Netgear Router problem

[vajid]

Hi guys, im having problems setting up my router so that i can use my laptop wirelessly. I dont have a pc connected to the router at all i just want to connect my laptop alone. at the moment ive got the laptop connected to the router with wires but i cant access the routers configuration page. i read that it should be a standard ip address to access it but i cant. i have problems in that when i connect wirelessly using the bluetooth adapter that came with the router, the network keeps dropping. ive changed channels and it still does the same. i cant access the internet even when i do get hold of the network. i use the infrastructure mode and not ad-hoc. any info or advice is very much appreciated. Thanks guys

 

[paul01]

you will need to configure both DHCP and the wirless network before you will be able to conect to the network/ internet

from the laptop.. which is connected through a cable open a web browser

and in the address bar type

http://192.168.0.1

this will allow you to connect to the config page.. you will need to login, the normal user on netgear is Admin

User : Admin
Pass : password

from the config page make sure you have setup the internet connection and you will also have a config page for wireless..

this will need to be setup

also make sure DHCP is enabled

good luck

 

[vajid]

cheers, i will give this a go

 

[paul01]

the wireless part is fairly striaght forward however if you have any questions you can post them here and i sure some of us will be able to help with an answer... well hopefully anyway..

 

[MH]

This is the way have my network setup

Doing thing high up the range so

Router is xxx.xxx.xxx.250
Printserver xxx.xxx.xxx.251
Bridge xxx.xxx.xxx.252

PC's

Server xxx.xxx.xxx.1 Wired
Lappy 1 xxx.xxx.xxx.2 Wireless
Lappy 2 xxx.xxx.xxx.3 Wireless
PDA xxx.xxx.xxx.4 Wireless
XBOX xxx.xxx.xxx.5 Wireless via bridge.

As you can see I do not use DHCP, pain in the ass.

Before we setup security we get the network working.

So Server is hard wired with a i
IP of xxx.xxx.xxx.1
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Gateway xxx.xxx.xxx.250 < Note Router IP address

DNS Primary from ISP
DNS Secondary from ISP

Your router will tell you these when connected to BB.

Follow these instructions and you should be onto a winner.

remember wired and wireless have exactly the same basic config. the only diference is the security required

 

[vajid]

cheers for the info guys, hopefully i will set it up wirelessl one day, lol