james_k1988
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Hey there
Right first off, im pretty crappy when it comes to networking and such, it's always been an area that doesnt like me...at all. But i know some stuff so ill do the best i can lol
Right i recently got my hands on a router, its a "Netgear RP614 , Cable/DSL Web Safe Router Gateway" . But the router was all i got, no cables, and no Cd's. Now i found a power cable that seems to fit ok (Nokia charger ) And its easy enought to get a hold of some ethernet cables .
(As far as i am told, it doesnt matter if the cables going to and from a router an PC are Crossover or straight-through. I Dunno if this is only for Hubs or not cause i used to use a hub and it didnt matter what cable was used, never had a router like this)
Neways i was told i can set it up without the cd's , i just needed to go into the router and adjust the settings (by going to IE and typing in 192.168.1.0 into address bar). But when i tried to do this (didnt work btw) i noticed something strange on the router. The pc keeps saying "local area connection disconnected" and on the front of the Router theres are a few lights...
(http://www.zdnet.de/graphics/reviews/netzwerk/200211/netgear614.jpg)
..and the one i plugged it into keeps going off. It flickers really fast for a bit, then after bout 30 secs stops, then a few seconds later goes back on, then off again, etc
At this point i only had the computer wired to the router, the router wasnt connected to the net or anything (although i have tried it with the net before and that gave me more grief, but thats another story)
But i was informed i should still be able to get into the routers settings by typing that ip into the address bar. Now is this possibly a physical fault with the router? Or is it a setting somewhere on it, and if so how do i get in there because the ip in address bar aint working on this one (although ive seen it working before on another router, so i know what to look out for)
Also dont know if it matters buts theres a button on the back labeled reset, but when i press it, it does fek all lol
I've gave as much info as i can think of, if ne more is needed let me know, an i hope someone can help me cause i cant figure it out :dead:
Right first off, im pretty crappy when it comes to networking and such, it's always been an area that doesnt like me...at all. But i know some stuff so ill do the best i can lol
Right i recently got my hands on a router, its a "Netgear RP614 , Cable/DSL Web Safe Router Gateway" . But the router was all i got, no cables, and no Cd's. Now i found a power cable that seems to fit ok (Nokia charger ) And its easy enought to get a hold of some ethernet cables .
(As far as i am told, it doesnt matter if the cables going to and from a router an PC are Crossover or straight-through. I Dunno if this is only for Hubs or not cause i used to use a hub and it didnt matter what cable was used, never had a router like this)
Neways i was told i can set it up without the cd's , i just needed to go into the router and adjust the settings (by going to IE and typing in 192.168.1.0 into address bar). But when i tried to do this (didnt work btw) i noticed something strange on the router. The pc keeps saying "local area connection disconnected" and on the front of the Router theres are a few lights...
(http://www.zdnet.de/graphics/reviews/netzwerk/200211/netgear614.jpg)
..and the one i plugged it into keeps going off. It flickers really fast for a bit, then after bout 30 secs stops, then a few seconds later goes back on, then off again, etc
At this point i only had the computer wired to the router, the router wasnt connected to the net or anything (although i have tried it with the net before and that gave me more grief, but thats another story)
But i was informed i should still be able to get into the routers settings by typing that ip into the address bar. Now is this possibly a physical fault with the router? Or is it a setting somewhere on it, and if so how do i get in there because the ip in address bar aint working on this one (although ive seen it working before on another router, so i know what to look out for)
Also dont know if it matters buts theres a button on the back labeled reset, but when i press it, it does fek all lol
I've gave as much info as i can think of, if ne more is needed let me know, an i hope someone can help me cause i cant figure it out :dead: