Zyxel wireless router

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I can not get a Zyxel wireless router nbg 418n working correctly.

It gets a great connection but my browser will not connect ?

Andy
 
Andy said:
I can not get a Zyxel wireless router nbg 418n working correctly.

It gets a great connection but my browser will not connect ?

Andy
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It's probably your DNS settings aren't working.

Try http://www.sun.com and you'll tell us that doesn't work.
Try http://156.151.59.35 and you'll tell us that does work.

If that's the pattern, that's DNS.

In command prompt, I cheated by doing

nslookup www.sun.com

so it could give me the number 156.151.58.35 . I used
my DNS lookup, so yours would not need to be working.
By using the "number format", you're avoiding a DNS lookup
over the network. If you do this in the browser, DNS is not
consulted. It would be pretty hard for me to "give you
all the numbers", so you could browse all day :-)

http://156.151.59.35

If that does not match your symptoms, try to explain
"browser will not connect". What does it say ? What
is the diagnostic message ? What is the visual appearance
after you hit <return> ?

*******

I found this page today, which is filled with Wifi goodies.
It turns out, this is for Vista, so the "netsh wlan show all"
doesn't work. This is for Vista or later. WinXP has different
and more useless options.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766215(v=WS.10).aspx

In WinXP, you can do in the Command Prompt window

netsh
diag
show ip [your IP address]
show ? [list the other (useless) options]
quit

So that's about as close to useful as WinXP gets there.

You'd be better off doing

ipconfig /all

to get a dump.

If you do it this way, the results can be
saved in a file.

ipconfig /all > C:\myipconfig.txt

and that would store it under C:\ . In Command Prompt,
then you'd do

notepad C:\myipconfig.txt

to open it, and after notepad is closed,
you could use

del C:\myipconfig.txt

to remove it. Safer, is to use (File) Explorer to
find the file and then delete it with a drag and drop,
as there are more safety features to save you from
a typing error. Never be "in a rush" with the
Command Prompt, as mis-typing some commands
can be deadly. One day, I lost a gigabyte of data
to a typing mistake. Don't join my exclusive club... :-)

Paul
 
I can not get a Zyxel wireless router nbg 418n working correctly.



It gets a great connection but my browser will not connect ?



Andy
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I get nothing from your http addresses.

nslookup www.sun.com gives this.

Server: resolver1.opendns.com
Address: 208.67.222.222

Name: legacy-sun.oraclegha.com
Address: 156.151.59.35
Aliases: www.sun.com

LAN Port is Lan1 - 4
IP Address 192.168.1.1
 
Andy said:
I get nothing from your http addresses.

nslookup www.sun.com gives this.

Server: resolver1.opendns.com
Address: 208.67.222.222

Name: legacy-sun.oraclegha.com
Address: 156.151.59.35
Aliases: www.sun.com

LAN Port is Lan1 - 4
IP Address 192.168.1.1
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So what you're telling us is:

1) Your DNS seems to be working.
2) You are not using the DNS server of your ISP.
You're using OpenDNS.

I have no idea why it doesn't work. Maybe
someone else can suggest a reason.

Paul
 
So what you're telling us is:



1) Your DNS seems to be working.

2) You are not using the DNS server of your ISP.

You're using OpenDNS.



I have no idea why it doesn't work. Maybe

someone else can suggest a reason.



Paul
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I am using a wireless open network signal that comes from the apt. office.

I was told to buy a wireless router instead of a wifi card.

Hope that wasn't a mistake. :-(

Andy
 
Andy said:
I can not get a Zyxel wireless router nbg 418n working correctly.
It gets a great connection but my browser will not connect ?
Andy
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Click "Start", "Run", type "control netconnections" into the "Open" box and click "OK".
Then right-click your Internet connection and select "Repair".

Ben
 
I can not get a Zyxel wireless router nbg 418n working correctly.



It gets a great connection but my browser will not connect ?



Andy
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Windows could not finish repairing the problem because the following action cannot be completed:

Clearing the DNS cache.
 
I can't believe the amount of difficulty for this task,
I think I will eventually get it going.

The back has 4 LAN ports and one WAN port.

I am just using LAN 1.

Andy
 
I am using a wireless open network signal that comes from the apt. office.
I was told to buy a wireless router instead of a wifi card.
Hope that wasn't a mistake. :-(
Andy
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Is your 418n set to repeater mode?
You may want to check into a better antenna.
You can buy one or make your own.
 
Is your 418n set to repeater mode?

You may want to check into a better antenna.

You can buy one or make your own.


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I don't think it is my 2 antennas.

Wifi card has a speed range of 12 - 64 Mbps while the wireless router has a speed of 100 Mbps.

WiFi single antenna is about 1 inch in length as opposed to 10 inches for both antennas of my router.

Andy
 
Andy said:
I don't think it is my 2 antennas.

Wifi card has a speed range of 12 - 64 Mbps while the wireless router has a speed of 100 Mbps.

WiFi single antenna is about 1 inch in length as opposed to 10 inches for both antennas of my router.

Andy
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I wouldn't worry about the antenna.

I'd be interested in all the fancy modes it's got.

http://www.zyxel.com/products_services/nbg_418n.shtml?t=p

WLAN Features

* Access point mode
* Client bridge mode
* Universal repeater mode

The last option, sounds a lot like what "Paul in Houston TX"
is suggesting to you. Various pictures, page 36.

ftp://ftp2.zyxel.com/NBG-418N/user_guide/NBG-418N_V2_Ed1.pdf

Paul
 
Paul said:
The last option, sounds a lot like what "Paul in Houston TX"
is suggesting to you.
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I use "Paul in Houston TX" so that people don't confuse us
and it's still confusing. :)
 
I.E. You haven't a clue as to a fix.
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I.E. I have quite a few clues, but I'm not in the mood to engage in a
game of "tease-the-meagerest-bit-of-grudging-information-from-the-guy-
who-constantly-breaks-his-computer." If you really wanted help, you'd
give people something to go on, not such useless vagaries,

Every time you do this, which is almost every day, you're asked for
complete and pertinent descriptions and information. You refuse to help
yourself or your helpers. The only explanation I can think of is that
it's really all about getting attention.
 
Paul said:
I use "Paul in Houston TX" so that people don't confuse us
and it's still confusing. :)
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In my department at work, there were two other Pauls,
so we adopted numbers.

Paul
 
Andy said:
Windows could not finish repairing the problem because the following action cannot be completed:
Clearing the DNS cache.
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Click "Start", "Run", type "sc config dnscache start= auto" into the "Open"
box and click "OK". Then restart the computer. Be sure to leave a space
after the equals sign.

Ben
 
I.E. I have quite a few clues, but I'm not in the mood to engage in a

game of "tease-the-meagerest-bit-of-grudging-information-from-the-guy-

who-constantly-breaks-his-computer." If you really wanted help, you'd

give people something to go on, not such useless vagaries,



Every time you do this, which is almost every day, you're asked for

complete and pertinent descriptions and information. You refuse to help

yourself or your helpers. The only explanation I can think of is that

it's really all about getting attention.
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That explains why I get help and things are fixed.

Andy
 
That explains why I get help and things are fixed.



Andy
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I would like to use the wireless router as a client bridge - in other words, a wifi adaptor, not an access point with a desktop system.

As I only have Linux on it, I would like to see if I could get it working on my
laptop which has XP.

Does someone have experience with setting up a client bridge using a wireless router ?

Thanks.
 
Andy said:
I would like to use the wireless router as a client bridge - in other words, a wifi adaptor, not an access point with a desktop system.

As I only have Linux on it, I would like to see if I could get it working on my
laptop which has XP.

Does someone have experience with setting up a client bridge using a wireless router ?

Thanks.
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Experience ? No.

The instructions look pretty simple. If a little fuzzy.

1) Don't despair if the 418n "disappears". It's either at
192.168.1.1 or at 192.168.1.2. When you change modes,
the docs suggest the address will change after the
418n does a restart. Just change the address in your
browser and try again.

2) It seems to be claiming DHCP is disabled. If so, you'd
enter the WinXP networking thing, change from "Automatic"
for IP address, to manual, then enter something in what
you assume is the same subnet. Perhaps 192.168.1.3
would be good enough. I'm surprised DHCP from the
apartment router is not visible. Maybe they don't allow
that, to prevent you from getting "trapped on a
different subnet" or something.

3) You don't have to worry about automatic DNS setting, as
you're already using an opendns address for that. Your
control panel is likely already in manual mode for that.
(Or else your 418n was in router mode, and had the DNS
set manually to the OpenDNS address.)

This should be simple enough, it'll take "half a dozen
experiments, tops" :-)

The reset button on a router, is your friend. If you really
foul things up, follow the reset procedure in the manual.
Some routers make this into a peculiar ceremony, with
precise timing, like "once you see the red light, continue
to press the RESET button for ten seconds". That sort of thing.
There should be a section somewhere in the manual, covering reset.

I've had to use reset a couple of times on my ADSL modem/router,
until I was satisfied with the bridged mode I put it in. It sits
on a different subnet now, so I can't access it from here. I have
to "re-cable" if I want to talk to it.

HTH,
Paul
 
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