Bytebender
Bytebender
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join:2008-02-12
Canada
| reply to aceOfWands
Re: Verizon DSL modems: Help me choose!
That old Westell likely has a Ready light and not a DSL light, and if so, it has no GUI to access, it is just a dumb modem.
In NY the WAN connection type will be PPPoE. The ISP username and password are required to authenticate the connection, a job most probably being done by that Linksys router.
To connect using that modem without the Linksys router, with the PC connected to the Westell, you will need to, in XP, in Network Connections, create a new connection - a Broadband connection, (commonly called a "dialer" or "connectoid" or "ppp shim"), and set it to do the PPPoE connection. The PC will get the public IP.
Yes basically any ADSL/ADSL2 compatible "modem" will work.
Usually if the "modem" has a GUI is has a built in router.
The installation software does attempt auto-configuration, and does install software on the PC. If this software is installed it will be visible and removable in Control Panel. The Internet connection is not affected by removing the software.
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reboot, reset, reconfigure, then recycle. |
aceOfWands
join:2006-12-08
New York, NY
| Thanks for your reply. I especially appreciate learning these two items:
That old Westell likely... has no GUI to access, it is just a dumb modem. and
To connect using that modem without the Linksys router, with the PC connected to the Westell, you will need to, in XP, in Network Connections, create a new connection - a Broadband connection, (commonly called a "dialer" or "connectoid" or "ppp shim"), and set it to do the PPPoE connection. The PC will get the public IP. |
