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Thread ID: 95063	2008-11-23 04:15:00	Networking issue Router/Modem	Warhog (7975)	Press F1

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722190	2008-11-23 07:07:00	Why don't you call the Belkin helpdesk 0800 235 546 That is what they are there for. Next time buy a modem/router all in one and you won't have these sort of problems. By buying 2 units it has cost you more and wasted a lot of your time. For example you could have bought a Dynalink RTA1025W wireless modem/router for about $120 and you would be up and running in about 10 mins. Well aware of this, you're not helping the slightest. I wasn't the one that bought it. It was bought online and the package had been opened before it became evident returning it would have been a good idea. Planning to call them tomorrow, just thought I'd try here first.	Warhog (7975)
722191	2008-11-23 07:11:00	Shouldn't it just have the task of routing the traffic from the modem to the various devices? CORRECT - Thats how the Telstra Cable works,the modem plugs into the Routers WAN port - then you set the static IP of your account from Telstra. Set a few of the ones you have on Cable, but never got them to work on ADSL. Could be wrong about this, but I think the one you have is for a cable Modem, not the NZ ADSL - the one that will work is the Belkin Wireless N1 MIMO ADSL2+ Modem Router, that has the settings to change from PPOE to PPOA. As advertised from Ascent (www.ascent.co.nz) From The Belkin Spec Sheet (www.imagef1.net.nz). Maybe some one who uses the Belkin on ADSL can help, personally I dont use Belkin.	wainuitech (129)
722192	2008-11-23 07:36:00	CORRECT - Thats how the Telstra Cable works,the modem plugs into the Routers WAN port - then you set the static IP of your account from Telstra. Set a few of the ones you have on Cable, but never got them to work on ADSL. Could be wrong about this, but I think the one you have is for a cable Modem, not the NZ ADSL - the one that will work is the Belkin Wireless N1 MIMO ADSL2+ Modem Router, that has the settings to change from PPOE to PPOA. As advertised from Ascent (www.ascent.co.nz) From The Belkin Spec Sheet (www.imagef1.net.nz). Maybe some one who uses the Belkin on ADSL can help, personally I dont use Belkin. That would make sense. It only has the numbers for Australia and NZ on the box though, that would suggest it was for NZ :/ Too tired to fix it now anyway :P I'll post the results tomorrow in case anyone has similar difficulty.	Warhog (7975)
722193	2008-11-23 08:08:00	That would make sense. It only has the numbers for Australia and NZ on the box though, that would suggest it was for NZ :/ Too tired to fix it now anyway :P I'll post the results tomorrow in case anyone has similar difficulty. Yes :thumbs: Please do - will be VERY helpful to find out the solution.	wainuitech (129)
722194	2008-11-23 20:20:00	The simplest way to get this setup working should be: You have the modem set up OK for standalone operation already, according to your 1st post. I'll assume you have the DHCP server option turned on there, so that whatever plugs into the modem's LAN port gets an IP automatically assigned for it. It's LAN address is 192.168.1.1. On the N1's WAN connection, you should be able to set it up as a "Dynamic" or "Automatic" IP. This means that to the modem, it will just look like a PC connected to it with automatic IP & DNS settings. In this mode it doesn't need to know any ADSL-connection-specific information; from it's point of view, it's just talking to some generic Ethernet device that will give it an IP address as requested. On the LAN side of the N1 it MUST be set to a different subnet than that of the modem! So use 192.168.2.x, 192.168.100.x, 10.0.0.x, or whatever, just not 192.168.1.x. The subnet mask is important here to ensure the modem & router ranges can't overlap - just use the (probable) default of 255.255.255.0. Turn on the DHCP server option on the N1, so that it will give out LAN addresses (on the [say] 192.168.100.x subnet) to anything connected on the LAN/WiFi side of the router. Connect the N1's WAN port to the modem's LAN port & your PC to the N1's LAN port (it's always easier setting everything up over a wired connection; leave the WiFi setup until you've got the basic config working). This should give you a working internet connection. The N1 does NAT (Network Address Translation) on your PC's traffic, which again gets NAT'ed by the modem. This is more complicated to run a server on the LAN, as you've then got fiddly stuff to do to manually route internet traffic back to a given machine on the LAN, but for 99% of us that should do the trick. This at least should give you a baseline setup that you can fall back to if you tweak it till it breaks later on.	MushHead (10626)
722195	2008-11-23 20:36:00	Just reading the N1 manual after the fact... In the N1's Dynamic mode you don't have to enter a Host Name. A second, similar option would be to use the "Static" option on the N1, & set the "ISP Gateway address" to 192.168.1.1, the IP address to (say)192.168.1.2 & subnet to 255.255.255.0.	MushHead (10626)
722196	2008-11-24 00:23:00	Just reading the N1 manual after the fact... In the N1's Dynamic mode you don't have to enter a Host Name. A second, similar option would be to use the "Static" option on the N1, & set the "ISP Gateway address" to 192.168.1.1, the IP address to (say)192.168.1.2 & subnet to 255.255.255.0. Works great (using dynamic) speed display on the front of the router is fluctuating wildly, but seems stable so far. Thanks! No need to call Belkin now.	Warhog (7975)
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