Wndr3300 how to check if the wan port is working properly

There are two halves to a router. The internet (WAN) side a local network (LAN) side.

The term WAN means Wide Area Network and generally refers to the internet.

The term LAN means Local Area Network. That would be for the computers that are in your office or home.

The LAN connects your computer to your printers or to other computers.

I hope that answers your question!

Hi,

If you have ports in your router , even it it shows that the port is closed in http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/ if the application for which you have forwarded the ports works then no issue with that. If it doesn't work then we need to know who is your internet service provider , because its is a DSL connection which works in the Dynamic configuration then its obvious the port will not be forwarded beacuse of double NAT. Inorder to fix this you have to bridge the DSL modem .

Thanks & Regards,
Prema.

If the modem light is not turning ON,
1) check if the modem is ON
2) check if the ethernet connection is properly made
3) check if the port on the modem is working, confirm it by connecting it straight to the computer.
4) check if the ethernet cable is working fine.
5) Then try power cycling the router. Unplug the power cable and connect in back after 20-30 secs.
6) Then try pressing and holding the reset for 20 secs.
7) Finally connect a single ethernet cable from any LAN port to WAN port and check if the modem light is ON.
Ultimately, if even after this step, if the light doesn't turn up, either the modem LED would have gone bad or the WAN part of the router would have gone bad.


For further clarifications, revert!
Thanks for asking,

Regards,
Arvind S Iyer

Dont worry about the disk. Login to router's web interface by typing http://192.168.1.1on the Address bar. Default Username: Admin & Password: password. Check if you have a WAN IP or Internet IP. If it is not obtained. Power cycle your modem which will obtain the WAN IP and you will be online. You can setup the wireless and security it with a WPA/WPA2 passphrase.

Yes, you can definately configure your WNDR3300 to work with Telestra gateway modem. Perform the below steps to reconfigure your WNDR3300 with your Telestra gateway:


CONNECTIONS:

1. Connect a Ethernet cable from the modem to the WAN port of the router (isolated port).
2. Connect the computer to the router using any one of the 4 available ports. Please make sure that there is no direct connection between the modem and the computer (either using Ethernet cable or USB cable).
3. Power off the modem and the router after making the connections.
4. Power on the modem and wait for the lights, then power on the router.

RECONFIGURE:

1. Open a web browser (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Safari).
2. Access the router, usually with http://192.168.1.1 or http://www.routerlogin.com.
3. Login to the router with the Username as "admin" and Password as "password" (please note that the Username and Password are case sensitive).
4. Click on 'Basic settings' from the left menu and select 'Use Computers MAC Address' from 'router MAC Address' section.
5. Click Apply.
6. Once it updates the settings then power off the modem and the router. Power on the modem and wait for the lights, then power on the router.

Hope this allows you to resolve the issue.

Regards

Anand

The cable modem should be connected to the WAN port of the router. Then the computers should be connected to any ports from 1-4 at the back of the router.

Once they are connected properly. Reset the router. Just hold the reset button for 10 seconds. Then turn off the modem, router and all computers.

Then you need to turn on the modem first, wait for the lights to become solid green, then turn on the router. Once the WAN light on the router is on, turn on the computers and check if there is internet connection.

If still no internet connection, contact your ISP. They might need to clone the mac address of router to their end.

Hope this helps! Good luck!

The firmware has been messed up. DDWRT might be incompatible with your router. I would highly recommend to reload the factory firmware or the latest firmware from Netgear's website. Loading 3rd party firmware will void the warranty of your device.

hi !!

check wethere if your router has a admin pass thats enable you to connect.or set to defult
or the cable that your using has defect check ur cable is working properly.

the computer should be connectec to the LAN port of the router, it's the modem that should be connected to the WAN port of the router. but if you're having the same problem even though your modem is connected to the WAN port and your computer is connected to the LAN port, it seems that your router is not behaving properly. it seems that the router is not functioning as a router anymore but rather as a switch. reasons are: it could be just it's not sync properly with your modem, the firmware is corrupted or the hardware itself is defective. try the steps below and check if it'll solve your problem

- power cycle your devices by turning off everything, then turn on your modem first, wait for the lights to turn on before powering on the router (make sure that all the cables are connected to the proper ports). lastly turn on your computer to check if you're online through the WAN port of the router
- if you're still not online, unplug the router from the modem and leave the computer connected to the LAN port, the press the reset button of the router (this will erase all the settings on the router and you need to reconfigure it but since the router is not working properly, you might just need to reset it)
- after resetting the router, check the ip address of teh computer connected. it should be 192.168.0.x so you will be able to access the router menu. if it's not getting a valid ip address, you can try to set a static ip address like 192.168.0.5 and ping the router's ip address. if you'll have 4 replies, try to access the router again and if you can access it, reconfigure it for internet access
- you might as well update the firmware of the router once that you have accessed the router menu just to make sure that you will not have the same problem in the future.
- if the above steps are not able to solve your problem, it could be a hardware problem and you need to get a new router

hope this'll help you

ciao

I believe your initial problem was for PCAnywhere rgiht? just make sure ports 5631 (Data Port or TCP) and 5632(Status port or UDP) is properly opened/forwarded on your router's config page plus make sure that you instruct the router to forward those ports to the computer that you have PCAnywhere plus I have read some articles that newer versions of PCAnywhere 10.+ 11.+ will not work with older version 5.+

Now if it still doesn't work try setting up DMZ for you host computer(Note: enabling DMZ will open a wide range of ports, well common ports that is).