A hardware issue - was Re: [clug] Firewall settings on NetGear modem/router?

[Boyd]

Coincidentally I do have an unused Netgear MA311 802.11b (11mbps) PCI NIC
sitting around gathering dust...and it does work under linux but may require
some fiddling.

I won't be using it again because it refuses to work under Vista, and I
don't use wifi on my home PC anymore anyway.

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Felix Karpfen <fm_27.ka at webone.com.au>wrote:

> * Boyd <boydwilding at gmail.com> [30.06.09 21:49]:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I use linux and windows, and also have the same router/modem device. I
>> also
>> had similar issues when I first got my netgear device and I thought it was
>> well and truly faulty.
>>
>> Give this a shot...and avoid the setup wizard at all costs!
>>
>
> No problem.
>
> The documentation said the Wizard only works in Windows and I am
> Window-less.
>
>
>> Click on "ADSL settings" in the left hand menu, and where it says "DSL
>> mode"
>> try each one of those 4 options, and see if it connects, trying each DSL
>> mode one at a time.
>>
>> The 4 options are:
>>
>> Auto (multi-mode)
>> ADSL (G.DMT) (this is the only one that worked for me)
>> ADSL2
>> ADSL2+
>>
>
> I tried the first  and the last.  The first one failed, the last one is
> temperamental.  Sometimes it works and sometimes it does not - despite the
> fact that I do exactly the same each time.
>
> I was speculating if I am in too much of a hurry to press the "accept"
> button. It might take time to achieve synchronisation.
>
> I would *never* have thought of trying ADSL (G.DMT)!!
>
> For my benefit, do you <have|use> a wireless PCI adapter?
>
>
>  Even though I was using ADSL2, only the "ADSL" option would actually work
>> for me. Every other option gave me various symptoms that suggested the
>> device was completely and utterly faulty...but it ended up being the DSL
>> mode option that fixed it for me.
>>
>
> Not my experience.
>
> The ADSL screen always gets accepted.  The subsequent Basic Setting screen
> bombs out more often than not - without uttering a complaint!  And when I go
> back, it turns out that none of the configuration settings have been written
> up.
>
> If I had any significant number of hairs to lose, I would have lost them in
> the past few days!
>
>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>
> I will let you know!  Thank you for the advice.
>
> Felix
>
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