What I'm attempting to do seems relatively easy but it's not working right. I'm used to setting up a cable modem with a router but not so comfortable doing this with dsl. The dsl on the DG834B is setup to get an IP directly from the ISP (no pppoe) so it seems like it would be as simple as hooking up an ethernet cable from one of the ports to the 'internet' port on the d-link router. Unfortunately, this doesn't work. With DHCP on, I can't seem to get a computer hooked up through the router to connect to the internet. I think some of this might have to do with the fact that the default setup IP for both the router and dsl router are both 192.168.0.1. Which should I change to what and what other things do I need to make sure are setup so that this works smoothly. I'm at my wit's end with what seems to be a very easy setup but is turning into a complete headache. YOur help is greatly appreciated!
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Thanks for laying this out so simply. I will try later and report my findings. I think part of the problem is that I kept connecting the netgear to the d-link via a port on the modem to the 'internet' part of the d-link and then changing the ip to something like 192.168.0.3.
If, in the end I need to do port forwarding, which of these configurations would be best, the first option or the second?
What I would suggest is to take the screen shots of both of your router config pages, like lan settings , wan settings , adn which ever you are not sure about and put them in a word / pdf file and attach here
i will have a look and mark them accordingly.
name the files properly like from netgear or dlink
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by: aerapsPosted on 2009-09-17 at 03:15:31ID: 25354395
the dsl on the netgear is pppoe ;
what you can do is : just connect a cable from your netgear lan port to a lan port on your dlink and disable the dhcp server on your dlink as there shud be a dhcp already on netgear.
on your dlink you can setup your wireless network as per your liking.
for the above to work : make sure both of them are on the same subnet i.e. if the netgear ip address is 192.168.0.1 , the dlink ip can be 192.168.0.2 or anything but not 192.168.0.1
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the second option :
connect a cable from netgear ethernet port to dlink wan port
change the dlink lan settings to a different subnet for e.g. 192.168.20.1 ;
under dlink wan settings select dynamic ip from dhcp (as dhcp should be running on netgear)
turn on dhcp under lan settings on your dlink as well
it will work.
basically experts have already explained , i am just trying to re-phrase.
hope this helps
i have posted on your other question as well - you can provide screen shots of the configuration screens from your :
Netgear WAN Settings
Netgear Lan settings
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Dlink wan and lan settings