In article <3ebnjvF25di7U3@individual.net>, <usenet@isbd.co.uk> wrote:

And you can set it without accessing the Zyxel configuration page?

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John F Hall

dave stanton <me@privacy.net> wrote:
Sigh.

To the OP (i.e. "JJJJ"): PLEASE DO NOT multipost separate copies of the
same message to different newsgroups. Instead, use crossposting instead
where appropriate, so that we can all see each other's replies (and thus
avoid repeating the same advice independently).

Thanks
Chris

JJJJ <notarealaddress@dotcom.uk> wrote:
Wired or wireless?

If you're doing this wirelessly you may find the router is (correctly IMO)
refusing to let you configure it.

Chris

Have a look at this page to see how to set your mac to use DHCP (this
sets the computer to ask for an IP address, which your router
should/might give to it.)

http://www.inf.aber.ac.uk/ns3/networ...t/mac.asp#DHCP

Here are some other links as well
http://www.itap.purdue.edu/tlt/help/print.cfm?KBID=843

DHCP: What Is It?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=18237

Mac OS: How to Release and Renew a DHCP Addres
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106879

Ian

John F Hall <jfh@avondale.demon.co.uk> wrote:
factory defaults.

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Chris Green

In article <Xns9652B660D47D8cwfidei@212.159.2.87>, cw <usenet@fidei.DEADco.uk> wrote:
Jules
There are two respites from the miseries of life - music and cats.

In article <ojh7l2-g97.ln1@news.roaima.co.uk>, chris@roaima.co.uk wrote:
contents of one.

Jules
There are two respites from the miseries of life - music and cats.

In article <3mh7l2-g97.ln1@news.roaima.co.uk>, chris@roaima.co.uk wrote:

Jules
There are two respites from the miseries of life - music and cats.

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
JJJJ <notarealaddress@dotcom.uk> wrote:

You're on a hiding to nothing - trying to configure a wireless router whilst
connected wirelessly. Use a *wired* connection - preferably to a PC rather
than MAC - at least until it is all up and working. Unless your PC is very
old, it will have an ethernet port - so all you need is an ethernet RJ45 to
RJ45 patch cable to connect it to the router.

[The instructions which I gave in an earlier post *assumed* that you were
using a wired connection! I suggest that you re-visit that one.]
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Cheers,
Tim
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In article <3ecnboF2dsaaU4@individual.net>, <usenet@isbd.co.uk> wrote:
You've forgotten what the discussion was about. Read my earlier post.

You must *use* the default until you can talk to the configuration page.

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John F Hall

John F Hall <jfh@avondale.demon.co.uk> wrote:
presumably) is set to have 'Any IP' turned on, therefore it will
will work when you connect it to any old subnet and try and access
192.168.1.1 from any (windows) machine on the same subnet.

Thus I don't quite understand what you mean by "You must *use* the
default until you can talk to the configuration page". Yes, obviously
you must talk to 192.168.1.1 until you change it to something else but
you *can* talk to 192.168.1.1 even though it doesn't match your
subnet. I.e. you use the default to talk to the configuration page,
what's the 'until' about?

What I don't really understand is why the router manufacturers don't
produce some software that 'searches' for the router on the network
and then allows you to set the IP address to whatever you want as part
of the initial set up. My HP7310 printer works like that when you
hang it on the network, the installation software just says 'wait
while I find the printer' and when it's found it you're away.

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Chris Green

On 12 May 2005 08:36:30 GMT, usenet@isbd.co.uk wrote:

they do exist from some vendors, put the CD in and it finds the router
or wireless access point. People like me tend not to put the CD in to
avoid getting cluttered machines.

Phil
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Phil Thompson <phil.thompson@spamcop.net> wrote:

Maybe I'll dedicate an old machine to doing things like this, when it
falls apart completely just reformat and reinstall.

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Chris Green