cdysthe
join:2008-02-09
Round Rock, TX
 ·Suddenlink
| After a lot of digging around in these forums I found this FAQ:
»Motolora modem - how to set for bridge mode
This explains that the modem should be set in bridged mode if connected to an external router which is what I do. The AT&T tech talked me through the procedures to set the modem bridged which is good and the way to do it. However, you loose the ability to connect to the modem using DHCP since it's disabled when the modem is bridged. Explained in the forum thread like this:
"If your modem is set to "Bridged Ethernet" mode then the NAT routing and DHCP server is disabled and is not handing out IP addresses and this is why you must reset it or manually assign an IP address to your computer to access the modem at 192.168.1.254. If you have changed from the default mode to bridged mode and have not yet disconnected your computer from the from the modem then you might still be able to access the modem because your computer has not lost it's IP address that was handed out to it when the modem was acting as a DHCP server."
So there's actually no way to connect to the modem at this point without disconnecting from my network and log into the modem with a fixed IP set, or reset it.
My connection works great, so I do not have any other reason to connect to the modem right now than my general curiosity.
Anyway, thank you all for help. |
