Re: Advice needed on a home network setup

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, "Richard Lobb"
wrote:

>
> Then tried the HP 340T using the installation CD (I know - I know!)
> This time Set Up Wizard found the modem through the router.
> I have full access to the Internet - but - the port light is amber -
> not green (though it was green until I turned on the computer)
> The manual states this indicates "The Ethernet cable is connected but
> the router has not gotten an internet address"
>
> But the computer is communicating with the Internet both ways as this
> post indicates. I can send and receive perfectly.
>
> Any ideas?? All advice and suggestions welcomed!! :-)

Which port or what piece of equipment?

Some have LEDS that indicate one colour for 10/100 and another for a
gigabit connection (My LAN equipment does this). Older ones have one
colour for 10Mbps and another for 100mbps. If your equipment is Gb
capable, then check your Ethernet cables are fully wired (8 wires)

They may have just changed the LED types without updating the manual.
There are tools available that can check the LAN operating speed.

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In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, "Richard Lobb"
wrote:
>
> As stated in the original post - but if you insist - port 2 on the
> NetGear WGR614 v9 router.

Sonetimes we don't follow the whole thread, just try to help with a
question that no-one else is dealing with...

>
> As stated - the equipment is indicatiing no Internet ADDRESS - The
> other port (1) works with a green light - the amber colour indicates
> NO INTERNET ADDRESS.

Your router is a Cable type and the Ethernet port into which you connect
to your cable source has its Internet address supplied by your ISP. I
suggest you plug this into port 1. The router than will assign private
(LAN) addresses on the other ports when requested by the attached
computer. These will, for example, be in the range 192.168.1.2 to
192.168.1.254. If you need to know what INTERNET ADDRESS (your caps)
has been assigned by your ISP to your router, then you have to log onto
the router and ask it the correct question.

The router will automatically translate the LAN address to the WAN
address, or LAN to LAN address as necessary, depending on what you are
trying to do.


> Thanks anyway

You're welcome.

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John W
I you really want to mail me, replace the obvious with co.uk twice

On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:19:10 +0100
Richard Lobb <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:56:39 +0100, John Weston
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, "Richard
> >Lobb" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Then tried the HP 340T using the installation CD (I know - I know!)
> >> This time Set Up Wizard found the modem through the router.
> >> I have full access to the Internet - but - the port light is amber
> >> - not green (though it was green until I turned on the computer)
> >> The manual states this indicates "The Ethernet cable is connected
> >> but the router has not gotten an internet address"
> >>
> >> But the computer is communicating with the Internet both ways as
> >> this post indicates. I can send and receive perfectly.
> >>
> >> Any ideas?? All advice and suggestions welcomed!! :-)
> >
> >Which port or what piece of equipment?
>
> As stated in the original post - but if you insist - port 2 on the
> NetGear WGR614 v9 router.

You didn't say in the OP which port you meant. That's a LAN port, so it
wouldn't be assigned an Internet address anyway.
>
> >Some have LEDS that indicate one colour for 10/100 and another for a
> >gigabit connection (My LAN equipment does this). Older ones have
> >one colour for 10Mbps and another for 100mbps. If your equipment is
> >Gb capable, then check your Ethernet cables are fully wired (8 wires)
>
> As stated - the equipment is indicatiing no Internet ADDRESS - The
> other port (1) works with a green light - the amber colour indicates
> NO INTERNET ADDRESS.
>
Actually he's right - the manual says "If a port’s light is lit, a link
has been established to the connected device. If a LAN port is
connected to a 100 Mbps device, verify that the port’s light is green.
If the port is 10 Mbps, the light is amber."

> I really want to know how to find the internet address - not operating
> speed

The Internet address belongs to the router, not the attached devices.
It's displayed on the first configuration page (Basic Settings). The
local IP address of any device attached to the router, along with its
MAC address, is displayed on the Attached Devices page.

On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:00:28 +0100
John Weston <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Your router is a Cable type and the Ethernet port into which you
> connect to your cable source has its Internet address supplied by
> your ISP. I suggest you plug this into port 1.

I think it's a better idea to plug it into the WAN port really. :-)