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Connecting Netgear Router R6300 with server and ADSL internet?
Hi, I am having difficulty reconnecting my Netgear WiFi Router N6300 to work with both my server and internet at the same time. We have relocated and the new house only has ADSL internet. Previousl...
Ok, a little condescending, with reply but will go with the fact you sound like a typical tech person like my 13 year old tech-head nephew and believe you are actually trying to help rather than just insult.
I have managed to reset the NETGEAR R6300 WIFI Router so the wireless network is reading Netgear not Optus Modem 383E07 The modem is supplied by phone company for DSL internet connection. The NETGEAR WIFI router is used to provide multiple ports and physical Ethernet cords are plugged into it to connect my network/server - 3 x PC’s & Printer and previously the cable modem. A professional IT person set it up to run my network. The modem brand was not pertinent to the situation hence why it was not provided. The modems - previous and existing are supplied by phone company - Optus. Previously with cable internet, the Optus modem plugged into the NETGEAR WIFI router and supplied internet connection across the 3 computers, in addition to access to printer and server files. Now at new location it is only ADSL internet, so it runs on phone line not cable. Subsequently, without being able to plug in the Optus modem directly to the NETGEAR Router it is running off wifi. This seems to conflict with NETGEAR WIFI network. I can run my wireless network as NETGEAR and see my server or run it on Optus modem and get internet. Just not both at the same time. Thus I cannot access email on Outlook where my file is on the server and needs internet at the same time.
I hope that explains some of the details you asked for. NETGEAR Genie is the software to control the NETGEAR Router - Just thought every NETGEAR Router had this. My network map thru NETGEAR Genie says I am connected to everything successfully - internet, server, printer, Optus modem - have even plugged in my iPhone via USB to PC to use phone data for internet access, but my PC is just not connecting to the internet.
Current status is all connected but still no internet. New as of tonight, Firefox is saying ‘Your connection is not secure” and ‘self signed certificate error’ which is not the case for every website I try to access. Can see my outlook data file on server but no internet to send/receive.
Thank you for your time if you feel you have something positive to add to help me with this situation. I do appreciate the help.
Kind Regards,
Tracy.
I have managed to reset the NETGEAR R6300 WIFI Router so the wireless network is reading Netgear not Optus Modem 383E07 The modem is supplied by phone company for DSL internet connection. The NETGEAR WIFI router is used to provide multiple ports and physical Ethernet cords are plugged into it to connect my network/server - 3 x PC’s & Printer and previously the cable modem. A professional IT person set it up to run my network. The modem brand was not pertinent to the situation hence why it was not provided. The modems - previous and existing are supplied by phone company - Optus. Previously with cable internet, the Optus modem plugged into the NETGEAR WIFI router and supplied internet connection across the 3 computers, in addition to access to printer and server files. Now at new location it is only ADSL internet, so it runs on phone line not cable. Subsequently, without being able to plug in the Optus modem directly to the NETGEAR Router it is running off wifi. This seems to conflict with NETGEAR WIFI network. I can run my wireless network as NETGEAR and see my server or run it on Optus modem and get internet. Just not both at the same time. Thus I cannot access email on Outlook where my file is on the server and needs internet at the same time.
I hope that explains some of the details you asked for. NETGEAR Genie is the software to control the NETGEAR Router - Just thought every NETGEAR Router had this. My network map thru NETGEAR Genie says I am connected to everything successfully - internet, server, printer, Optus modem - have even plugged in my iPhone via USB to PC to use phone data for internet access, but my PC is just not connecting to the internet.
Current status is all connected but still no internet. New as of tonight, Firefox is saying ‘Your connection is not secure” and ‘self signed certificate error’ which is not the case for every website I try to access. Can see my outlook data file on server but no internet to send/receive.
Thank you for your time if you feel you have something positive to add to help me with this situation. I do appreciate the help.
Kind Regards,
Tracy.
> Ok, a little condescending, with reply [...]
A little arrogant with yours. There are parts of this stuff which
you do not understand as well as you seem to believe. If you see this
statement as an "insult" rather than a simple fact, then progress may be
very difficult. For example:
> [...] The modem brand was not pertinent to the situation hence why it
> was not provided. [...]
What _was_ "pertinent" was whether it was a modem or a modem+router.
You said "the modem", but you could be wrong. Revealing its maker and
model number would make it possible to settle the matter independently.
Sadly, my Web search for:
Optus 383E07
returned:
Your search - Optus 383e07 - did not match any documents.
leaving me as uninformed as before. Another mystery:
> [...] I am currently on the Optus network, changing over to Telstra
> soon when the modem finally arrives. [...]
What, exactly, are we working on, "the Optus network" or "Telstra"?
> [...] New as of tonight, Firefox is saying `Your connection is not
secure" and `self signed certificate error' [...]
When you do _what_, exactly? See "As usual, [...]", above.
> [...] if you feel you have something positive to add to help me with
> this situation. [...]
So far, it's all been "positive" on my side. All I've done is ask
questions, and explain some possibilities (necessarily incomplete and/or
vague, based on incomplete and/or vague information). Your telling me
what's "not pertinent" simply wastes everyone's time. You might want to
take another pass at responding to my first posting, and, this time,
answering all the questions with useful information, bearing in mind
that I can't see what you're doing, or what happens when you do it.
Look for "?". For example, an accurate, detailed description of what
this stuff is, and how (exactly) it's connected would convey much more
useful information than "A professional IT person set it up".