Re: Wireless Netgear Router

Richard O'Keefe wrote:

> I have a Netgear Router WGR614 v.6 connected to 5 computers. One is
> hard wired, two have built in wireless capability. One with win 98SE
> and a netgear card WPN511. All four work fine.
>
> Another one has win XP Pro and a netgear card WPN511. It worked fine
> until I replaced the wireless card with hard wired ethernet card for
> temporary use. With the hard wired card the DHCP automatically
> assigns an IP address. When I replace the net card with the wireless
> card, it will not aquire an IP address, even though the signal
> strength is excellent. I tried manually assigning an IP address, but
> I didn't know how to configure dns and wns.
>
> All help will be appreciated.
>
> Sincerely Richard

While I'm not familiar with the Netgear router you might want to look at
that router's config for DHCP. It sounds like you have either a limit on
the number of addresses assigned OR perhaps using MAC address filtering.
If you search around its config you might see where you can either open
these us or expand the definition. HTH

Richard O'Keefe wrote:

> On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:25:59 -0400, Bob M <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Richard O'Keefe wrote:
>>
>>> I have a Netgear Router WGR614 v.6 connected to 5 computers. One is
>>> hard wired, two have built in wireless capability. One with win 98SE
>>> and a netgear card WPN511. All four work fine.
>>>
>>> Another one has win XP Pro and a netgear card WPN511. It worked fine
>>> until I replaced the wireless card with hard wired ethernet card for
>>> temporary use. With the hard wired card the DHCP automatically
>>> assigns an IP address. When I replace the net card with the wireless
>>> card, it will not aquire an IP address, even though the signal
>>> strength is excellent. I tried manually assigning an IP address, but
>>> I didn't know how to configure dns and wns.
>>>
>>> All help will be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Sincerely Richard
>>
>>While I'm not familiar with the Netgear router you might want to look at
>>that router's config for DHCP. It sounds like you have either a limit on
>>the number of addresses assigned OR perhaps using MAC address filtering.
>>If you search around its config you might see where you can either open
>>these us or expand the definition. HTH
>
> I have seen addresses as high as 192.168.1.9. My printer server is
> always 192.168.1.7. The computers are assigned an address as they are
> turned on. DHCP automatically assigns an IP address. When I replace
> the netgear wireless card with a hard wired ethernet card the computer
> has an address automatically assigned. I check mac filtering.
>
> How does one manually assign ip address with xp?
>
> Sincerely, Richard

Pretty simply - open up "network connection" and look for your WIRED LAN
adapter. Right click on it and then select "properties". On the resulting
screen you should see a page/tab where you can set the address manually.
It either states - use this address or sometimes "static" then key your
desired IP in the appropriate area. Use 255.255.255.0 as the netmask.

HTH

(E-Mail Removed) (Richard O'Keefe) wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):

> On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:52:58 -0400, Bob M <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>>Richard O'Keefe wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:25:59 -0400, Bob M <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Richard O'Keefe wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have a Netgear Router WGR614 v.6 connected to 5 computers.
>>>>> One is hard wired, two have built in wireless capability. One
>>>>> with win 98SE and a netgear card WPN511. All four work fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> Another one has win XP Pro and a netgear card WPN511. It
>>>>> worked fine until I replaced the wireless card with hard
>>>>> wired ethernet card for temporary use. With the hard wired
>>>>> card the DHCP automatically assigns an IP address. When I
>>>>> replace the net card with the wireless card, it will not
>>>>> aquire an IP address, even though the signal strength is
>>>>> excellent. I tried manually assigning an IP address, but
>>>>> I didn't know how to configure dns and wns.
>>>>>
>>>>> All help will be appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sincerely Richard
>>>>
>>>>While I'm not familiar with the Netgear router you might want to
>>>>look at that router's config for DHCP. It sounds like you have
>>>>either a limit on the number of addresses assigned OR perhaps
>>>>using MAC address filtering. If you search around its config you
>>>>might see where you can either open these us or expand the
>>>>definition. HTH
>>>
>>> I have seen addresses as high as 192.168.1.9. My printer server
>>> is always 192.168.1.7. The computers are assigned an address as
>>> they are turned on. DHCP automatically assigns an IP address.
>>> When I replace the netgear wireless card with a hard wired
>>> ethernet card the computer has an address automatically
>>> assigned. I check mac filtering.
>>>
>>> How does one manually assign ip address with xp?
>>>
>>> Sincerely, Richard
>>
>>Pretty simply - open up "network connection" and look for your
>>WIRED LAN adapter. Right click on it and then select
>>"properties". On the resulting screen you should see a page/tab
>>where you can set the address manually. It either states - use
>>this address or sometimes "static" then key your desired IP in the
>>appropriate area. Use 255.255.255.0 as the netmask.
>>
>>HTH
>
>
> I never have a problem with my wired lan connection. I am
> connected with my wired lan now. DHCP will not automatically set
> an IP address when I have my wireless card installed. I have
> tried setting ip address manually when I have my wireless card
> connected. The computer appears to accept the address. My
> wireless card states that it is connected to the router and that
> the connection is excellent and that it cannot acquire an ip
> address. I go to the command prompt and type in ipconfig and it
> indicates the manual address that I configured.
>
> Sincerely, Richard
>

The 614 wil not support that.

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