Hi friends ...i need ur help.?

Question

i have internet as brodband....the thing is.......telephone,cable
and net is all together....so the thing is he gave a modem which is with a brodband cable and ethernet cable connectd to the system and that modem. so the thing is i have a router of netgear and i have adapter of BUFFALO AIR STATION G54 OF MODEL : WL1-U2-KG54.( for which
i dont have s/w cd) so wat to do. my system is in the upstairs and how can i solve it.....tell me and i need that airstation s/w drivers wat to do. i searched in the net but couldnt get it wat to do......for everything i need to come down and check and to do so wat shall i do.

Answer 1

The first thing I suggest is that you take more time to clearly define what you have and what you want to do. Follow the commonly accepted English grammar, spelling, and punctuation as it helps people undersand you.

Here is what I interpret from your writing:

1. You have a feed that includes TV, Broadband Internet, and Voice Phone. This means your carrier is most likely a Cable TV (CATV) provider.

2. The CATV provider feeds his cable into a terminal device that he provides. There are separate, distinct exit ports from this device for TV (probably a cable TV coax style) , Internet (probably an Ethernet RJ 45 socket), and phone (probably a voice RJ 11 socket). You asked about the Internet only so I presume you know how to handle the other ports for TV and voice. I presume you have a dynamic IP from the CATV feed for broadband.

3. You have a Buffalo Air Station G54 but lack the manual and instructions. This is a wireless router. You can download all the manuals, latest firmware, etc from Buffalo Technology. Do a search engine search of the internet for this information from Buffalo Technology. You will need the manual and I strongly recommend you upgrade firmware to the latest available. Follow manual directions on this.

4. The pcs you wish to connect wirelessly to the Wireless Router need 802.11 a, b, g interfaces. Some notebooks have them built in; others need these added as a pcmcia card. Inventory your pcs to see what you need and purchase what you need.

5. Now you should connect the CATV Internet Feed to the WAN port of the router. Check the router manual to see if you need straight or cross cable. Connect a cable from the router LAN port to one pc to configure the router; check and see if you need straight or cross cable as the router manual directs. Be sure to configure the notebook LAN port for dynamic LAN ip as the router manual directs.

3. Log onto the router and configure the router WAN port for dynamic IP address (unless you have a static IP from the CATV provider which is not likely, check to be sure, if you have a static IP configure the WAN port for the static IP).

4. Configure the LAN port of the router to assign LAN IP via DHCP. Address all security information available and note passwords, encryption, etc you employ as you will need it. Be sure to configure MAC address validation - and you will need the MAC addresses of each wireless pc you wish to have access the LAN to do this (go to the wireless device and get this info; if all else fails, go to command promt on each pc and type in "ipconfig /all" not including quote and you will be given the MAC address which is called physical address there). The manual will describe how do to this.

5. Now go to the wireless configuration of each pc you wish to access wirelessly. Configure each of these to be consistant with the encryption, password, etc you used in the router.

6. Reboot the modem and router and the pc used to configure the router. I presume the pc you have connected via cable to the router also has a wireless port.

7. Open command prompt (start - run type in cmd and hit enter). Type in "ipconfig /all" not including quotes and hit enter. You should see a LAN IP for the wired and the wireless port. If you have one for the wired port and none for wireless, you have a wireless config problem or you have wireless on the pc turned off. Trouble shoot until you get a wireless LAN IP. Note what you did as other pcs probably need the same correction. Once successful you have the wireles working on the first machine. Now you can remove wired connection. Try all other machines and you should be successful.