The BellSouth supplied Motorola 2210s are routers and by default provides NAT so some popular games and applications may not work correctly. Some applications may require a specific IP Address be assigned to the computer. IP Passthrough enables the ability to assign the WAN IP directly to the PC's NIC thus avoiding the connection problems. IP Passthrough can assign the WAN IP to a single PC whether it is connected directly to the Westell or used in conjunction with a hub or switch. Important note: IP Passthrough exposes you computer directly to the Internet. A firewall of some type is highly recommended.

Step 1
Open a browser application and enter "192.168.1.254" in the address field to access the 2210 Interface. Note: If you are using another router in conjunction with the 2210 and you can not get to the interface screen click here.

Step 2
Click on Local Network from the top menu. Click on IP Passthrough/DMZ from the right menu. Select the name (or currently assigned IP) of the individual computer you want to enable IP Passthrough. Click on Enable. This will automatically restart the modem and the interface will return after the changes are saved.




Step 4
After the modem has restarted the modem will assign the WAN IP to that particular PC's NIC. However, you must restart your PC (or do an IP release/renew) before the PC will actually be assigned the WAN IP. To confirm the correct IP you can open a DOS window, type ipconfig, and hit Enter which will display the IP information. You are finished.

Andy Houtz

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last modified: 2008-03-10 10:37:53