d_l
Barsoom
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Re: WRT54G - Static IP and 4100B modem in bridge mode - Help
As NormanS  said, I do think "PPP is on the computer" mode might work with your true statics. That mode is even reported as a bridged mode by the modem. I usually call it a quasi-bridged mode because the modem is still trying to be a DHCP server for its single IP, 192.168.1.64., but there is no PPPoE encapsulation involved if you don't have a PPPoE client behind the modem passing that sort of traffic through it.
I'm not sure what advantage "PPP is on the computer" mode would give you though over the fully bridged mode. |
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nwrickert
sand groper
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| I'm not sure what advantage "PPP is on the computer" mode would give you though over the fully bridged mode. Easier access to the modem statistics page (by directly connecting and picking up that DHCP address provided by the modem).
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d_l
Barsoom
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1 edit | But in the context of a single static IP on the WAN of the router as this thread is about, having the modem acting as a DHCP server isn't much help.  Edit: The modem DHCP serving is still mainly there for dynamic IP users. |
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nwrickert
sand groper
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| I'll grant that it isn't much help, except if you want to check statistics. And if your ISP use DHCP to allocate an IP address, this could cause a conflict.
The other benefit is that PPPoE on the computer is the way an unconfigured 4100 will behave (because it doesn't have account info for doing the PPPoE). So, provided you are manually assigning the static IP address to router or computer, you would be able to just plug in the 4100 and it would work.
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