> [...] we recently had a power outage at home so I reset our DM200
> [...]
Normally, a power interruption would not make that necessary, any
more than cycling its power switch would. Did it actually misbehave in
some way, or were you just trying to make more work for yourself?
After you told it to forget all its settings, did you also
reconfigure it?
> [...] Tried it in Modem only mode and it is showing Internet
> connection is good, switch to Modem and Router and internet is showing
> `error, not connected'
In modem-only mode, a separate router would be available to deal with
the PPPoE authentication. In modem+router mode, the DM200 itself would
need to do that, bit if you told it to forget the PPP credentials, then
I'd expect that operation to fail.
Similarly, in modem-only mode, it might show a good Internet
connection when all that it knows is that it has a good DSL link
(because it's now too stupid to know/care about more than that).
> Just had a chat to Netgear support who told me the DM200 is only a
> modem, [...]
That's wrong. Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model
number, and look for Documentation. Get the User Manual. Read. Look
for "Disable the Modem's Routing Features and Use the Modem as a DSL
Modem Only". Further reading might not hurt, either, especially the
set-up stuff near the beginning.
By default, the modem functions as both a modem and a router with
a limited number of routing features. [...]
As a casual observer, I'd say that if you can disable the router
functions of a DM200, then it seems likely that it has some router
functions to disable. It is, in fact, a modem+router, with an
especially primitive router.
> [...] I just can't access a webpage, [...]
"can't" is is not a useful problem description. It does not say what
you did. It does not say what happened when you did it. As usual,
showing actual actions (commands) with their actual results (error
messages, LED indicators, ...) can be more helpful than vague
descriptions or interpretations.
