[plug] eee pc 4G and Netgear DG834G ADSL Wireless Modem/router

[Blake Munro]

Hi Dave,

The D834G is a modem/router unit all built in one.

My suggestion would be to pack up your old dedicated ADSL modem and keep
that as a spare, in case anything happens to your new unit.

Plug the 834 in to the phone line and configure the wireless, and you have
yourself a perfect setup.

If for some reason down the track the 834 goes bust, well it just means
you'll lose the wireless connection to your eeePC, but at the end of the day
it just means you'll still have *some* sort of connection to the internet.

I would not bother trying to muck around with a dedicated modem + the 834,
it's probably a waste of time since your new unit should do everything you
require in a single box :)

Regards
Blake Munro

2008/11/16 David Dartnall <darts at dialix.com.au>

> Hi everybody,
> It's a bit sad, I bought an eee 4G (701) at Arrow for 300 bucks just before
> seeing on Friday the  8G (702) advertised for 330 odd.
> Ah well...
> Anyway following recent discussion on the list I also bought a DG834G under
> the impression that it could be connected to one of my existing Netgear ADSL
> modem's RJ-45 ports to provide wireless to my eee (without using the modem
> section of the DG834G).
> The idea was that because the routers with or without modems are similarly
> priced, if the original modem died I'd have a replacement.
> My question now is, how should they be connected up? I'm not really fussy
> about replacing the original modem/router - not really sure of setting it up
> - and it works!
> But that's obviously what I'll do if I've misunderstood how it's done.
> Maybe I should use a phone line splitter and use the new unit as it was
> designed?
> I know it sounds silly, I could have hard wired the eee but (a) what's a
> laptop without mobility, and (b) son-in-law and daughter will be with us
> soon for a month, both with laptops and business to conduct, and they'll
> need wireless.
> And I'll need to upgrade my isp a/c to accomodate them!
>
> Regards to all, and thanks for any help
> Dave Dartnall
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