steveatl
join:2007-07-06
Decatur, GA | reply to David
Re: Don't reset Westell - erases password and resets to gateway
My Westell 327 still has the Open DNS addresses that I put in the other day. It has not been reset since then, though, so may that would set them back. |
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David
No,there is another.
Premium,VIP
join:2002-05-30
Granite City, IL
clubs: | reply to Darid
Should be unless you don't have good sync, but I think the westell can see the sync readings I think.
Got a model number of the westell by chance? |
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Business
@bellsouth.net
| reply to barton44
Re: DSL Down completely
I experienced the spotty outage like others here. I accessed the netopia modem/wireless router advanced mode and changed DNS. DSL was back up and so were our wired computers. However, we provide a wireless hotspot (not using the netopia wireless) and we can not connect to the wireless with XP based systems. Vista systems can access the wireless. What is with that?
So, today I am thinking I am going to change the DNS back and when I access the settings, found that it has already been changed to provider defaults??!! How did that happen?
I am going to manually switch them back to Opendns to see what happens.
Did changing DNS in the modem mess with our wireless router and access point? |
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Darid
@corning.com
| reply to David
Re: Don't reset Westell - erases password and resets to gateway
Sorry, replied to the wrong message with my earlier post...
Guess that could be my problem. I hit the reset on my modem (of course that was before I had access to any forum let alone any tech support).
I still don't have access and my internet light is solid red. So from what I gather, I need to type in 192.168.1.254 to get to the westell page, then type in my login information, change to bridge mode for my linksys then I should be set? |
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Darid
@corning.com
| reply to barton44
Re: DSL Down completely
Guess that could be my problem. I hit the reset on my modem (of course that was before I had access to any forum let alone any tech support).
I still don't have access and my internet light is solid red. So from what I gather, I need to type in 192.168.1.254 to get to the westell page, then type in my login information, change to bridge mode for my linksys then I should be set? |
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eyog
@navy.mil | reply to barton44
Thanks for the friendly fast professional answers that solved my dsl issues yesterday.
Where do I send the 12 pack of coke?
be the remedy |
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Claybraker
join:2002-04-13
none
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Re: Don't reset Westell - erases password and resets to gateway
said by Santa_NorthPole :
Almost. The Westel will can only be accessed when it's not in Bridge Mode.
Close. But good try.
Since we're picking at nits here, if one has set the nic to an ip of 192.168.1.x and a gateway of 192.168.1.254, then it's pretty easy to access it.
Not that very many people have that setup, most folks use DHCP.
Having said that, I'll give my unqualified endorsement to the advice of not mucking around with the reset button if you don't know what you're doing  |
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PizzaAnyone
@bellsouth.net | reply to PizzaAnyone
Re: Pizza and a Coke
Well. "Come On." Almost had it right. |
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PizzaAnyone
@bellsouth.net | reply to barton44
Pizza and a Coke
Ok here. The question is:
How many people owe the neighborhood GeekGuy a pizza and 12-pack of cokes?
Common. Come clean. |
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David
No,there is another.
Premium,VIP
join:2002-05-30
Granite City, IL
clubs:
 ·DIRECTV
 ·magicjack.com
 ·AT&T Midwest
| reply to Santa_NorthPole
Re: Don't reset Westell - erases password and resets to gateway
said by Santa_NorthPole :
Almost. The Westel will can only be accessed when it's not in Bridge Mode.
Another good point as well, something I didn't even think of. But then again I don't get much exposure to westell modems.
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NetSurfer
@bellsouth.net | reply to barton44
Working again
Working here. Just a few power cycles.
Good way to reconnect with the family and meet your neighbors. It's like losing power for few hours. "Hey, I have a new neighbor. You move in WHEN??" |
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NeedRain
@bellsouth.net | reply to barton44
Re: DSL Down completely
DSL is working again.
Now we just need rain. |
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Santa_NorthPole
@bellsouth.net | reply to Bham
Re: Don't reset Westell - erases password and resets to gateway
Almost. The Westel will can only be accessed when it's not in Bridge Mode.
Close. But good try. |
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David
No,there is another.
Premium,VIP
join:2002-05-30
Granite City, IL
clubs:
·DIRECTV
·magicjack.com
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to Bham
said by Bham :
Word to the wise.
Resetting your Westell, when used in bridge mode, wipes out your user ID, password, and resets the Westell modem to a gateway. Actually, it resets all of the factory settings regardless.
If you using a Linksys or other router as your gateway and access point, you will need to change the Westell back to bridged mode. Again this assumes you hit the reset button on the back of the Westell.
Don't hit reset unless you know what your doing. If you just feel the need to tinker, print or copy down every screen of information on the Westel (90.168.1.254) before hitting reset. This address will work only if the Westel was reset via the button and is not in Gateway mode.
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Another safe idea is to have the Linksys set have the router and DHCP turned off. Then set the Westel as the gateway and DHCP server. This way both devices can be accessed from the local network. Linksys (192.168.1.1) and Westel (192.168.1.254)
If the tech at Tech support asks you to hook to the modem directly, there is nothing to change on the Westell.
Hope this helps.
I agree with this, another thing you might also consider is changing the linksys to a different base address say a 10.x.x.x (old efficient) or a 172.x.x.x (old 2wire).
Just change your base address for the linksys to 10.0.0.1 or 172.16.0.1 and that would probably help the browser confusion 2 fold.
I actually did that 192.168.1.1 and had a device that passed a 192.168.1.x address, and lemme tell you. Your computer will just sit and spin depending on how it's set up.
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Koetting Ford, Granite City, illinois... YOU'RE FIRED!!
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Bham
@bellsouth.com
| reply to barton44
Word to the wise.
Resetting your Westell, when used in bridge mode, wipes out your user ID, password, and resets the Westell modem to a gateway. Actually, it resets all of the factory settings regardless.
If you using a Linksys or other router as your gateway and access point, you will need to change the Westell back to bridged mode. Again this assumes you hit the reset button on the back of the Westell.
Don't hit reset unless you know what your doing. If you just feel the need to tinker, print or copy down every screen of information on the Westel (90.168.1.254) before hitting reset. This address will work only if the Westel was reset via the button and is not in Gateway mode.
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Another safe idea is to have the Linksys set have the router and DHCP turned off. Then set the Westel as the gateway and DHCP server. This way both devices can be accessed from the local network. Linksys (192.168.1.1) and Westel (192.168.1.254)
If the tech at Tech support asks you to hook to the modem directly, there is nothing to change on the Westell.
Hope this helps. |
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FROSTY
Premium,MVM
join:2000-08-10
Pinson, AL
clubs:
| reply to barton44
Re: DSL Down completely
Something to chew on.....
12/03 roughly 8:00 PM
Router had IP address starting with 72.x.x.x
Tried many different DNS servers.
From OpenDNS to my work's DNS servers (non-AT&T/BSFA)
Most webpages still would not load.
Some would start to load, then stall and timeout.
Disconnected/reconnected, got a 68.x.x.x IP
Still no luck.
Even ping to most IP addresses failed, some responded, most did not.
Powered off modem and router around 8:30 PM
12/03 roughly 10:20 PM
Powered everything on, pulled a 68.x.x.x IP.
I could surf the web fine with AT&T/BSFA DNS servers.
Disconnect/reconnect, pulled a 72.x.x.x IP
Could not access anything on the Internet.
Even changing DNS servers made no difference
Disconnect/reconnect, pulled a 68.x.x.x IP
Everything working fine again.
To add to which, a friend of mine during this time could not even establish a PPPoE connection.
Kept getting PPPoE authentication errors.
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goye
@navy.mil | reply to a_old_s_skool_g
Thanks Old School.......
Im reading about OpenDNS....changing the numbers?
Good idea, or stay with this stragedy explain thus far? |
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Darid
@corning.com | reply to a_old_s_skool_g
My connection is still down!! Am I the only one? Lol
The internet light on my netopia is solid red and I've restarted several times. |
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a_old_s_skool_g
@bls.com | reply to barton44
In Windows 98 you'll have to type "command" without the quotes instead of "cmd" in the run prompt. |
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