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What equipment provided for multiple static IP setup

Seeing that your question is not about Westell, let's move you over to our General Questions Forum.

Should have stated what Westell equipment.

Who is your ISP? We may have a forum for them.

It is more related to westell equipment type for static IP addresses independent of ISP

If you could be a little more specific what it is you need help with.

reply to stiv
If the static IPs are a block that are assigned over PPPoE, then it is my impression that the Westell 327w, 2200 and 6100 series can handle this by turning off the "private LAN", and instead using the "public LAN" settings.

If you are being assigned a block of IPs over a bridged connection, then some home routers can handle that by turning off NAT, and assigning one of the IPs to the router. But not all routers will work, and you would need to check the router documentation on how to configure it.

As others have indicated, you have not given enough information to definitively answer you question.
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static IP assigned over PPPoE.
The little documentation for the initial equipment provided is "crap" and looks like it pertains only to a single IP address. I'm not even sure if they have provided the right equipment. I'm just looking for a survey of the types of equipment (westell) which are currently used with multiple static IP addresses.

reply to stiv
At one time I multiple static IPs (not PPPoE however) and all the ISP gave me was a bridged modem. I provided the switch and that was all that was needed to use both IPs.
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reply to stiv
I don't personally have static IPs. However, I have heard from others that it works with the public LAN settings available on the 327w and 6100 (probably also on 7500). There was a post by someone with a Westell modem (I think 327w) using Century Tel, given a block of IPs assigned over PPPoE, and told by his ISP to use the public LAN settings.

You might want to also look at this FAQ
»AT&T Midwest/Ameritech FAQ »SBC/Ameritech 5 Static IP-Compatible Routers (update 05-19-06)
That's for AT&T users, but will probably give you useful information about this way of assigning static IPs.

With that VT location, I'm guessing you are with Fairpoint, in what was previously Verizon territory.
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Thanks for the FAQ link.
You are correct I have recently been switched over to fairpoint. It has been 3 weeks since they have supposedly activated my 5 static IP addresses and each day I have less and less confidence that they know what they are doing.

I am actually hoping to use my OSX server with IPAliases to manage a (I believe) bridged connection for each IP. The doc they provide shows using routed bridge but I have doubts regarding that configuration unless I setup separate VC for each address.

If you are getting these over PPPoE, then you will need a router or modem/router that knows how to handle a static block over PPPoE.

It is also possible in linux, so possibly in OSX. But you would have to run your own PPPoE client on that unix system. It will probably be easier to pick up a suitable router or modem/router.
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