OK I know netgear might not be the best but our old netgear ASDL wireless router was playing up so I bought a new one from the cheap shelf at staples today...

For the life of me I can't get it set up and working so I'm back on the old one typing this LOL

Is there a utility somewhere that copies over or saves the old router settings so I can copy them to the new one, or do I have to go through the install again.......and again.........and again as it won't recognise the internet.

Cheers


Shaun

 

After all the advice you've given me in the past it's good to return the favour

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Concentrate on getting it working with a fixed connection first mate:

Main things you'll need is the type of ADSL connection (usually PPoE) and your username and password from your ADSL provider. The username may be shown in your old router but also may not be. Password is usually *'d out.

You may need to customise your MTU and MCU (I think that's what they are) values but your ADSL service desk can help you with this. (on second thoughts it might be ppc or ppi something - one is normally 38 or something).

This should be sufficient for your ADSL light to go green (assuming your router has one). If it doesn't then play with these settings.

You may find (and I've seen it happen before) you need to register the mac address of your new router with your provider. Without doing this you cannot get anywhere. Check on the net if that's the case.

I think you can probably reflash your Netgear router with alternative firmware (DD-WRT is a good place to start) - this *may* allow you to set your own mac address (in which case give it the same one as your old router). Either way - DD-WRT will unlock a whole heap of additional features.

HTH mate - any problems let me know

 

Hi Superstud

Thanks for taking the time to post

I think the problem might be the mac address which you mentioned the ASDL provider might know about.

I logged onto the old netgear router using 192.168.0.1 (I think that's it from memory) and looked at the mac address and it seems to be a bit different from the mac printed on the bottom of the old router. Indeed the mac adress given by the old router is a digit different for the ASDL port and the LAN port...

I'll have a mooch around the net but it looks like it's a problem with the mac address

Many thanks


Shaun

 

You could try making a backup of your settings from the old router - should be an option in the menu, it saves as a .xml file which you can open with excel or similar.

Do the same with the new router and edit the file with the settings from the old one, then do a restore to the new router.

 

Shaun - take the time to do a search for DD-WRT firmware - their site is very comprehensive. Pretty sure you can use their firmware to clone a MAC address (spoof the one you have working onto your problematic netgear)

If nothing else you'll end up with something a lot more functional

 

Shaun - MAC addresses, by their very nature will be unique so don't expect anything to match. The only matches should be on the device label (next to barcode etc) and what's in the GUI.

You need to read off your MAC address from your working router and drop this into your new one.

In the format of xx:xx:xx ...... (can't remember total length lol)

 

Just checked my D-Link router (has DD-WRT firmware on it) and it does have a 'Clone MAC Address feature) - you can then turn this on and set your own (or put in the working one)

All good

 

The other solution is to plug the new router in overnight, and when the ip address lease renews it will accept the new MAC address of the new router. (you can check on your current routers ADSL info when your ip address is due to be renewed).

 

Left it with 16 year old son this morning............all set up and running now.

I knew having kids would have one advantage

Problem was I was using username and not e-mail address in credentials LOL

Thanks for al the advice.

Cheers

Shaun