disabling router part of modem/router

twist3d0n3

twist3d0n3

twist3d0n3

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hi all,

i have a netgear dgn1000 router, which has been giving me random problems with steam. i also have a linksys wrt610n, which when i was on virgin was top notch, and has the feature set i need for my network. at the moment, i'm forced to use the netgear as we have BT adsl. what i want to do is disable the router-side of the netgear and use the linksys instead; is this possible?

many thanks in advance
 
right, hit a stumbling block; with the bt homehub, and the netgear you don't put in a password for BT, just the username of[email protected]. now, on my linksys it won't accept the details with it set to pppoe, it says i have to use a password :confused:

i've tried using things like % and # but it still won't give me net access, even though in the status page it claims its connected to the net...
 
i'm just going on what i found when i i moved from the homehub to the netgear, i just put the email address-style username in and that was it
 
ok, i'll give that a try.

few other questions:

do i have to plug the ethernet cable into a specific port on the netgear?

i'm tempted to put dd-wrt on my linksys, not sure of the version number though - anyone know how to find out?

many thanks
 
so now, if i revert back to my original setup of having the netgear serving me internet access, and having my linksys as a second network for my pc, mac and media server to fileshare, if i have both ethernet cables plugged into my pc, i lose net connection... this is driving me mad!

edit: solved this :p
 
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