DG834GT - setup help required

bloodline76 · 6 Mar 2007 at 20:18

I have a secondhand router DG834GT that I am trying to setup for the first time and am having trouble.

As I am a noob to routers I do not know what I am supposed to be doing without proper manuals.

After pluggin in the device I try and enter the settings by typing in the default gateway address.

Question: Do I need to be online to do this or is this supposed to be from off line?

When I try offline it tries to connect through my old modem. Is this supposed to be uninstalled first?

Am i Supposed to start from the beginning like I dont have a network at all?

Thanks

bloodline76 · 6 Mar 2007 at 20:30

I dont know why im using old modem. I thought I had to have it installed to access the net when trying to connect to the router?

Didnt want to uninstall everything, then find it doesnt work, reinstall everything again then go on here to see what im doing wrong.

Ill try your suggestions

Thanks, be back in a minute hopefully

bloodline76 · 6 Mar 2007 at 22:31

Still having trouble with this.

Uninstalled everything. Plugged in the router. But when I try and enter the username and password for the router settings this does not accept this.

Tried resetting the device but this does not work still. Any suggestions?

The router that I am using is an old Sky router and I am using tiscali(Yes i know they bad) does that matter? Do these routers only work with sky?

Please help

bloodline76 · 6 Mar 2007 at 22:51

Do you know how to unlock them?

[email protected]

bloodline76 · 6 Mar 2007 at 23:02

WotDa said:
Not personally. Although a quick Google suggests that flashing the firmware with a non-Sky one might do it.

http://kbserver.netgear.com/release_notes/D102796.asp

So what would you suggest that I do?

Download that firmware? (IF so which one?) - then uninstall my current modem and then try plugging in and running file - then trying to go into the router settings again?

Thanks by the way

bloodline76 · 6 Mar 2007 at 23:12

So i can leave my current internet settings as they are if i just unplug modem?

Which file do I download?

bloodline76 · 6 Mar 2007 at 23:17

Ok be right back

bloodline76 · 6 Mar 2007 at 23:22

It doesnt let me open the firmware file for some reason. This downloads as an .img extension?

Losing will to live at the moment.

bloodline76 · 7 Mar 2007 at 00:06

But i cant connect to the router settings to do that? Would it be easier to buy a new router and try?

Do they come with installation disks?

bloodline76 · 7 Mar 2007 at 09:16

Yeah I tried using the default as admin and password after resetting the router but that didnt work either.

Will try admin and word `sky` tonight (Then I will throw the router out the window if that doesnt work)

If that works then I would upgrade the firmware with that download?

Thanks for your help, very much appreciated!

bloodline76 · 7 Mar 2007 at 20:42

Got into the router setup but now what? The file doesnt seem to want to upgrade?

Any other links to the firmware?

When I use the firmware that you suggested it says its the wrong version.