bt adsl netgear help needed

Thanks in advance for any help!

I'm in the UK and have just bought the "Netgear 54G ADSL Wireless Laptop
Bundle" from www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk

this bundle includes...

a.. Netgear DM602 ADSL Modem
a.. Netgear WGR614 54G Wireless Broadband Router
a.. Netgear WG511 54Mbps Wireless Laptop Card
a..
I knew this would be slightly trickier to setup than Netgear's all in one
modem/router Netgear DG824M

But I wanted the future-proofing (HAHA) of 54g

ANYWAY.

I can get the modem working, and am now enjoying good speed on BT ADSL.

BUT, when I put the router in, I can't get on-line. All the lights are doing
what they should, and I'm sure it's just a matter of configuring the thing,
but there are so many options.

SORRY for such a vague NEWBIE post.

But can anyone shed light?
Has anyone else been here?
Thanks for any help...


ian cairns

"ian cairns" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> Thanks in advance for any help!
>
> I'm in the UK and have just bought the "Netgear 54G ADSL Wireless
> Laptop Bundle" from www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk
>
> this bundle includes...
>
> a.. Netgear DM602 ADSL Modem
> a.. Netgear WGR614 54G Wireless Broadband Router
> a.. Netgear WG511 54Mbps Wireless Laptop Card
> a..
> I knew this would be slightly trickier to setup than Netgear's all in
> one modem/router Netgear DG824M
>
> But I wanted the future-proofing (HAHA) of 54g
>
> ANYWAY.
>
> I can get the modem working, and am now enjoying good speed on BT
> ADSL.
>
> BUT, when I put the router in, I can't get on-line. All the lights are
> doing what they should, and I'm sure it's just a matter of configuring
> the thing, but there are so many options.
>
> SORRY for such a vague NEWBIE post.
>
> But can anyone shed light?
> Has anyone else been here?
> Thanks for any help...
>
>
> ian cairns
>
>
>
>

Most likely, the modem's MAC has been provisioned with the ISP, maybe.
The computer network interface card's MAC was provisioned with the ISP.
It was a good chance that the modem provided by the ISP and your
computer's NIC MAC being provisioned properly allowed the machine to
connect to the ISP's network.

Now, you have a router in between the modem and the computer's NIC and
the router has its own MAC that has not been provisioned by the ISP for
use on its network linked to your account.

Maybe, the router has a MAC cloning feature, where as, you can take the
NIC MAC and clone it into the router, which makes the ISP think it's
communicating with the NIC'S MAC.

Maybe, your going to have to call the ISP and tell them you want to un-
provision the computer's NIC MAC and use the router's MAC.

You can look up MAC using Google, and it will tell you what MAC means and
its purpose.


Duane
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