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reply to tomdlgns

Re: uverse bridge mode

reply to tomdlgns
said by tomdlgns:
wayjac, i appreciate your help, but am i reading this wrong?

said by wayjac:
Maybe maybe not......Sometimes I have a hard time conveying information.........sorry

said by tomdlgns:
The dmz plus option shares the public ip address, when a device has a public ip address there is no need to forward ports."

said by wayjac:
This is a true statement.....I think you are forgetting that your devices are connected to a second router

said by tomdlgns:
if i dmz the second router, you state that i dont need to open ports.

said by wayjac:
I did not ask you to dmz the second router.
It''s the 3801 that I told you to dmz plus....
If this alarms you don't dmz plus the 3801.....but
If you don't dmz plus the 3801
You will need to forward ports on the 3801 and the second router whenever you needed ports opened.

said by tomdlgns:
the linksys is a standard linksys router, i think it is a wrt54g. it HAD ports open back when it was my only router and the DSL modem was in bridge mode, that is how i was able to view the web cameras off site.

said by wayjac:
When making big changes to a setup like you're considering it's wise to factory reset and start anew.

said by tomdlgns:
right NOW it is connected to the 3801 with DHCP disabled (the linksys) and wifi disabled (the linksys). with DHCP disabled, it is basically a switch with an IP address (192.168.1.1)..

said by wayjac:
Ok...but you are about to make some changes and the new configuration may not mirror the old setup

reply to tomdlgns
In your first post is this:
the dsl modem had to be put into bridge mode

yes, the device i had before uverse. i dont have that anymore.

reply to tomdlgns
ok, let's start over.

forget what i have, explaining my current setup and trying to talk about the new setup might be a bad idea.

i have a 2 wire uverse all in one router that i want to bypass and use my own equipment.

however, i would like to make sure the following is possible:

-open a port or ports...on the linksys, which sits behind the 2wire

-bypass the 2wire, allow it to only act as a gateway for the linksys/rest of the network.

in order to do that, this is what was recommended:

"Configure the 3801 or second router so that they don't use the
same subnet. If you need to disable the wifi of the 3801 do it

Set the wan/internet port of the second router to use dhcp.

The 3801 has a dmz plus option, apply that option to the second router.

Release and renew the wan/internet port ip address of the second router

Doing this will allow the 3801 to share it's public ip address with the second router"

I really don't to go over info I've already posted.....

Once you make the changes to the 3801 and the second router has a public ip address you can forget about the 3801

You'll be able to forward ports on the linksys

You seem to be convinced that the 3801 will not allow you to operate like you were in the past.
I think what you want will happen because it's possible without bridge mode..

Doubts will prevail when you ask "what if"

got it, thank you for the confirmation. that is what i am looking to do, operate as if the 3801 is not there.

i just got the sense that there was wrong info after re-reading some of the posts.

thank you.

You are going to do something new.....it's normal to have serious doubts and want to go back to what you know works

While there is a wealth of good information to be found.....
There is just as much or more bad information to be found too

You don't even need to use the second router the 3801 can do it alone

i dont think the 3801 can do it all, for starters, i cant use my own DNS servers. i already opened up the ports i need in the 3801 to get the cameras working, but i cant do what i want with it.

that is why i put the old dsl modem in bridge mode and used my own router.

now, if you can tell me how to use my own static DNS servers and push them out to the rest of the network, please share.

thanks.

ok.....

1. i want to do more than just open ports

2. i never said i had the 5100a i said it looked like it. the one i had can be put into bridge mode, but it is not in bridge mode by default.

3. yes, of course you can, but why would i want to statically assign DNS servers on all the random devices that might connect to the network when i can automate it and never have to touch a users device?

thanks.

as far as DNS lookups/resolution, they work fine, i havent seen any issues, but this network was using OpenDNS for content filtering.

until i try what was posted above, the network is no longer using OpenDNS for content filtering.

reply to tomdlgns
This thread has had 34 posts in less than 10 hours; unfortunately, some are too adversarial to my liking... I, too, had Time Warner modem, and Buffalo router with OpenWRT. While putting a router into DMZ is quite easy, I ran into numerous problems trying to "mimic true bridge mode". The biggest was "double-NAT". Having two network segments caused a lot of problems for my phone calls. Granted, I have an IP phone from work, ATA (sometimes 2), and PIAF PBX... But with a single router and single network segment everything was working quite smoothly.

On top of that, I couldn't set it up so that I connect to my router with PKI only (I can see a lot of scanners attempting to login as root; I didn't want to take a chance that somebody guesses my password). last, for whatever reason, I couldn't make it forward one port on the router to another on the actual machine (say, my-public-ip:8080 to webserver:80). Probably, I could figure out what was going on - but removing two segments from the picture somehow made it work.

I have 3600HGV, if it makes any difference. It has 4 LAN ports (at 100Mbps - and I got used to streaming HD video over Gbps LAN, which is noticeably slower now). And the wireless is just terrible - no signal withing 10ft, I am not exaggerating! So, I set up Buffalo as a wireless access point - but it's a far cry from what I had before.

I had trouble with Time Warner that I don't have any more (latency, uptime) - so, I don't regret switching. But if TWC fixes their problems - I'll jump back as soon as I can.

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Technical problems are more often than not management incompetence masquerading as technical issues

Certain batches of 3600's have a known flaw on the wireless, you should have requested a new one ( it is supposedly fixed now )

reply to ymhee_bcex

You can get a modem only on U-Verse. You need to attain a Motorola 2310

i requested one when i ordered the service and they told me that the tech would have one and that they would put it in the notes.

of course i didnt get one.

i am still going to try what wayjac suggested and see how that goes.

if it doesnt work out, i will call them and request a modem only.

thanks for posting that.