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From: t.d.russell2 on 17 Sep 2006 12:25 Hi, I've recently purchased an Apple iMac and upgraded to broadband from dial-up at the same time. The modem supplied by the internet provider works fine, I am connected to it at the moment while I post this. So the ADSL line works fine. However when I plug the ethernet cable into the router I can't see it from my iMac, presumeably because it's not set up yet? But even hard-wiring the router to the computer doesn't work. The accompaning CD has a setup guide which only says to try opening a browser window, and you should see a Netgear Welcome Screen, ... but instead I get the page telling me I'm nt connected to the internet. Has anyone else got a Mac and tried using this Netgear router? If so how did you do it? All the tutorials on the CD seem to be .exe files, I am wondering if I should try and get hold of a PC to set up the router and then once it's set up I can use my Mac - but I feel I shouldn't have to do this. Any help much appreciated!
From: D.M. Procida on 17 Sep 2006 12:36 <t.d.russell2(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi, I've recently purchased an Apple iMac and upgraded to broadband > from dial-up at the same time. The modem supplied by the internet > provider works fine, I am connected to it at the moment while I post > this. So the ADSL line works fine. However when I plug the ethernet > cable into the router I can't see it from my iMac, presumeably because > it's not set up yet? But even hard-wiring the router to the computer > doesn't work. As soon as you connect your iMac to the router it should pick up an IP address from the router. I don't know what you know about Macs, however, can you tell us what Apple Menu > System Preferences > Network > Show: Network status has to say? Also tell us what Applications > Utilities > System Profiler > Network has to say about Ethernet. Followups set. Daniele
From: t.d.russell2 on 17 Sep 2006 12:45 D.M. Procida wrote: > <t.d.russell2(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, I've recently purchased an Apple iMac and upgraded to broadband > > from dial-up at the same time. The modem supplied by the internet > > provider works fine, I am connected to it at the moment while I post > > this. So the ADSL line works fine. However when I plug the ethernet > > cable into the router I can't see it from my iMac, presumeably because > > it's not set up yet? But even hard-wiring the router to the computer > > doesn't work. > > As soon as you connect your iMac to the router it should pick up an IP > address from the router. I don't know what you know about Macs, however, > can you tell us what Apple Menu > System Preferences > Network > Show: > Network status has to say? > > Also tell us what Applications > Utilities > System Profiler > Network > has to say about Ethernet. > > Followups set. > > Daniele Thanks for swift reply. Network status gives me a green light for the built-in ethernet (when hard-wired to the netgear router) and says "Bult-in ethernet is currently active and has the IP address 192.168.1.2. You are connected to the internet via Built-in Ethernet". There is a lot of information in system profiler - can't tell what's relevant and what isn't. It confirms the same IP address. It tells me the router IP address is 109.168.1.1. I can see my MAC address. What else might be helpful to know? Tom
From: gort on 17 Sep 2006 13:09 On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 09:45:59 -0700, t.d.russell2 wrote: > D.M. Procida wrote: >> <t.d.russell2(a)googlemail.com> wrote: >> >> > Hi, I've recently purchased an Apple iMac and upgraded to broadband >> > from dial-up at the same time. The modem supplied by the internet >> > provider works fine, I am connected to it at the moment while I post >> > this. So the ADSL line works fine. However when I plug the ethernet >> > cable into the router I can't see it from my iMac, presumeably because >> > it's not set up yet? But even hard-wiring the router to the computer >> > doesn't work. >> >> As soon as you connect your iMac to the router it should pick up an IP >> address from the router. I don't know what you know about Macs, however, >> can you tell us what Apple Menu > System Preferences > Network > Show: >> Network status has to say? >> >> Also tell us what Applications > Utilities > System Profiler > Network >> has to say about Ethernet. >> >> Followups set. >> >> Daniele > > > Thanks for swift reply. > > Network status gives me a green light for the built-in ethernet (when > hard-wired to the netgear router) and says "Bult-in ethernet is > currently active and has the IP address 192.168.1.2. You are connected > to the internet via Built-in Ethernet". > > There is a lot of information in system profiler - can't tell what's > relevant and what isn't. It confirms the same IP address. It tells me > the router IP address is 109.168.1.1. I can see my MAC address. What > else might be helpful to know? > > Tom I think you mean 192.168.1.1 ? You need to fire up a browser and put that IP address, 192.168.1.1, in the url bar. This should then display a setup page from the router. On this page you will need to enter your username and password that your ISP gave you. Click on save and reboot and the router should connect you. Dave
From: D.M. Procida on 17 Sep 2006 13:10
<t.d.russell2(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > Network status gives me a green light for the built-in ethernet (when > hard-wired to the netgear router) and says "Bult-in ethernet is > currently active and has the IP address 192.168.1.2. You are connected > to the internet via Built-in Ethernet". That's good. It means the router has given your iMac an IP address of 192.168.1.2. Your router and the iMac are indeed talking to one another. > There is a lot of information in system profiler - can't tell what's > relevant and what isn't. It confirms the same IP address. It tells me > the router IP address is 109.168.1.1. I can see my MAC address. What > else might be helpful to know? Are you sure about that address? It is almost certain to be 192.168.1.1, In fact, if you enter 192.168.1.1 into a web browser, you will get the configuration page of the router. The username to configure the router is most likely "admin"; the password is most likely "password" or "1234". Good idea to change these, by the way. However, since your iMac has picked up an IP address from the router, you shouldn't need to do anything more. This router, what model is it? Daniele |