Access Ponit WG302 to use as Wireless for Virgin Cable broadband

dhamu · 08-03-2008, 22:42

Hello

I have a Netgear Prosafe WG302 access point. I want to use it to make my virgin boradband wirelsss instead of wired to their standard modem. Any ideas

MovedGoalPosts · 08-03-2008, 23:30

You have to use the Virgin Supplied modem to have cable broadband. From there you can on your customer side of the modem connect whatever device you like, but if you need muliple devices, access points or similar, you will need a router or other device that can provide DHCP and stuff. The modem can only "speak" to a single device i.e allocate a single IP address and won't see anything else. Thus the DHCP device / router is required.

Stuart · 08-03-2008, 23:34

to the forum. Assuming you are using a Cable modem, just unplug the modem, unplug the netgear, then connect the two via ethernet, plug in the modem and then the netgear.

Note: As this is an access point, rather than a router, you will only be able to use one wireless device, as Virgin only issue one IP per modem on residential accounts.

dhamu · 09-03-2008, 07:51

Stuart

Yes you are right i am using cable modem and it is supplied by Virgin only. I have tried turing them on ony by one. I have also tried AP as DHCP cliento get an ip from Virgin and then giving manullay ip to my Laptop even this does not work. I have tried giving the same IP as what my laptops gets when I use their modem to Access point and then given simmilar range ip to my laptop , even this has not work. It seems it is faliling when it tries to resolve the name , which again I have tried giving manul DNS entry and it has not worked either.
any more sugessions.

Thanks

TheNorm · 09-03-2008, 08:03

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Originally Posted by Rob

... but if you need muliple devices, access points or similar, you will need a router ....

Quote:

Originally Posted by dhamu

... any more sugessions...

Do you have a router?

Can you browse the internet when your computer is plugged directly into the modem?

Jon T · 09-03-2008, 08:04

You need to configure your access point as a bridge(if possible), that way it's just transforming the presentation(ethernet over Cat 5 <-> wireless).

In the configuration that you have it in at the moment, your cable modem will be giving the Virgin Media WAN IP address to the access point, leaving nothing for your coumputer use.