yanks
join:2003-09-10
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| Why did AT&T send me a Motorola 2210 modem?
I received my AT&T DSL package today. After half an hour trying to set it up and not knowing why I couldn't get it working AT&T tells me the lines outside are not done yet and it won't be ready to go until the 16th.
I received the Motorola 2210 modem, man it's a dinky little thing! I checked to see some info on the modem and on AT&T's site it says the following on the 2210 page:
Please do not purchase if you are living in Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, or South Carolina. For BellSouth DSL Customers wishing to purchase a DSL Modem, please call 1-800-321-ADSL.
I live in Florida, why send me a modem that it specifically says not to buy in Florida. How is this modem? I'll be using my Apple Airport Extreme wireless router to run our 4 computers wirelessly. Should I request something else? |
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NetFixer
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| One of the reasons that the ATT store tells BellSouth area customers not to order DSL modems from that site is because the rest of AT&T uses a VCI/VPI setting of 0/35, and the modems ordered from that site use those values by default. The modem that you received will have the default setting of 8/35 which is used in the BellSouth area.
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FAQFixer
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join:2004-06-28
Powder Springs, GA
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It's a great modem that is exactly what you need. Set it to bridged mode and connect it to your Airport.
»AT&T Southeast Forum FAQ »How do I set a Motorola 2210 to Bridged Ethernet mode |
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kmassing
join:2008-02-14
Liberty, SC
| Not to hijack this thread, but what is the advantage of setting the 2210 to bridged mode? I use this modem with a Belkin N router. I see several suggestions to use bridge mode in the modem and setup the router for PPPoE, but haven't read why this is recommended.
Thanks
ken |
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bigclaw
join:2002-12-05
Atlanta, GA
| said by kmassing  :Not to hijack this thread, but what is the advantage of setting the 2210 to bridged mode? I use this modem with a Belkin N router. I see several suggestions to use bridge mode in the modem and setup the router for PPPoE, but haven't read why this is recommended. Thanks ken See this:
»support.iprimus.com.au/index.php···emid=214 |
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joeblow
join:2007-07-14
Knoxville, TN | reply to yanks
just to confuse things this talks a little about bridging or not.
»IP Passthrough and DMZ |
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kmassing
join:2008-02-14
Liberty, SC
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said by bigclaw :said by kmassing :Not to hijack this thread, but what is the advantage of setting the 2210 to bridged mode? I use this modem with a Belkin N router. I see several suggestions to use bridge mode in the modem and setup the router for PPPoE, but haven't read why this is recommended. Thanks ken See this: » support.iprimus.com.au/index.php···emid=214 Thanks, that makes sense. I appreciate the response.
ken |
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OneHeart
join:2002-02-20 | reply to bigclaw
No wonder I couldn't get things to work. The diagram shown is exactly what I had going. Doh! |
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timcuth
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yanks, I had the same reaction when I got my 2210, but I finally decided to try it and it is probably the best modem I have ever used. And I have used a bunch. It is fast and stable.
Tim
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timcuth
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PS - I don't bridge mine, either. I just use a cheap, simple gigabit ethernet switch. Connected to the switch are two wired PC's, an 802.11a wireless access point, and one of those power line ethernet thingies that plugs into a wall socket. No configuration was necessary and everything works, perfectly. The modem is the router.
Tim
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