Topic 'Re: How to set up 327w B90 as a router for TWC?' in forum 'Westell' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-How-to-set-up-327w-B90-as-a-router-for-TWC-22306032 en Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:12:14 EDT Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:12:14 EDT Re: How to set up 327w B90 as a router for TWC? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-How-to-set-up-327w-B90-as-a-router-for-TWC-22334694 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-How-to-set-up-327w-B90-as-a-router-for-TWC-22334694 Sun, 03 May 2009 21:29:47 EDT Re: How to set up 327w B90 as a router for TWC? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-How-to-set-up-327w-B90-as-a-router-for-TWC-22334414
And for future reference and for the benefit of others here's what I did.

I called TWC, they reset the modem and everything worked.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-How-to-set-up-327w-B90-as-a-router-for-TWC-22334414 Sun, 03 May 2009 20:27:22 EDT Re: How to set up 327w B90 as a router for TWC? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-How-to-set-up-327w-B90-as-a-router-for-TWC-22334354
It seems that the MAC address of our laptop is what your ISP recognizes.

Both worked with verizon and the 327w because the 327w is a router of sorts.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-How-to-set-up-327w-B90-as-a-router-for-TWC-22334354 Sun, 03 May 2009 20:09:06 EDT Re: How to set up 327w B90 as a router for TWC? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-How-to-set-up-327w-B90-as-a-router-for-TWC-22334318
I have Windows Vista on my laptop, ipconfig /all shows the normal IP address.

I have Windows XP on my desktop, ipconfig /all shows IP address as 169.254.105.91. Also just recently installed Windows, didn't work before reinstallation, didn't work after either

Both computers were able to access internet when I had Verizon, using the westell 327w back then.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-How-to-set-up-327w-B90-as-a-router-for-TWC-22334318 Sun, 03 May 2009 19:58:03 EDT Re: How to set up 327w B90 as a router for TWC? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-How-to-set-up-327w-B90-as-a-router-for-TWC-22332089
Having dealt with large bumbling bureaucracies in the past, I would assume that getting a router is the easier way.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-How-to-set-up-327w-B90-as-a-router-for-TWC-22332089 Sun, 03 May 2009 08:22:33 EDT Re: How to set up 327w B90 as a router for TWC? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-How-to-set-up-327w-B90-as-a-router-for-TWC-22331907 after that the IP address shown became something like 169.254.29.186, and I would entirely lost connection.

Then I unplug the ethernet cable, replugged it in, and did ipconfig /all, the IP address would then appear to be the same before I did /release.

So does that mean I'm screwed and have to get a new router?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-How-to-set-up-327w-B90-as-a-router-for-TWC-22331907 Sun, 03 May 2009 05:06:03 EDT Re: How to set up 327w B90 as a router for TWC? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-How-to-set-up-327w-B90-as-a-router-for-TWC-22317669
The "static host assignment" under DNS probably doesn't do anything important. I do use it as follows.

I have a machine that I have given a static IP on my LAN (192.168.1.101). This allows me to assign a name to that machine, so that the name is recognized by the 327w. If another machine on my LAN does a lookup for this name, it will get that local IP address. And I can use that name, instead of the IP, when setting up port forwarding. But, apart from that, it doesn't actually do anything important.

I do set a domain name, but I do that in the "domain name" field. It does not surprise me that you cannot set that to empty. It isn't important for anything. I set the domain name to my work domain for my convenience. My wife works elsewhere, so it is wrong for her work domain, but does not cause her any problems. I suggest you not worry about the domain name, or just enter something bogus but innocuous.

Back to your original problem:
11. the config page refresh and attempts to connect but stuck at renewing.
Your ISP may be assigning your IP address to a specific MAC address, namely that of the computer you use when directly connected to the modem. I don't think there's a way of telling the 327w to clone that MAC address. Most home routers can be set for such cloning to work around the problem.

You could try: Connect your computer directly, so that you can get an IP address that way. Then, in a windows command prompts, use:
ipconfig /release
When you get a command prompt back after running this command, reconnect through the 327w and see if it works. Note that whether this works or not depends on how your ISP is managing its IP addresses. The hope is that this will remove your MAC from their DHCP table, and allow you to use a different one. If it does not work, then your only choices may be to call your ISP to have them manually intervene, or to use a router that supports a "clone MAC address" functionality.
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AT&T dsl; Westell 327w modem/router; openSuSE 11.0; firefox 3.0.9]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-How-to-set-up-327w-B90-as-a-router-for-TWC-22317669 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:26:02 EDT Re: How to set up 327w B90 as a router for TWC? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-How-to-set-up-327w-B90-as-a-router-for-TWC-22315786 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-How-to-set-up-327w-B90-as-a-router-for-TWC-22315786 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:12:58 EDT Re: How to set up 327w B90 as a router for TWC? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-How-to-set-up-327w-B90-as-a-router-for-TWC-22315767 So now go to Advanced LAN -> DNS

For the domain name put the Connection - specific DNS Suffix from the ipconfig /all that you ran earlier.

Then under "Static Host Assignment" Add 192.168.0.1

.....

Under Router Settings:
DHCP Client should be disabled.

In the boxes, fill in whatever you wrote down from ipconfig /all.

After you are done filling out the boxes press set.

Now press edit again, this time enable DHCP client, and press set again.
That's the step 6, step 8 and step 9 I was trying to follow.

The whole thing is here: »/faq/15387

Again thanks for replying]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-How-to-set-up-327w-B90-as-a-router-for-TWC-22315767 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:07:37 EDT Re: How to set up 327w B90 as a router for TWC? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-How-to-set-up-327w-B90-as-a-router-for-TWC-22306265
You should not be doing step 8 - that was surely a mistake.

Step 9 should not be needed, as it should default to that.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-How-to-set-up-327w-B90-as-a-router-for-TWC-22306265 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:36:43 EDT How to set up 327w B90 as a router for TWC? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/How-to-set-up-327w-B90-as-a-router-for-TWC-22306032
I tried to follow the guide on configuring 327w for Comcast but it didn't work out. The router stuck at renewing connection.

Here's what I did:
1. I did ipconfig /all with my computer connected directly to the modem,

Here's the information from ipconfig /all:

Connection-specific DNS suffix:
DHCP Enabled: Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled: Yes
IPv4 Address: 24.........
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 24.........
DHCP Server: 76.85.238.35
DHCPv6 IAID: 201333177
DNS Server: 66.75.160.63/66.75.160.64
NetBIOS over Tcpip: Enabled

Notice the Connection-specific DNS suffix appears to be empty.
I put ...... for the IP address and the Gateway but they are actual numbers.

2. I unplugged the Internet and plugged my computer to the E2 port on my 327w.

3. I opened 192.168.1.1, and did factory reset.

4. It asked me to wait for DSL to connect. I clicked cancel, then setup the admin/password.

5. I made a new connection by pushing next all the way until it finished. VPI and VCI are 0/35

6. I went to LAN setting and added a hostname with 192.168.1.0. However I cannot change the domain name to empty.

7. I went to the WAN setting and switched DSL to E1 port.

8. I set it to bridge mode and entered all the info in ipconfig /all

9. I enabled DHCP

10. I plugged modem into 327w's E1 port

11. the config page refresh and attempts to connect but stuck at renewing.

Anyone know what's wrong, or what specifically needs to be done for TWC, or anything different that I need to do for TWC but not for Comcast?

Thanks in advance]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/How-to-set-up-327w-B90-as-a-router-for-TWC-22306032 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:22:36 EDT