graffixjones
Nuttier than Squirrel Turds
join:2006-03-28
Chico, CA
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Re: [General] BEFSX41 / Siemens 4100 DSL Modem problem and solut
Wow, thanks for that informative post.
Well, I've been playing around a bit more, and I think I came up with another solution... and I smacked myself upside the head once I discovered it.
The key (for me) was to click the little radio button next to 'Use Private IP' on the modem's connection configuration page for the LAN device... doh! 
Before, the modem was passing the public IP to the router, and that appears to have been causing problems with communications between the two.
Of course, I just tried this about five minutes ago, so it's still up in the air as to whether or not it will work long term... the fact that I'm actually able to surf here to the site to answer this thread is a good sign. Now that I think about it, my problems started soon after upgrading the modem's firmware to the latest SBC firmware, so chances are that button got reset (it had worked fine for 24 hours prior to that).
And yes, Mac OSX can add routes to an interface, since it's pretty much a BSD derivative underneath, and I believe that XP also uses BSD networking, so they're essentially the same animal.
Thanks again for all your help. It's much appreciated.
David.
P.S. I also set my router up with the static private IP address on the modem, so I don't have to worry about DHCP negotiation between the two... that way if the modem goes down, I don't have to worry about the router locking up while the connection resets.
Thanks again. |
