I have a 2 wire netgear at&t router that I use on my computer. I have a Belkin N-150 router that I am trying to use as a wired connection on my direct tv dvr, if both computer router and the direct tv connection router are both wired connections will it work in this way.
It's hard to tell exactly what you have but it sounds like you have DSL on the 2wire. If everything is hard wired you can use the LAN Ethernet ports on the Belkin as a switch. You should to assign a static IP on the Belkin for management purposes and shut off its DHCP server. The static IP should be something in the range assigned by the 2wire but out of its DHCP range. Like 192.168.0.5 You will not need the WAN port on the Belkin. After you reconfigure the Belkin connect the Ethernet port on the 2wire to it. Along with your PC and DVR. I think it has 4 LAN ports so that will leave one open. It would probably be easier to buy a switch at the store.
SOURCE: Connecting a netgear wireless router to a 2wire
before you connect the netgear router to your 2wire modem, you have to get the modem configured first. you did not include the firmware version of your modem (firmware version is found at the UI, go to gateway.2wire.net, click on the system icon.) for firmware version less than 3.7, go to homeportal/management, click on configure services, uncheck enable routing, then click on submit. for version 3.7 or higher, go to homeportal/management, click on configure under broadband link, put a dot in disable pvc search, set VPI to 0 & VCI to 35, the connection type box should be direct IP, then click on submit. then go to configure services, uncheck enable routing box, then click submit. you will notice the broadband link on the 2wire modem turn orange/amber, then you have successfully set the modem to bridged mode. that way you can now connect the router according to manufacturer's instructions (or just read the manual for the netgear router....)
SOURCE: Connecting my router to my Directv DVR
If you are using an AT&T supplied 2-Wire router - then I have the same setup.
It does work.
First you can check to see if DHCP is doing the job.
Go to your router address:
(something like 192.168.1.254:5000) < they should have given you this on install)
Look at your network and see if the DVR is there.
If so, note the address.
Now go to setup on DVR and see if it has the same address.
If not...
You don't need to change the router to static, but it helps to change the DirecTV dvr to static.
I have the HR-20.
Give an address in the range of those leased by the router.
192.168.2.166 or something.
Make sure your first 3 octects match your router ie: 192.16.1
Just go to setup on the DVR and change it to the hard IP address.
If the router is not uPnP (2-Wire is not), then you may have to open a port or tow to get DirecTV VOD to work (maybe not or I don't remember which ones, googe it.)
The IP Mask should be 255.255.255.0.
Open the screen with the button below the lower DIrection Switch.
It is the you go for
'Find SHows'
"manage Recordings"
If you see a new entry entitled "Pictures, Vedeos and more" then you are online.
If not --- google some more.
SOURCE: How can I connect my printer directly to the router and share it
Without knowing the models of your equipment I can just give you some general instructions.
First your printer needs to have an Ethernet port. If it does then you can just connect it to your router/switch with an Ethernet cable.
If you don't want to manually configure network settings on every device on you LAN then you need to turn on one (and only one) DHCP server on your LAN. This is the thing that hands out the network configuration to all your your devices on the LAN.
Your router / switch will probably have a dhcp server built in. Find the manual for your router / switch to learn how to enable and configure it.
When you turn your printer on it should get it's network settings from the dhcp server on your switch / router automatically.
You might want to hard code the mac address for your printer on your DHCP server so your printer always gets the same IP number.
You then need to configure a connection on each of your pc's to connect to the print queue on your printer. You will be able to follow the instructions that came with your printer for this.
I know there is a lot of jargon here. There are a few concepts to learn but once you have those sorted out you can apply the same principles to many networking situations.
Just google the terms you don't understand to get a better understanding of what it means and why you need it.
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