Netgear SC101 is a heap of... but anyone got a fix ?

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To cut a long story short, I have tried every fix known to man (or
woman) in the netgear forums to get this piece of crap working and
failed miserably, although I don't think I'm the only one. Does
anyone know if it is possible to set this up straight on to the
Ethernet port via RJ45 and bypass the router completely ? and have the
configuration details for doing it.

JBN
 
To cut a long story short, I have tried every fix known to man (or
woman) in the netgear forums to get this piece of crap working and
failed miserably, although I don't think I'm the only one. Does
anyone know if it is possible to set this up straight on to the
Ethernet port via RJ45 and bypass the router completely ? and have the
configuration details for doing it.

JBN
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it might help if you provided some basic details about how
this device achieves connectivity. For example, a brief
search indicates it is not accessed via IP # but rather
software is installed on all clients. Yuck! Who wants to
load up software just to access NAS? I wouldn't use it for
free but maybe your needs are different?

It should indeed be possible to attach it directly to the PC
rather than a router. If you had tried this and still no
success, I'd suspect something else, the original problem
still persists.

IMO, unless you wanted this type of device (access method),
it is a poor solution and if you can get a refund that would
be prudent.
 
fecket said:
To cut a long story short, I have tried every fix known to man (or
woman) in the netgear forums to get this piece of crap working and
failed miserably, although I don't think I'm the only one. Does
anyone know if it is possible to set this up straight on to the
Ethernet port via RJ45 and bypass the router completely ? and have the
configuration details for doing it.
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Uhm...ya.

Don't plug anything into the WAN port.
 
Yes, APIPA does work on the SC101. Did you try it? Did it work? The box
needs to connect to a DHCP server and does not care if it comes from
the router, OS or third party service.

Let me know if you still need help. I have a lot of experience with
this product during it's beta testing era.

netdr
 
I hadn't even heard of APIPA until your reply, I know know what it
stands for.. lol

I did try using the lan ip setting of the router to reserve an address
for the 101, as someone suggested i might work, it didn't. A
previous poster said dont connect anything to the WAN, but not sure
where he was coming from with that.

My set up is a straight USB wireless connector to the Wireless Router,
which the SC 101 plugs into. OS is XP Pro, plenty of memory and no
card conflicts, stable machine I have no problem with.

Is there a guide anywhere to setting up the APIPA for XP to give that
a try ?? I'll just slap a 20 gig in there for a play about

Ta

JBN
 
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