| Westell 7500 - Connecting a router. I am trying to hook up a Linksys router to my DSL modem. The 7500 seems to be absolute junk and i cant figure out how to make it a straight passthrough to my router. I think what i am looking for a bridge mode? I have found how to do it on a verison model but the Centurylink model that i have is a bit different. The reason why i am wanting to do this is so i can better port forward. the 7500 wont seem to let the port forwarding work at all and i have had great luck with the WRT54GS routers. Im not new to this type of thing but it almost seems they tried to make the 7500 too user friendly and i cant make it work!
i tried to follow this guide »Verizon Westell 7500 - How do I set it to bridge mode? with no luck since it is for verison and seems to be slightly different. When i tried that i had great local service but no internet. Thanks |
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 sashwaPixie Cat Crunchin' n Foldin'Premium,Mod
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kudos:14 | If you decide you would like to have this moved to our CenturyLink forum for help, just let me know and I can do that. |
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| If i would have a better chance at getting a responce then please do. thanks |
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 wayjacPremium,MVM
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kudos:1 | reply to nitrosport
said by nitrosport :I think what i am looking for a bridge mode? I have found how to do it on a verison model but the Centurylink model that i have is a bit different Here's a picture of the bridge mode settings
If what you have is different post a picture of what you see
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| Here is the picture of the setting. Is there anything else besides this setting that i will need to change to get it to bridge to my router. And do i need to set them exactly like the picture that you posted? thanks |
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And besides this, is there anything else that needs set? or after i change it to bridge mode should i just be able to plug in my router to the 1st ethernet port on the Westel. thanks for the help |
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wayjacPremium,MVM
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kudos:1 | reply to nitrosport_5
said by nitrosport_5:Is there anything else besides this setting that i will beed to change to get it to bridge to my router The modem is bridged correctly
Have you looked at the wrt54gs logs....it may show what the problem is |
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| No i have not, but the westel shows as not being connected to the internet when i log into it. |
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wayjacPremium,MVM
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kudos:1 | Once you put the westell in bridge mode it's unable to make the internet connection
How much time has passed since you bridged the westell |
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sashwaPixie Cat Crunchin' n Foldin'Premium,Mod
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kudos:14 | reply to nitrosport
Looks like you are getting some help from wayjac  so you are in good hands. |
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i bridged it and let it sit for 5minutes and it has no internet. so i unbridged it and went back to the way it was so i could try to find some answers. Once i bridged it the DSL light was not on. Are there any other settings besides bridging that need to be made? |
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wayjacPremium,MVM
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kudos:1 | Your dsl uses pppoe or dhcp to get the internet connection
Once you bridge the modem you need your router to do the dhcp/pppoe
When the modem is bridged it's the internet light goes off if the dsl light is off that must be corrected first |
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| What would be causing the DSL light to go off? and is there any settings other than default on my router that will need to be changed. I have it configured for my personal wifi settings but beyond that it is mostly default. |
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wayjacPremium,MVM
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kudos:1 | reply to nitrosport_5
We should discuss what you need to do before you actually make any changes so that you might understand what I'm telling you to do and why you're doing it
The results you want can be achieved without bridging the modem and you may find this easy to do |
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| Okay. Ive tried just about everything with this modem and i am convinced it is junk. I really need to forward a port on it but it just will not open a port. it says the ports i want are open but in reality they are not. The firewall is deactivated on it currently as to try and get the port forwarding working but i have had no luck there. So as a last resort i wanted to just open up the modem completely and hook to my linksys router and use it for the port forwarding, firewall ect. |
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wayjacPremium,MVM
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kudos:1 | Does this mean that the westell is making the internet connection |
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| the westell is the one that the DSL line comes into yes. And the westell currently is working for my internet connection but i have not turned on bridge mode again since it doesnt seem to work. Nothing seems to work on the westell besides the default settings. |
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wayjacPremium,MVM
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kudos:1 | Ok... for now Don't make any changes to the westell
You need to change the ip address of the linksys to 192.168.2.1 that can be done on the network setup section of the linksys on that same page the internet connection type must be dhcp |
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| the main IP of the westell is 10.0.0.1 and the linksys is 192.168.1.1. does it still need changed since they are different? the linksys router is setup as DHCP. I currently have the linksys plugged into the westell and the internet is coming through to the linksys, but only as if the linksys was another computer behind the westells firewall/blocked ports. |
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wayjacPremium,MVM
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kudos:1 | said by nitrosport_5:the main IP of the westell is 10.0.0.1 and the linksys is 192.168.1.1. does it still need changed since they are different? The ip address of the linksys and westell are in different subnets that's just what is needed
Go to the westell pages and put the linksys in the westell dmz |
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