I'm trying to et up my new Netgear WGR614 router, all was going well with the set up and then it asked me to enter my Static IP (Fixed) settings – Internet IP address, IP Subnet Mask, Gateway IP address and Primary/Secondary DNS.

Can someone please help and give me some sort of clue as to how I can find these out? I can put my old router back and connect to the internet so is there somewhere I can go that will tell me?

I didn't have to do any of this with my old wired router.

Why oh why can't PCs be as easy to set up as Macs :(

Start .. Run .. type CMD then press return.

then type IPCONFIG /ALL at the command prompt.

If CMD doesn't work, try COMMAND.

Your ISP will know, different ones have different DNS servers, subnets etc... Usually, if you log into your account pages at your ISP it should give you all the info you require.

Actually it's START - RUN - Then WINIPCFG.

Yeh.

Originally posted by Rich
Actually it's START - RUN - Then WINIPCFG.

Yeh.

It can be either depending on your OS. XP is ipconfig.

2000 and XP are CMD\COMMAND and IPCONFIG. Everything before that is COMMAND and WINIPCFG.

Here is the quickest way just click on link

http://www.whatismyip.com/

Gives you the IP, but nothing else though. You still need to go and get the rest of the info from your ISP.

cant see why you need to enter the static ip in the router :loopy:

you must be using the wrong config, what ISp is it ?

Originally posted by uniB
I'm trying to et up my new Netgear WGR614 router, all was going well with the set up and then it asked me to enter my Static IP (Fixed) settings – Internet IP address, IP Subnet Mask, Gateway IP address and Primary/Secondary DNS.

Can someone please help and give me some sort of clue as to how I can find these out? I can put my old router back and connect to the internet so is there somewhere I can go that will tell me?

I didn't have to do any of this with my old wired router.

Why oh why can't PCs be as easy to set up as Macs :( IF you're configuring a k1ck 4rse network, then you'll be assigning IPs to each of your computers within your network. That'll be their static network IP (NOT to mix with the broadcast/public IP). Basically, in your router's settings (usually available by entering 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1 in your tinternet browser, you can assign IPs NOT to be automatically available. then on each computer within your network, you need to assign an IP, a gateway (the router's IP, c.f. above), a subnet mask (usually 255.255.255.0) and finally a DNS number, that you need to phone your ISP for as it's not the kind of data you will find on Tinternet unless you ask for it.

So you have all that stuff you probably don't intend to do, OR, you use the not so stupid Network & Internet Wizards, selecting connecting through another computer, not creating email account, etc... 30 seconds tops.Originally posted by Lurch
Your ISP will know, different ones have different DNS servers, subnets etc... Usually, if you log into your account pages at your ISP it should give you all the info you require. You're mistaking Public IP and Network IP :)

I was obviously confused from the outset, and still am, as was\is our OP.

A bit more info as to where exactly these settings appear in the routers settings and what exactly they say. Also, have you read the manual? From my experience with Netgear routers there's nothing too complicated in there and between that and the help guide in the router it's reasonably simple, usually.

Thanks for all the advice. It's all turned into a right pain. It's not like I'm completely computer illiterate but I just can't get this thing to work.

In the rather pathetic instructions you get it suggests that the router should be configured to obatain the IP and DNS addresses automatically for via DHCP, which figures because I surely haven't got a static IP address, but when I enter these settings in the Netgear setup assistant and try to go to the next step in just keeps returning the next page and still won't connect to the internet.

I hate this stuff, why is it so difficult :shakes:

My D-Link router worked fine, without any of this. Arrrrr.

Having never actually used one of these I don't know exactly what you get nowadays but when you say setup assistant are you using a setup wizard type thing that asks you what you want to do in a rather simple click a button and press next way?

If it is, you might find it easier to go to the routers web page setup by typing http://router IP address into your browser and navigating it that way.