netgear 834gt and cable modem

[cyclopopcicle]

my dad has a spare netgear 834gt router but is at the moment connect to the net using ntl cable 10mb but would like to go wireless would this be possible using these two things?

 

[Phemo]

Yes, it can be done - as long as you have an existing cable router or a PC doing ICS with a spare network card or Hub/Switch. I've got cable with a NetScreen 5GT Firewall doing my routing for the LAN and I'm also using a DG834GT simply as a wireless access point.

All you need to do is set the DG834GT's IP address to something unused on the network, then disable its DHCP server so that wireless clients can get their IP from the DHCP server on the main router. After that you simply configure the wireless as you would normally - SSID and security.

For example, my 5GT's internal IP is 192.168.10.1 so I've set the 834GT to 192.168.10.2.

This way, the DG834GT is simply being used as a wireless access point and is performing no NAT or firewall duties of its own.

 

[cyclopopcicle]

thanks for the reply, i will try that when i next go round

cheers
cyc

 

[cyclopopcicle]

i have disable DHCP but it wont let me connect to the internet
and when i try and set the ip of the 834gt it wont let me even connect to it through the admin page of the router i then have to re-set the router to factory pre-sets

 

[cyclopopcicle]

anyone else have any ideas?
cheers cyc