"Arnaud" <noospam@example.org> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I own a Netgear DG834G (wireless ADSL firewall router :
> http://www.netgear.com/products/details/DG834G.php), but i don't have ADSL
> anymore but cable instead. I'm trying to diffuse the wifi signal to my pc
> laptop (win xp).
>
> I connect the netgear to the cable modem, the SSID is diffused and i
success
> to connect through wifi on the admin of the modem once it's plugged to the
> cable modem... I gave a locale ip to the netgear (192.168.0.10), so by
> typing it on a browser i can administrate the router. Here i'm lost, i can
> connect to the netgear but can't connect to internet, i guess it's a
gateway
> problem or subnest mask or what else ?
> I think it's possible to connect my laptop to the internet through wifi
but
> i'm not sure cause it's a modem router and not a "simple" router...
>
> What do you think ?
>
> thanks,
> Arnaud
>
>

"Arnaud" <noospam@example.org> wrote in message
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> "John" <Jsm***@hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
> Dsy4e.4798$6k4.461***@news20.bellglobal.com...
> > router WAN port (to the DSL modem) was probably setup to connect via ppp
> > to
> > your DSL provider. you need to turn that off and just use the WAN port
> > (now
> > connected to the cable modem)as a regular Ethernet port.
>
> Actually i don't use the WAN port any more, my cable modem is connected to
> the netgear router through RJ45, i use one of the 4 LAN ports available.
The
> WAN port is RJ11 format and i can only link the cable modem and the
netgear
> router through RJ45 wire...
>
> Arnaud
>
>

"Arnaud" <noospam@example.org> wrote in message
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> "John" <Jsm***@hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
> B1z4e.4848$6k4.465***@news20.bellglobal.com...
> > If you are not using the WAn port then you are not using the device as a
> > router! So you get no protection at all by having a router between the
> > modem
> > and the computer.
>
> I know i'm not using it as a router, i'm not looking for protection but
for
> a wifi signal... In a previous configuration (the netgear was connected
> through one of his 4 ports LAN to the RJ45 of an internet connected
laptop)
> I had a wifi signal able to distribute internet to other laptops... Today
> the configuration is a bit different since I'm trying to connect it
directly
> to the cable modem. I'm not sure it can works like that, but i'm trying
and
> asking for help/advices instead of buying right now another router without
> any ADSL modem inside. I'm not a network specialist but i would like to
test
> before anything else.
> I don't care about the firewall capabilities of stuff like that of that
> netgear today, i'm "only" trying to make it works as a wifi extension
> plugged on my cable modem...
>
> > The WAN port is an RJ45 not an RJ11 as  you mention.
>
> No, the WAN port is an RJ11, cf page 2, "physical interface" :
> http://kbserver.netgear.com/datasheets/DG834Gv2_datasheet_11May2004.pdf
>
> Arnaud
>
>

"Arnaud" <noospam@example.org> wrote in message
news:4252a4e3$0$12956$626a14ce@news.free.fr...
> Hi,
>
> I own a Netgear DG834G (wireless ADSL firewall router :
> http://www.netgear.com/products/details/DG834G.php), but i don't have ADSL
> anymore but cable instead. I'm trying to diffuse the wifi signal to my pc
> laptop (win xp).
>
> I connect the netgear to the cable modem, the SSID is diffused and i
success
> to connect through wifi on the admin of the modem once it's plugged to the
> cable modem... I gave a locale ip to the netgear (192.168.0.10), so by
> typing it on a browser i can administrate the router. Here i'm lost, i can
> connect to the netgear but can't connect to internet, i guess it's a
gateway
> problem or subnest mask or what else ?
> I think it's possible to connect my laptop to the internet through wifi
but
> i'm not sure cause it's a modem router and not a "simple" router...
>
> What do you think ?
>
> thanks,
> Arnaud
>
>