http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Westell-6100-Bridging-Unbridging-problem-22211136 en Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:24:39 EDT Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:24:39 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Westell-6100-Bridging-Unbridging-problem-22500813
Of course the westell is fine when directly connected to the desktop. I tried the bridging solution with no luck. IP addresses were fine. Belkin was using 192.168.2.1 already.

I have tried different sets of IP addresses also.

If modem is unplugged from desktop to add the belkin back into the mix, it will not allow me to navigate back to the modem site after removing the belkin router. I have been hitting the reset button on the westell and re-entering the centurytel password to gain access again.(this is a new behavior and did not occur before June 3rd)

I am almost ready to give up and ask century tel how much their wireless router is going to cost me.

still curious what they could have done to pull this off.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Westell-6100-Bridging-Unbridging-problem-22500813 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:46:12 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Westell-6100-Bridging-Unbridging-problem-22401675
I agree with you. I have never had a problem with double NAT. It has worked just fine. And it has the advantage that you can still easily access the modem for config and for statistics. I would leave the 6100 as a router unless there is a specific problem that needs to be solved.

There is a trivial problem that can occur. The 6100 defaults to 192.168.1.* for the LAN IPs. And some routers also use this. That gives a conflict (router WAN IP is on the same subnet as router LAN IP). However, that is easily fixed by either configuring the router to use a different range of LAN IPs, or configuring the Westell 6100 to use a different range of LAN IPs (say 192.168.2.*). This is easy to configure on Westell modem/routers and is easy to configure on most home routers.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Westell-6100-Bridging-Unbridging-problem-22401675 Sun, 17 May 2009 11:26:29 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Westell-6100-Bridging-Unbridging-problem-22401470 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Westell-6100-Bridging-Unbridging-problem-22401470 Sun, 17 May 2009 10:04:44 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Westell-6100-Bridging-Unbridging-problem-22395218 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Westell-6100-Bridging-Unbridging-problem-22395218 Fri, 15 May 2009 16:35:11 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Westell-6100-Bridging-Unbridging-problem-22247541
I'm using my WRT54G (v8) just fine and then bloop, my westell jumps out of bridge mode into regular mode and my linksys cannot connect.

Very weird. Any tips to make sure that it is a faulty modem? Swap in an older one perhaps?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Westell-6100-Bridging-Unbridging-problem-22247541 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:16:53 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Westell-6100-Bridging-Unbridging-problem-22211444 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Westell-6100-Bridging-Unbridging-problem-22211444 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:24:56 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Westell-6100-Bridging-Unbridging-problem-22211406 Mode: Bridge ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Westell-6100-Bridging-Unbridging-problem-22211406 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:17:13 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Westell-6100-Bridging-Unbridging-problem-22211280
After reset, go back to the modem page, and the VC configuration. First check that the VPI/VCI settings are correct for your ISP. Then set as an unrouted bridge, and reconnect your router.
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AT&T dsl; Westell 327w modem/router; openSuSE 11.0; firefox 3.0.8]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Westell-6100-Bridging-Unbridging-problem-22211280 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:51:41 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Westell-6100-Bridging-Unbridging-problem-22211136 Router: Belkin Wireless G+Mimo
ISP: CenturyTel DSL

Here's my entire problem:

Last night, I was on my laptop, connected wirelessly to my router, when my connection dropped. It has done it before, so I thought perhaps it'll work itself out, so I left it alone. It didn't.

So then I got on the main computer (the one I installed the router on), and then tried going through the router configuration, to see if it could troubleshoot itself maybe, with no luck.

Then I noticed the internet light was on. I remembered from my old router that it was supposed to be off, so I direct-connected the modem to the PC itself, and the internet was definitely working (browsed a couple sites, etc).

Then I went to the modem setup (192.168.1.1) page, and tried to Configuration/VC Configuration/VC1 Configuration = Bridge, and DHCP Configuration/DHCP Server = Off, through the advice of a random forum. Still no luck.

So then, I put the settings back how they were originally, applied the settings, allowed the modem to reset after, and now the "internet" light on the modem isn't coming on, which I think means the modem is still bridged, which means no internet either way.

Luckily, I have a neighbor with WiFi (crappy signal though) to be able to post this. So, what am I doing wrong? I set up the router originally by the instructions included (which is basically "let the CD do everything"), and when I tried that again, it still wouldn't work.

Also, the "internet" light on the router is ORANGE (or AMBER, according to the manual) when I have it hooked up.

How do I get back to where at least the original computer will direct-connect to the internet through the modem? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Westell-6100-Bridging-Unbridging-problem-22211136 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:24:04 EDT