I'am in the middle of considering which adsl modem/router to purchase
and have downloaded the Netgear DG834G wireless adsl modem router
manual from the netgear website. Could someone please tell me which
led on the front of the router tells you that there is adsl on the
line once the router is connected to it.

Looking at the manual which i downloaded it mentions that when the
internet led blinks amber it indicates adsl training, the manual also
states that when the internet port has detected a link with an
attached device that same led will remain green and will stay on, can
someone confirm that is the led that im looking for?

One more thing is it possible for a router to log out of an adsl
connection for example, if someone wanted to use the web browser
without going online?


Thanks in advance.

du.

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
du@hotmail.com <du@hotmail.com> wrote:

it's like other routers, there will only be one LED for ADSL. On my 3Com
router, it's labelled "synch" - and blinks while trying to synch and stays
on solidly once it succeeds. [I don't know what - if anything - it does if
you connect the router to a line which is not ADSL enabled].

There will probably be an additional LED which comes on once the router has
successfully logged on to your ISP account, and which blinks during data
transmission.

the address line) you can tell it to drop the connection. If you have other
PCs connected they will, of course, also lose their connections when you do
this.

But you don't *have* to drop the connection to use the browser for off-line
activities - you just point it at local resources. With an ADSL account you
are paying for an "always on" connection - so you don't save anything by
going off-line. Most people with routers leave them connected 24x7.
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Cheers,
Tim
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<du@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Off-hand it's the second one from the left, the first being power.

You are correct this is the ADSL indication light (LED)

Yes it's possible with the DG834G, there is an option to Disconnect.

b0yce

In message <4199de3d.12868986@news.btinternet.com>, du@hotmail.com
writes

On the DG834 you can tell the router to "disconnect" from ADSL - but why
bother. Just tell the browser to "work offline"

Regards
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Peter R Cook

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 11:45:11 +0000, Peter R Cook
<PCook@wisty.demon.co.uk> wrote:

Or just disconnect the LAN connection which can be done per PC.