and hv been using SpeedStream 5200 DSL modem with my OS10.3.9. But I just can't seems to get the 2 peripherals to talk. The router doesn't seems to be picking up any internet signal fr the modem and I can't get into the router configuration. (ie. the 192.168.1.1) What r the caused for not been able to access the router configuration screen? Do I need to install a driver first? Pls help.

[ghporter]

SpeedStream's modem is also a router, and it is most likely currently configured as such. Here's the modem's user guide. You can ignore just about everything before page 14, since it's aimed at clueless Windows users (non-clueless Windows users would skip that part too).

The manual refers to the default address of the router's configuration interface, but doesn't mention it specifically. It's 192.168.254.254. To use this, you'll need to connect directly to the modem, and then refresh your computer's IP address so that it will work with the modem. Here's how you do that.

Now follow the instructions in the manual for configuring the modem as a bridge. You'll do this by selecting a WAN protocol (page 32). You want the RFC-2684 Bridged protocol.

Finally, when you've finished per the manual, connect the Netgear router's WAN port to the ethernet port of the modem, and your computer to a LAN port on the router. Turn everything on and renew your computer's IP again, and you should not only be able to get to the router's configuration pages, but also configure it to handle your PPPoE connection.

[summertan]

I did that ghporter but for some reason I just can't get onto 192.168.254.254. I'm directly connected to the modem. The user manual says to go to http://speedstream but obviously it's re-routed to another site n none of them works. I think I'm not typing in the correct address of the router configuration interface. I'm connected to the internet directly via the DSL speedstream modem. Am I missing something or doing something wrong here? Pls help.

thanks.

[ghporter]

Open your Network Preferences and see what IP address your computer has. Is it 192.168.254.X, or something else? You DID refresh your IP address, right?

Maybe your modem is already bridged...

[summertan]

No, my ip is an internet no. 64.228.xxx.xxx. The speedstream is from my isp and I'm connected to it directly to get online using PPPoE. So the modem is really acting as my direct dsl modem instead of a router. Currently I only hv 1 computer hook up. The netgear router I got is a wireless router, which I'm intending to set it up with my PC laptop (wireless) after I get this mac (wired) working right with it. I'm really curious to know what r the possible reasons for not been able to access the router configuration interface screen?

[giiacc]

BECAUSE i live in an rural area where we don't have the luxury of dsl or anything besides dialup. I aquired this modem and would like to use it for dialup if possilbe. Can anyone tell me if possible and how.
Thanks Giia

[ghporter]

Giia, you can't. DSL is a completely different technology from dial-up. It just won't do what you want.

Originally Posted by summertan

No, my ip is an internet no. 64.228.xxx.xxx.

The modem should still be giving your computer a local, non-routable IP. If you go to the Network Preferences pane, it should show you the IP address assigned to the ethernet card you're connecting to the modem with. But that's beside the point.

If you connect with a cable to the Netgear router, you CAN get it to work for you, and configure it so that it will give you a wireless connection. What you need to do, once you plug the cable into your Mac's ethernet port and one of the Netgear's LAN ports is open the Network Preferences pane and tell the ethernet card to release its IP address, wait a few seconds, and then tell it to renew its IP address. This will make it request a new address from the Netgear box, and that address will enable you to connect to 192.168.254.254. The IP address your computer currently has is not compatible with the "subnet" the Netgear box works with-getting that box to assign you a new address will correct that.

After you're successful with that, the wired connections are important. First, turn everything off and connect a cable between the modem's LAN port and the WAN port on the Netgear router. Then connect a cable between one of the Netgear's LAN ports and your computer's ethernet port. With this setup, you should be able to connect to the Internet from your computer-this is an important test, because it proves the whole chain of connections works.

When you can log into the Netgear router's configuration screens and make those changes, check back here and let us know if things are a bit better.