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MikeyB · 06-03-2009, 21:48

Not really knowing the ports on the router, but looking at the colours of the ports & the colours of your cables I'd say you have it wired up wrong.

Looks like you have a white Ethernet cable coming out of the modem, which looks like it goes into one of the 4 LAN ports on the router.

And in the WAN port on the router you have a yellow Ethernet cable, but don't show where this goes. I say this is the WAN port as it's a different colour than the other 4 ports on the router.
Does this yellow cable go to your PC?

If so, then you have them round the wrong way, the Ethernet cable from the modem needs to go into the WAN port, I guess thats the bottom yellow coloured port on your router, and your PC can go in any one of the 4 other LAN ports.

06-03-2009, 21:48	#9
MikeyB cf.geek Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Swindon Age: 53 Services: BT FTTP, Humax Foxsat HDR Freesat+ Posts: 810	Re: Netgear wireless - N router Not really knowing the ports on the router, but looking at the colours of the ports & the colours of your cables I'd say you have it wired up wrong. Looks like you have a white Ethernet cable coming out of the modem, which looks like it goes into one of the 4 LAN ports on the router. And in the WAN port on the router you have a yellow Ethernet cable, but don't show where this goes. I say this is the WAN port as it's a different colour than the other 4 ports on the router. Does this yellow cable go to your PC? If so, then you have them round the wrong way, the Ethernet cable from the modem needs to go into the WAN port, I guess thats the bottom yellow coloured port on your router, and your PC can go in any one of the 4 other LAN ports.