rv1414
join:2010-02-03
Los Gatos, CA | reply to rv1414
Re: Need help w/ Speedstream 4100 and WRT610N It took me about 5 minutes to get the router working thanks to your advice. In fact I'm typing this on my laptop connected to the wireless network.
It was indeed the PC MAC address that needed to be cloned on the router.
Many thanks to billaustin, nwrickert and wayjac for your extremely quick, clear, and helpful assistance!!
For others in the future who might run into the same issue, I'll summarize everything I did to make it work (Important note: this is only if your DSL service is DHCP, which as far as I can tell is much less common than PPPoE these days):
Equipment: Speedstream 4100 modem (formerly used with SBC/AT&T service), Linksys WRT610N router, and Verizon DSL (DHCP) - with other equipment/ISP YMMV
- Connect and power on modem, connect to a PC via Ethernet. Go to 192.168.0.1, you should see modem config.
- Click "Advanced" in the left nav, select Connection Configuration, set VPI = 0, VCI = 35, MTU = 1492, ATM Encapsulation = LLC
- Now select PPP Location, set to Bridged Mode (PPPoE is not used). You'll get a warning screen that will tell you how to reconnect to the modem later (by manually setting your IP and subnet mask)
- Now disconnect the PC from the modem, power on and connect your router to the PC via Ethernet. Go to your router IP (usually something like 192.168.1.1)
- Set up your local network settings however you'd like them. I changed the router IP to 192.168.2.1, but not sure that was really necessary.
- Set Internet Connection Type to "Automatic Configuration - DHCP"
- Set MTU to manual, 1492
- Make sure DHCP server is enabled, since you need the router to allocate IP addresses to your local network (don't forget to save the changes you've made)
- Now click "MAC Address Clone" and then the "Clone my PC's MAC" button (save changes again)
- Now turn your router off, connect the Ethernet port on the modem to the Internet/WAN port on the router. Now power on the router.
- Connect to your router via wireless, and internet should work. You can verify that the router is getting an IP from your ISP by going back to the router config interface and clicking "Status" - if the Internet Connection info is non-goose eggs you should be good.
Thanks again for the help, you guys are great! |
