"ryan1975" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi, I bought a Netgear Wireless Router (WGR614UK). It does not have a
> DSL connection. I think i have bought the wrong product. I have tried
> connecting my BT Voyager 220V to my Netgear Wireless Router and even
> with a wired connection it does not work. I have now realised that
> maybe i should have bought a netgear DSL/Modem Router. Can someoby
> please confirm if i am right or wrong. Also as i have opened the
> router, i don't think i will be able to return it.
>
> Thanks, Ryan
> David Wade wrote:
>> "ryan1975" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> > Hi, can anyone tell me if i can by netgear wireless router or any other
>> > brand and use it on BT Business Broadband. Is it quite simple or there
>> > going to be capatibility issues or complications. At the moment i am
>> > using a BT Vogeger 220V Wired router. I want to replace that with a
>> > wireless router that i can pick up from most high street shops.
The BT Voyager 220V is an ADSL router with a single ethernet connection for
the internal network. It provides NAT, and DHCP. You configure it with the
username and password supplied by your ISP, and it routes traffic from your
internal network to the internet. Connect a PC to it, and use the command:
ipconfig /all
to identify the details of the LAN.
If you wish to connect more than one computer, the simplest option is to
connect a network switch. These start at about £10 for 5-port devices. If
you want to use wireless, then you need a Wireless Access Point.
The simplest option starting from scratch is to buy an ADSL wireless router.
The specification must say "includes ADSL port for direct connection to BT
phone line", or words to that effect.
However, since you have bought a Wireless Router intended for connection to
a cable modem, there is nothing to stop you using it. Since it also is a
router, it routes from one network to another. The "internal" network is
the wireless and group of 4 ethernet ports. The "external" network is the
single ethernet port, probably marked "cable modem". It routes traffic from
the internal network to the external.
Connect a PC to one of the 4 internal ethernet ports and use the command
ipconfig /all
to identify the details of the LAN that the Netgear router manages.
For the device to work as a router, the network it creates must be different
to the network defined by the BT Voyager 220V. If necessary, change either
one - refer to the relevant manual, and ask here; providing full details of
the current configuration first, before making any changes. Get this right
before making any attempt to connect the two routers together.
It is likely that the external interface of the Netgear router will
auto-configure when connected to the ethernet port on the BT router. The
power-on sequence may be important.
1) switch everything off
2) switch on BT router and wait for all its lights to stabilise, indicating
that it has a good ADSL connection.
3) connect the external port of the Netgear router to the internal port of
the BT router, switch on the Netgear router
4) connect a computer to an internal port on the Netgear router, and boot
it.
Ordinarily, leave both routers switched on.
--
Graham
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