Netgear DG834

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AntiThesis

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I know it's been mentioned a couple of times but nobody has as yet explained it fruitily enough for my liking.

I have e Netgear DG834 currently running in modem only mode (yes, I know, a terrible waste). There's a reason though... I cannot get it to function with PPPOE (which our whole house uses) while it's in router mode. Anyone know how to get this going?
 
Well that depends on what you mean by "cannot get it to function with PPPOE".

If you want the router to dial out for you and create one connection which is shared by the house (nobody uses a dial-up connection anymore), just make sure the following settings on the router are correct:

Encapsulation: PPPoE
Multiplexing method: LLC-Based
VPI: 8
VCI: 35
(and of course your account details)

Set all your computers to "Obtain IP address automatically" and everything should work.

If you want the router to make a connection and then dial out from a PC at the same time, it won't work. That router does not support bridge+router mode.
 
I basically just want the router to function with the firewall, vpn settings etc (not even connect if it doesn't have to) and let us all dial out via pppoe
 
That can't work.

A PPPoE connection is basically the same as a dial-up modem connection. You connect directly from your PC to the internet (if you run ipconfig on a PC that's connected you should see 165.x.x.x or 196.x.x.x as your gateway). This means you are bypassing the router and of course its firewall/other features entirely.

Basically that's why it's called Router mode. Your netgear routes packets through itself and the passes them on to the internet, and vice versa (while dropping unwanted packets at the firewall).
 
I have the same model... Basically, one mode or the other.

I don't even think that I could get the 4-port hub to work when it was in modem mode !!!!!!!
 
Bah. Well that's no damned good. So I've basically got a nice router that functions like some random modem. Swell.
 
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