| Sprint 645 modem with Linksys BEFSR41 Hi,
I live in central Fl. and just switched from Roadrunner to Sprint FastConnect DSL and can't get my Linksys BSFSR41 to work with the Sprint 645 modem. Has anyone been able to do this...I have been working on this for 4 days now with no luck. Thanks for any help you can give, Bill
PS It works fine when hooked up to straight to one of my computers...just not with the Linksys |
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| Same problem that I am having. Did Sprint send you the 645M? |
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| Yes |
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| reply to br408408
The Zyxel 642M and 645M have two major differences between them: 1 is an ethernet bridge and 1 is a crippled router.
You will need to setup your 645M is bridged-ethernet mode in order to have your Linksys router authenticate on the network.
1. Telnet into the modem.
2. Main Menu. Select Option 1, then choose ROUTE=NO and BRIDGE=YES
3. Main Menu. Select Option 4, then choose RFC1483.
4. Main Menu. Select Option 11, then option 1. Choose ROUTE=NO and BRIDGE=YES.
Make sure you hit enter a bunch of times instead of ESCape on each menu, so that the options save. This will make your 645M a bridged-ethernet modem and will disable PPPoE. Now you can use your Linksys router to do all the authentication and NAT routing.
You can also do this backwards and have the username and password in your 645M and disable PPPoE on your Linksys router. The Linksys will do NAT routing only in this scenario. Make sure your router has a static address of 192.168.1.2 and your default gateway on the LAN is that IP also.
The 645M modems are crippled by default from the manufacturer so that you cannot route to anything except 192.168.1.2, when the modem is used as a standalone NAT router. Good luck! |
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| Hi,
Thank you very much for the info. I have only one question. how do I Telnet into the modem. i can get in by using its address ( 192.168.1.2) but there are only a few simple options...no main menu.
Thank you again for your help, Bill |
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| Hello, To telnet into the 645 in windows go to Start> Run>Then type telnet (Default Gateway IP) in my case is 192.168.1.1 after that it's going to prompt you for a password then use 1234 for password then it should kick you to the telnet menu. It worked for me and I hope it works for you thanks to Tribby20. Good Luck!
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| Thanks...will try tomorrow. |
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| reply to Pile_Driver
Do you have a Static or Dynamic IP address from Sprint. I have a Dynamic (but will pay for a Static if need be), and when I Select Option 4, then choose RFC1483 as outlined by tibby20, my address type changes to Static automaticily. I think this is why I can't get it to work. I have the 1.5 mbps service by the way. Is this what you have and did you get it to work with your router? Did you have to make any special setting in your router other than PPPoE, user name, and password. Thanks for and help you can give, Bill |
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| br408408, I have dynamic IP but I don't have a router. I just wanted to switch it in bridge mode because it wasn't allowing incoming connections for some of my applications. I currently use windows XP and I used the built in PPPOE connection wizard to connect on bridge mode. Now what I did was I went to telnet and changed option 1 and 11 only to ROUTE IP=NO BRIDGE=YES like tribby20 said. After that you might want to try it with your router. Good Luck!!
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Sludge
join:2001-04-08
Greenville, NC | reply to br408408
Just received a Sprint 645 today and configured it for my Linksys BEFSR11. Would never have accomplished this without the info from tribby20. As it was it took me all night to get it right. Thanks for your help.
Gordon |
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| reply to br408408
Would someone be so kind as to write up a summary of how to hook up the new modem to a router and submit it to the FAQ?
Thanks,
Dezbend
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In God we trust. |
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| Cool I think it should be a good idea. |
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| reply to Dezbend
Here's the easiest way to set up the 645 modem and a router behind it.
You have to use the CD that comes with the 645 to set up your account name anyway, so just let the modem do the job for you. Make sure you're able to access the internet then plug your router in to the modem and.....
1. Launch a browser and type in 192.168.1.1 into the address bar. (There is no username by default, and the default password is 'admin').
2. Set the Device IP Address to “192.168.2.1”
3. Set the Subnet Mask to “255.255.255.0”
4. Set the WAN IP Address to “Obtain an IP Address Automatically”
5. Populate DNS 1 to “204.117.217.10”
6. Populate DNS 2 to “199.2.252.10”
7. Set Login to “Disabled”
8. Click on the Apply button to write the changes to the router. (Note: If you switch tabs
without clicking Apply, all changes will be lost)
Each PC should be able to access each device independently.
Lynksys Router by browser 192.168.2.1 and 645ME+ by telnet 192.168.1.1. |
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| reply to br408408
Had alot of trouble setting this up, so I figured I'd put in my two cents about how I got it to work for me.
I am using the 645 to handle the PPPoE stuff, and just using the Linksys to do the NAT stuff (which is pretty much what I wanted to do in the first place) There is a little bit of cable flopping if you want to do this without restarting your computer a bunch of times.
First things first, for those of you who have tried a bunch of stuff and failed, follow the reset procedure on both the modem and the router (I suppose you can skip the router if you've got a bunch of port filtering and stuff already in there that you don't want to lose, but I wouldn't reccomend it.)
Plug your Ethernet Card Directly to the 645
Stick in the FastConnect CD and let it set it up for you.
Once the process is complete, verify you have internet access. (Make sure you're not viewing cached pages)
Now plug your ethernet card into a numbered port on the linksys.
Set the linksys up on A DIFFERENT SUB-NET THAN THE 645!
(This is what killed me the first few times)
You might as well use 192.168.2.1 or 192.168.10.1 subnets, depending on what you want to do. My work laptop is setup on a 192.168.10.xx subnet, so I matched that for plug and play-a-bility.
Even though the 645ME+ is going to try and act as a DHCP server, as long as you use 192.168.1.2 for your WAN IP on the linksys, it will work. Set the default gateway to 192.168.1.1 and populate the DNS with the servers in the post found in this thread. Disable the PPPoE on the router.
Now you should be good to go.
Feel free to e-mail me with any questions. |
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| I too am in the process of switching to Sprint DSL from RR and setup a home network. Thanks for the info on making this happen... but 1 question. When I attached my laptop to make the 645 work, I grabbed a cable off my desk. To my surprise the laptop wouldn't talk. Finally I tried the red cable that comes with the modem and it did work! Is this a crossover cable? Will I need to use it to attach to the modem port of my router?
TIA,
Bruce |
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| Yes, it is a crossover cable and you will need it to connect to the modem port of your router, and I would do just that....connect to the modem port of your router, despite the advice of some people to not do so. I telneted into the 645 modem, changed it from a crippled router to a bridge, let my Linksys BEFSR41 do the PPPoE login and act as my router, and also use its firewall. See instructions in this thread and also in the "Using the Linksys BESFR41 Router with FastConnect" thread. I have had my setup up for 3 weeks now and don't regret changing from Roadrunner one bit...couldn't be happer with FastConnect. |
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Docking station: Off Topic, but .. .. I can't help myself. Do you use a docking station?
said by zoomer:
..and setup a home network.... Thanks for the info...I attached my laptop ...
I recently set up a small network at home to share the DSL service (1500/256). I ran a cable from the Linksys Router to the docking station for my wife's laptop.
My question(s):
Is use of a docking station a routine thing w/ all laptop users?
Why don't Dell, Gateway and others, do more advertising for docking stations?
Why is this concept so new to me?
I am so very impressed with the convenience using a docking station. I'm just amazed that more is not said about it.
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| 642 > router > network? Can a router (Asante fr3004LC) be used between a 642r and the network. Would the set-up be similar to above? or can a router replace the 642?
sorry for this lame question, but I see the 642 and 645 called a modem, is it? or is it just a router?
I'm having Sprint DSL installed later this week and the sent me a 642r (I guess I don't rate for a new model!)
thanks in advance,
J |
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| The 642 R is a DSL router. It will connect you to the internet via DSL and ALSO will allow multiple computers to be hooked up behind it. You would not be required to use the Router you already have but could use a similar piece of equipment like a switch or hub (A dumb device that basically is just a splitter on your ethernet network). You could use your router (Asante fr3004LC) if you like, but it should be configured on the 192.168.1.x network and then you can use it to give out additional IP addresses to each of your computers. (The only reason to use the Asante fr3004LC would be if it has more than one place to plug computers in the back - Since the 642R does not) |
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| Thanks for the response ( and your patience). Its sounds like adding a switch to the 642R would give me a multi-port router. All I need to do is attach a switch to the 642R, plug in the computers and each computer would have access to the internet, concurrently?
Does Sprint or Earthlink limit the number of computers accessing DSL at the same time?
Would the 642R also give me the firewall capabilities that the Asante or Linksys products do? would you recommend a software firewall also, or does the hardware solution work well enough?
thanks again,
J |
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