gregman
| reply to pobbard
Re: How to use my Linksys wireless router with my
Yes, try Gibson Research Corp's site at grc.com |
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JayMes
@usc.edu
| reply to ardenj
Re: How to use my Linksys wireless router with my 327w
Does these same procedures apply if I want to turn the Westell 327W into just a plain dsl modem without attaching it to another router, but rather attach it directly to my computer? Basically I want to use this router/modem as a regular dsl modem (like the Westell 2100) without the router feature. Is this possible? Thanks. |
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madman7th
join:2004-09-27
Bloomington, IL | reply to ardenj
Re: How to use my Linksys wireless router with my
Here's another question:
If i want my router to have a public IP address, and I don't even want the 327w to do NAT routing, what should I do?
Is this even possible? |
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nwrickert
sand groper
Premium,MVM
join:2004-09-04
Geneva, IL | Bridge the 327w, and turn off dhcp. If your ISP requires PPPoE, then set that up on the router. |
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Newsila
@verizon.ne
| reply to ardenj
Re: How to use my Linksys wireless router with my 327w
Similar question to the lines above. Is there anyway to configure the Westell and Linksys router to act as AccessPoints to the same network without ethernet cable connecting them? It seems like the linksys could be configured to act as a repeater for lack of a better term for the Westell. Thoughts? |
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nwrickert
sand groper
Premium,MVM
join:2004-09-04
Geneva, IL
 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·AT&T Midwest
| Re: How to use my Linksys wireless router with my
To use the linksys as only an access point,
•turn off dhcp on the linksys •use only the LAN ports (not the WAN port) •Assign the linksys a LAN ip that is in the LAN range used by the 327w, and preferably outside the 327w dhcp range.
I'm not familiar with your linksys. Check whether it has a WDS setting. That's where you would set it to act as a repeater. |
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Chas-B
@dsl-w.verizon | reply to ardenj
Re: How to use my Linksys wireless router with my 327w
Will the DMZ function of the Linksys still work under these setups that use the Westell as a modem only and a linksys as the router/firewall? |
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nwrickert
sand groper
Premium,MVM
join:2004-09-04
Geneva, IL | Re: How to use my Linksys wireless router with my
Will the DMZ function of the Linksys still work under these setups that use the Westell as a modem only and a linksys as the router/firewall?
Yes, that should still work. |
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Compman55
@dsl-w.verizon
| reply to ardenj
Versalink w/ Linksys BEFSX41
Ok, I have read this entire thread and have not had any success. I have verizon DSL and a westell versalink and want to turn it into a DSL modem only, nothing more. Then I want to hook it my linksys BEFSX41 router's wan port and let the linksys do all the firewall and routing functions. In the westell configuration page if I change it to a BRIDGE instead of a ROUTED BRIDGE I can no longer get an IP address from my ISP and the router will just keep trying for hours. What am I doing wrong? All I want it to turn this versalink into a westell 2100. |
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Chas-B
@dsl-w.verizon
| reply to ardenj
Re: How to use my Linksys wireless router with my 327w
OK, so I followed method 2 to use my Westell as a modem only and my Linksys as the router/firewall.
I can browse most websites, but not all. For example I cannot get to Windows Update. I can get to yahoo, nascar, ibm etc and click around so I am not just seeing cached content.
I cannot get in to e-mail though (Outlook Express) and cannot connect to usenet newsgroups any longer using any news reader.
I can connect via VPN to my work and I can ftp to my server from the outside. I cannot however, remote desktop to my server any longer (yes 3389 is forwarded on the linksys to my server that I want to remote desktop to same as 20 & 21 are forwarded to it for FTP, which as I said, works)
So any thoughts on why after following method 2 I cannot:
Get e-mail?
Get Usenet?
Remote Desktop in?
IRC is kinda flakey to as I cannot connect to any US based Undernet server?
All these things worked when I used the Fujitsu Modem to the Linksys and all these things worked when I used the Westell without the linksys with everything open to the world.
Thanks for any input you might have. |
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mbwd
join:2005-06-27
Washington, DC
|  reply to ardenj
How to do the converse of the above???
A90-327W15-06
Is it possible to configure the 327W to act ONLY as a wireless transmitter.
I am temporarily at a house with a cable internet connection (all set up, with cable modem and a cat-5 cable coming out of it with a ready to go signal).
I would like to set up my Westell 327W to take that signal and transmit it wirelessly. I thought this could be done by changing the first port to ETHERNET PORT 1 and then setting the VC1 to bridge. But it doesn't seem to work.
Is it possible to set the 327W to simply take in an ethernet signal and transmit it wirelessly (i.e., act only as a wireless base station, not as a combo base station, router, modem)? Thanks. |
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jiggawho
join:2005-07-03
Laurel, MD | I have a similar question. I have two VersaLink 327W's and would like to use one as a wireless access point (w/o a direct connection to it). Is it possible to do so? Any info would be much appreciated. Thanks! |
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Oppie
@verizon.ne | reply to ardenj
Re: How to use my Linksys wireless router with my 327w
Can't you connect your Linksys router to any port.
Then in the Westell router, you can do Configuration -> Single Static IP. Wouldn't that sorta put it in bridged mode? |
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motors4fun
join:2005-07-16
Spring Hill, FL | reply to ardenj
I was wondering, since i switched from verizon dsl with the westell 327w to cox and a motorolla 5100, can i use the westell to act as a basic router and wireless connection? and if so how?
thank you.
motors4fun |
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nwrickert
sand groper
Premium,MVM
join:2004-09-04
Geneva, IL | Re: How to use my Linksys wireless router with my
See this thread
»Use Versalink 327W with cable modem |
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DougG3
join:2002-07-15
La Grande, OR
4 edits | reply to ardenj
Re: How to use my Linksys wireless router with my 327w
Here's another setup derived from ChrisDAT's setup ( »VersaLink+Wireless+Hub with another FireWall ):
You have an existing router and a 327W. You want to be able to use the 327W as just a modem in front of your existing router, but you also want to be able to use the wireless part of the 327W behind your existing router and be able to access the config page without having to reconfigure your computer and hook the computer up directly to the 327W.
Your existing router will do the PPPoE or DHCP "talk" to your ISP's servers. The end result will be splitting the 327W into two separate parts, a modem and a 3-port wireless access point.
After doing the modifications in each step, be sure to click Save on the page you're on. During all these steps, answer NO when asked to restart the router unless otherwise specified. Here's how to do it:
•Hook your computer up to the 327W's ethernet port 2, and set it for a manual IP address in the same range as your 327W's address. By default the 327W's address is 192.168.1.1, so make it 192.168.1.30 or something similar.
•Go to the config page for the 327W. Default address is: 192.168.1.1
•Turn off the firewall (Configuration->Firewall->None).
•Set up the wireless access however you'd like it (Configuration->Wireless). This can always be changed later once all these steps are completed.
•Turn off the DHCP server built into the 327W. (Configuration->Advanced LAN->Private LAN->Private LAN DHCP Server Enable: Off
•While still in the Private LAN page, set the IP address of the 327W to an IP in the same subnet as your existing router. I have a D-Link DI-704UP, which is 192.168.0.1, so I set the 327W's address to 192.168.0.2. Make sure it's a different address from your existing router's address.
•When asked to restart the Versalink after this, go ahead and restart it. If you changed the subnet of the 327W (if it used to be 192.168.1.* and now it's 192.168.0.* or whatever), then change your computer's IP address so it's also in this new subnet. Go back to the Versalink's config page using the new IP address you gave the 327W.
•Make sure that in Configuration->Advanced LAN->DHCP, the DHCP server is off.
•Now you need to set up the VLANs. Go to Configuration->Advanced LAN->VLAN and set Ethernet Port 1 to VLAN ID 2. All other ports, including the wireless, should be VLAN ID 1. Leaving these set as 1, and not any other number, is very important because that's the only VLAN that the config page is accessible on. Anyway...set VLAN Enable to on. Once you click Save, the router config page may stall. Make sure your computer is hooked up to any port other than Ethernet Port 1 (in other words, any port that is in VLAN 1) and try connecting again. It should come up with a screen asking to restart the 327W. Click no.
•Finally, set the configuration to VLAN bridge. Go to Configuration->Advanced WAN->WAN and click "Edit" next to the one that is "Enabled" that you're using. Set the Protocol to Bridge, and then set the Mode to VLAN bridge. VLAN ID should be 2. I am not sure what VLAN on WAN does, but I have it set to off.
•This time, when you click save, go ahead and let the 327W reboot. Now you can hook your existing router's WAN port up to the 327W's port 1. Hook your computer up to your existing router and set your computer up for it, rather than for the Versalink. Set up your router for getting an address through DHCP or PPPoE (whichever applies). You should be able to get an internet connection now. If your ISP uses DHCP and MAC authentication, make sure the ISP knows about the MAC address of your existing router, not the 327W. On Verizon, I had to make sure I released the IP from the 327W before I did these steps, otherwise it wouldn't work.
•Finally, use a crossover cable to hook one of your existing router's LAN ports to one of the other ports on the 327W. If your existing router has Auto MDI/MDIX ports, you can use a normal ethernet cable if you want.
After making this final connection between the 327W and your router, you should be able to access the Versalink's config page using the IP address you gave it earlier. Furthermore, wireless clients connected to the 327W's wireless access point, or computers connected to the 327W's two other ethernet ports, will be able to access the internet through your existing router. In essence, you have a modem, to which you have connected your router, and your router has a 3-port wireless access point connected to it. The WAP and the modem are just in the same plastic case. There is no double NAT to worry about. The key that makes this work is the VLAN feature. Port 1 of the 327W is completely isolated from the rest of the ports, so all the other ports are on a completely different network. Yes, it's kind of weird that you have two cords between the router and the 327W, but essentially you're connecting 3 devices in a chain because you've isolated the two separate parts of the 327W. The only part they have in common is the config page.
Ok, I hope this helps anybody out there! Thanks to ChrisDAT and his original thread which helped me figure this one out. The method in his thread seems to work for PPPoE customers but for DHCP customers like me I couldn't get it working until I used my method. I've had it working for a day now, and everything seems to be ok. Hopefully this will walk you through getting things set up ok. I haven't tested this on PPPoE but I don't see why it wouldn't work. If it doesn't, look at ChrisDAT's thread linked above because his method seems to work for that (set the type to PPPoE and make sure tunneling is enabled instead).
I had a little trouble getting connected to the router again while in the middle of doing the config changes. Just make sure your computer is hooked up to one of the Versalink's ports that is in VLAN 1, and that your computer's IP address is in the same range as the Versalink's while you're doing the initial configuration I described on the 327W. It's essential that VLAN 1 is used for all the extra ports, because the 327W only advertises its config page on VLAN 1.
Ok, let me know if you run into any snags and I'll try to help. I'm not responsible if this fudges up your 327W, but you can always reset it if you run into trouble.  |
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PauperNYC
@verizon.n
| DougG3,
Thanks for the help on the setup. I am able to connect and set up the wireless connection but I am having one problem. The computer connecting through the wireless setup keeps getting a web site found. waiting for reply. msg and hanging there. The computer connected directly to the router works fine and the network is detected on the wireless computer. The wireless computer can even get an IP address and has the correct gateway IP which is my router. The router IP is 192.168.3.1 and the modem IP is 192.168.3.254. The router shows the wireless computer in it's DHCP table. Can you figure out what my be wrong?
Thanks. |
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nwrickert
sand groper
Premium,MVM
join:2004-09-04
Geneva, IL | Re: How to use my Linksys wireless router with my
Are you able to ping the modem from the wireless computer? |
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PauperNYC
@rr.com | Yes, pinging the modem was fine from the wireless computer. |
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nwrickert
sand groper
Premium,MVM
join:2004-09-04
Geneva, IL | What is shown by
ipconfig /all
I'm only looking for IP address, DNS address and gateway address for your wireless card. |
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