[TelstraClear] Installing a wireless router.

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originalGeorge

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#87505 30-Jul-2011 14:04

Hello everyone I am new to the forums, and just after a bit of help.

I got telstra installed (Woooo finally), and they have installed my internet with a cable connection. Now I bought a wireless router, a D-Link N300. So it was frustrating because I put the static i.p in and all that jazz, but it just wouldn't work. The wireless bars would always have a exclamation mark, and it didn't work when I put the ethernet cable directly into the computer aswell.

I had the Telstra modem on, with an ethernet cable running from that into my main router ethernet connection, then out of the 1 of 4 ports I had the computer directly in, and it still wouldn't work.

Now there probably is a way to get it to work but I took it back today haha. I'm going to buy another one, may I please have some advise on a router to buy, and does anyone know how to get them up and running?

Thanks! Love George.

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#499791 30-Jul-2011 16:31

did you have DHCP enabled on the lan side??

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#499792 30-Jul-2011 16:35

did you have the cable from the telstra supplyed modem in the WAN port....
and have all neccary DNS info in the router as needed...

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originalGeorge

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#499805 30-Jul-2011 17:04

Hey thanks for replying.

to be honest i'm not quite sure what enabling DHCP on the lan side means?

And what is the WAN port? And I think I had all the necessary information for the router, I had the DNS and the alternate DNS.

This is what the back for the router looked like. https://cdn.geekzone.co.nz/imagessubs/blog69e160ebea65747cf871067c48e1ff48.jpg

And in the port labeled "Internet" is where I had an ethernet cable running from the telstra modem.

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#499820 30-Jul-2011 17:39

Hi George, the router you have purchased is just fine, i have installed a conciderable number of that model.

Dont know what you have done wrong, but there are builtin Wizards to setup both the WAN setup and Wireless setup, you should not have to concern yourself with DHCP setting or anything like that if you use the wizards.

If you have more troubles then maybe give me a PM and setup a phone call, often its fast to talk someone through the process than back and forth here.

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originalGeorge

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#501018 2-Aug-2011 20:27

Damn I took the router back haha. Should I go buy another one the same, or is there a better one i can buy?

originalGeorge

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#505058 11-Aug-2011 15:58

I fixed it everyone!

Everyone probably knows how, but incase there is someone reading that has the same problem, i'll tell you how I did it.

Plugged the computer straight into the router without a modem.
When Start>Run> Typed "cmd".
In the black box I typed "ipconfig" and found my gateway/i.p number.
I typed that into the web broswer.
There where you access you router, I clicked on having a static I.P, and put all the details of my modem that TCL gave me.
Reset my router, Plugged my modem back in.
Tadaaaa woohooo haha.

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#505084 11-Aug-2011 16:32

^ reset or restart?

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originalGeorge

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#505729 12-Aug-2011 20:11

Oh restart sorry