Netgear wireless router?

[Antonio]

I set up my Netgear wireless router, and it finally took me to the page where it says "CONGRATULATIONS you have set up live internet connection" and other stuff. So now what? I disconnect the ethernet cable from my computer and the router and the connection goes off. It still recognizes it and all, but it says "Your computer seems to be correctly configured, but the resource or primary (primary dns server) is not responding." Do you know what I am doing wrong? I feel stupid not being able to figure it out for over 4 hours.

[Matt]

Try this:

Configure the TCP/IP settings. To do this, follow these steps:

Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
Click View network status and tasks under Networking and Internet.
Click Change adapter settings.
Right-click Local Area Connection, and then click Properties.
Select Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6), and then click Properties.
Select Obtain an IPv6 address automatically, select Obtain DNS servers address automatically, and then click OK.
Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), and then click Properties.
Select Obtain an IP address automatically, select Obtain DNS servers address automatically, and then click OK.




If that doesn't work try this:

Click Start, type command prompt in the Search Programs and files box, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator.
At the command prompt, type the following commands. Press Enter after each command.
ipconfig /flushdns

ipconfig /registerdns

ipconfig /release

ipconfig /renew

[Chaos]

Don't feel stupid, no one ever said networking was easy, ha ha ha.

You have to go to the router settings, and try to click "release DNS".
You access router settings by going to an internet browser (preferably on the computer) and type 192.168.1.1
That will bring you to your router's settings. Once you get to that page, it will ask you for a username and password. Normally, the default name is admin and the default password is password. After you are in, you can easily change the password to whatever you want. Also, if that doesnt work, it should tell you the username and password on the back panel of the router.

Also, when you are connected to the router via ethernet cable, are you able to access the internet? If so, check to make sure your wifi is enables on your laptop and when you're in your settings menu of your router, you should go to "wireless settings" and make sure everything in that menu is correctly marked off and your device is connecting. In addition to that, did you try to get wifi from any other device, like a phone, tablet, another computer, etc?

If all these options still do not work, return the router back to the store and get a new one.
Good luck! -Chaos



EDIT: Matt, changing the TCP/IPv4 and IPv6 settings wont do anything. This will only give you more problems when trying to connect to other routers.