9600 <not@allreal.com> wrote:
> Netgear WGR614 v6 manual set up help needed.
> I need help to setup a Netgear WGR614 v6 for a wireless network. I
> have a cable connection and want to share it with Macs and PCs with a
> wireless network.

What device was connected to the cable modem before?
The cable modem or the cable modem ISP equipment is probably configured
to accept only that MAC address.

http://192.168.0.1 in any browser should gain access to the default setup
screens of the Netgear. You don't need the CDROM program.

The default username is admin, and the default password is password. You
want to change that, and some wireless security setups, but that's another
topic. At the bottom of the opening screen, you should see "Router MAC
address". If the computer you are using was able to connect to the
internet directly through the modem before you installed the router, then
"Use Computer MAC address" should let the router substitute for that
computer, as far as the cable modem is concerned.

Otherwise you need to determine what MAC address was configured into the
cable modem previously. Cloning the MAC address seems to work on any cable
modem system. Unplugging the power to the cable modem off for 10 minutes
so that it looks for a new MAC address on the next power cycle works on
some systems, but not on my Mediacom system.

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