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 More FiberPremium,MVM
join:2005-09-26
West Chester, PA
kudos:18 | reply to starcaptor
Re: MI424WR-GEN2 Rev E Configuration Thread said by starcaptor:First of all, I am attaching the ethernet WAN of the Actiontec to LAN1 of my router (wrt54gs), and the WAN of the router to the LAN1 of the Actiontec, correct? Do I do this before attempting all of these steps, or after? Should I attach the PC which I am doing all of these mods through to the Actiontec or my router? You are creating two bridges.
•coax WAN to ethernet WAN
•ethernet LAN to MOCA LAN
There are two parts to the instructions. The first part corresponds to the first bridge. The second part to the second bridge.
Do not connect the Actiontec LAN1 port to your router until you have completed part 1-20b. After you reach part 1 20b, you see the following (unnumbered) instruction:
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After the Above steps you should be able to reboot the Actiontec by turning off the power and run a cable from the LAN 1 port of the Actiontec to the WAN port of the desired router. The desired router should also be rebooted. After this step the desired router should be able to DHCP an address from Verizon…. If not there is a problem… Do not go further.
said by starcaptor:Step 14 says to change the IP. I don't know what to change it to. It says to change it to one not used on my LAN. Meaning, as a gateway, it should have a different IP from the gateway IP of my router? So if its currently the default of 192.168.1.1, should my router gateway IP be 192.168.2.1, something like that? It just needs to be different from the LAN side subnet of your Linksys. 192.168.2.1 is fine. When you change it, your will need to set your PC to a static IP address on the same subnet. e.g. 192.168.2.2
said by starcaptor: Next is step 19...what am I doing here exactly? I cant enable both ethernet broadband and coax broadband, it keeps giving me an error message, unless I am not reading it right... I don't see where the instructions stated to remove Broadband Connection (ethernet) from the Network (H/O) group. You should uncheck both the box to the left of Broadband Connection (ethernet) and also uncheck the STP box to the right, then APPLY.
said by starcaptor:and I assume that cloning the MAC of the action onto my router is what it asks.. It's normally not necessary to clone the MAC address of the Actiontec onto your router. You would do that, only if you have trouble release the DHCP lease from the Actiontec and acquiring a new DHCP lease on your router. See the following FAQ: »Verizon Online FiOS FAQ »How do I release my DHCP lease | |
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| Hi, thanks for the prompt reply. Your instructions seem to make sense, thjeoretically and practically. But I am still unclear on step 14.
So at this step, can I leave the actiontec on 192.168.1.1, and change my linksys IP to 192.168.2.1, and make all my PCs 192.168.2.x? I am assuming this since the linksys will be the one routing all of my computers. do I need to touch subnet mask or can i leave everything at 255.255.255.0 on everything?
Once I have the above setup, I can log into the linksys with 192.168.2.1, and the actiontec via 192.168.1.1?
Should I do this while interfacing directly with the actiontec or hooked through the linksys which is hooked to the actiontec?
Thanks again for your help! | | |
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More FiberPremium,MVM
join:2005-09-26
West Chester, PA
kudos:18
1 edit | said by starcaptor:I am still unclear on step 14. So at this step, can I leave the actiontec on 192.168.1.1, and change my linksys IP to 192.168.2.1, and make all my PCs 192.168.2.x? Yes, you can leave the Actiontec on 192.168.1.1, as long as the Linksys has a different subnet. This becomes the "admin" address for the Actiontec.
said by starcaptor: do I need to touch subnet mask or can i leave everything at 255.255.255.0 on everything? 255.255.255.0 is fine everywhere.
said by starcaptor:Once I have the above setup, I can log into the linksys with 192.168.2.1, and the actiontec via 192.168.1.1? Yes.
said by starcaptor:Should I do this while interfacing directly with the actiontec or hooked through the linksys which is hooked to the actiontec? To log in to the Actiontec, you will need to connect directly to it with a 192.168.1.x static IP address. | |
| Thanks 'More Fiber' Your instructions were the real deal. Now I have my Tomato-powered WRT54GS routing to both my DVR as well as my computers.
Very Very well done, thanks again =) | |
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