On Mon 14 May 2007 17:06, Vince L wrote:
> On Monday 14 May 2007 16:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Hello List
> >
> > "just pop a small Cable/DSL router inbetween your host and the
> > modem (standard ethernet connection for the host +security)."
> > _____________
> >
> > - that sounded easy! . . . but it is not working yet :)
> >
> > - how please to set this up? - my PC cannot "ping" the router at
> > 192.168.0.1
>
> Note your router IP address, it is on the 192.168.0.0/24 subnet.
> Google for the term subnet to understand the significance
>
> > and the Netgear Install Wizard does NOT Start.
>
> Is this wizard on the router firmware? If it is from a CD, either
> from Netgear or your ISP, put it to one side and ignore it, you do
> not need it and you will only get grief by attempting to use it
>
> > I have openSuSE 10.2 installed on my stand-alone PC
> >
> > my ethernet card is : 192.168.1.10, netmask 255.255.255.0, gateway
> > 192.168.1.254 (the default address of the Speedtouch ADSL
> > ModemST536i
>
> Not your ethernet card IP address, it is on the 192.168.1.0/24
> subnet. You will only be able to ping the router if they are on the
> same subnet, or if you have a route to the router via another router
> which is itself pingable. In short change the address of this card to
> be on the 192.168.0.0/24 subnet
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Many thanks, Vince
.................
The Thompson SpeedTouch ADSL Modem have the Netgear Router RP614v2
a DHCP address: 87.203.102.185
- after giving the command, as root :-
route add 87.203.102.185 dev eth0
- the Netgear Wizard started up - all seems to work OK
best regards + thanks
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