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Re: How to use my Linksys wireless router with my Glad I could help, pobbard. I also have kept the firewall on the Westell 327w disabled and I've never had any reboot problems. I mostly rely on the NAT on the Westell to block bad ports, and the XP SP2 firewall to let me know if anything is trying to access the internet. As for the security scans, I suggest the Port Scan here on BroadbandReport's tool section ( »/scan ). |
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| Actually, after this post, I wound-up modifying your solution a bit and going for something more like "Method 3" above. The Linksys had always been so reliable for me that I opted to use it as the primary networking device, and reduce the Versalink to a DSL modem and nothing more. This took some screwing around - I think I finally shut the "Private LAN" feature "Off" to make it work (no thanks to Westell's tech documentation) and hook it into the WAN port of the Linksys. So now the Linksys handles the firewall, the authentication, and wireless duties, and the Versalink just acts as a DSL modem - something it actually appears to be able to do! Finally!
I wouldn't have gotten started without your ideas, so thank you again, and thanks for the pointer to the port scanner. Will try it now. |
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| I forgot to mention the most important part... the setup is RELIABLE now! In the past 24 hours, my connection hasn't died once. Previously, I noted a direct correlation between the Westell firewall setting (High, Low, etc.) and the frequency of drop-outs in my connection (causing my modem to reboot). Certain peer-heavy applications, like Skype, would instantly knock me off-line. No more! Everything works great. |
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What *exactly* did you do to get it to be just a dumb dsl modem? I want to do the same... |
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| aputerguy,
To make the Versalink a "dumb modem" you will need to do several things on both the Versalink and Linksys.
(BTW, you can not disable both Private and Public LAN at the same time on the Versalink.)
On the Versalink:
1) Change the VC from "Routed Bridged" to "Bridged"
You do this by going to:
Configuration --> Advnaced WAN --> WAN
and then configuring the "VC" you have enabled
Save and reset the router configuration changes.
Now the traffic will pass from the Verslink directly to the Linksys without any authentication or firewalling on the Versalink's part.
On the Linksys:
1) Under "Internet Setup", set the "Internet Connection Type" to either "Automatic Configuration - DHCP" or "PPPoE" depending on what your DSL provider uses.
Save the configuration changes.
On the PC:
If you are using a static IP address, make sure that you set the Gateway addres on the network card to the Local Address of the Linksys router.
You should now be up and running with the Versalink as nothing more than a dumb modem. You won't be able to access the Versalink anymore unless you plug directly into one of the ethernet ports on the Versalink, or unless you change back to a static IP Address on the Linksys' "Internet Connection Type". |
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