Since it is totally non-obvious, here’s what you have to do:
1. Enter http://192.168.0.1/setup.cgi?next_file=mode.htm into your web browser making sure to replace 192.168.0.1 with the actual IP address of your Netgear DG834G.
2. Select ‘Modem’ from Device Mode and click ‘Apply’.
3. Configure the Netgear in LAN IP Setup with an IP address within the range of the DHCP Server. So if the DHCP server (in this case the router the Netgear is bridging to) is assigning IP addresses between 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.254 you could assign the Netgear an IP anywhere in this range, for example 192.168.0.100.
4. That’s it! Now you can enable the Netgear’s Wireless Access Point or simply hook other devices into its remaining 3 ports. The DHCP server running on the router the Netgear is bridging to will serve these devices with IP addresses.
5. To disable bridge mode simply enter the Device Mode section of the Netgear’s config page and change the Device Mode back to ‘Modem + Router’.
The Netgear DG834G featured in this howto is running Firmware version V3.01.25. I would like to credit the contributors to this thread for this information.
MacHacks.TV has put together this security and privacy manual pdf for OS X. Although written for Tiger the majority of its content is relevant to Leopard too.
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After changing a user’s login password certain applications when launched, like Safari, seem to be rather confused when accessing the keychain and ask ‘Safari [or other app] wants to use the “login”keychain. A ‘keychain is Apple’s password management system. Learn more here. Entering the new user login password in the dialog does not appear to authenticate correctly as the message is spat back at you. Although the message only recurs two or three times it does so every time the application is launched. Using Keychain First Aid in Keychain Access.app to repair your keychain configuration does not resolve the problem.
THE REMEDY
1. Delete the user’s login.keychain file (or move it to a different location). This can be found in the Keychains folder, which is located in the User’s Library folder. 
2. Relaunch Safari, or the afflicted app. On relaunch you will be presented with the ‘Keychain Not Found’ dialog box which states that ‘A Keychain cannot be found to store “Safari” [or other app]‘. Click ‘Reset To Defaults’.
3. A dialog asking you to confirm the keychain reset appears. Click “Yes”.
4. Finally you will be prompted to enter the user’s login password in order to create the new keychain. Do so and click ‘OK’.
5. Relaunch Safari or the afflicted app. That’s it! Problem solved and no more dialog boxes.
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