Most of the modems provided by the two telcos in my area, ATT and Verizon, seem to come in one of two designs. A single ethernet and/or usb port DSL modem intended for use with one PC or a router. The other a combination of a dsl modem, router, switch, and wireless ap.
An http interface is used to change the settings of modem and maybe look at the stats of the dsl signal. If you have your own router I've found it to be better to disable PPPoE on the modem and switch it to a bridged mode. It's much easier to start and tear down the pppoe sessions from your router instead of the modem. If you use the dynamic dns service in the router it will be better at issuing updates as well. -Tharin O. DHSinclair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Brian, Yes, I got this. If I had an 'access port/point' I too would have demoted my router to 'bridged.' I only have one router. I call it my 'gateway.' Yes, am using PPPoE. So far, today, it all works.
