Wireless help for a Netgear DG834GT

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Evening all,

The story so far....

I had a friend try to set up my wireless network today. 8 hours later and he gave up.

I have no experience of wireless networks at all, but thought I'd give it a go! My sister has the same router as me, so she gave me all of her settings to copy. These are:

SSID = UTC
Region = Europe
Channel = 11
Mode = g & b
Enable Wireless Access Point = Ticked
Allow Broadcast of Name (SSID) = Ticked
Security Options set to WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
WEP Security Encryption:
Authentication Type = Automatic
Encryption Strength = 128bit
WEP Key typed into the 'Passphrase' box - try using something like karensnet, I then click generate to generate the hexadecimal key

On the Basic Settings page:
Does your internet connection require a login - Yes
Encapsulation = PPoA (PPP over ATM) - no idea just pick it!
Login - the login name you usually use to connect to the broadband on your PC
Password - usual password for same
Idle timeout = 0
Internet IP Address - Get Dynamically from ISP
DNS Address - Get Automatically from ISP
NAT - Enable

So, I logged onto http://192.168.0.1/start.htm to update the settings. I changed all the settings to the above and the page hung for about 10 minutes so I exited out, restarted the computer and tried again.

Once I logged back on, it had actaully registered the new settings, so I tried to access the setup wizard again, but then it went to page cannot be displayed when checking my settings.

I then realised I was no longer connected to the router.

Now I can't get it to connect at all and finally it is now asking for my network key, which I haven't got written down as didn't know I would need it and can't get back to the page to get it as the page can't be displayed unless the network is connected!


I think I've broken it

Any advice?!

Cheers guys,

Karen
PS. Im using Windows XP Service Pack 2

 

What type of router, Karen ? (Edit: I just RTFQ and saw the title of your post )

Also, you should have a reset button/ switch/ hole in't case. Reset the beast to factory defaults and then run the installation process again - this time, writing down the important bits

Let us know .........

 

Have found the reset button Will give that a try!

Watch this space

Karen (yes, Im blonde!!!)

 

Europe is not UK - see if there is a setting for UK

PPoA is normal for ADSL in the UK.

what is your IP address now? You need to set it to get the address automaticaly. But I don't see anywhere where you set the DHCP stuff.

Recomendations:

Reset the router - usualy a small button somewhere - see the manual - either paper or more likely on the CD.

Set your PC to get IP automaticaly.

Connect to the router with Ethernet - not radio.

Many CDs will have an automatic setup system - use it.

After getting it to work via Ethernet then setup the radio part.

Harry.