inline..... At 07:54 12/10/2007 -0800, you wrote:
The Netopia units are meant to be a gateway/router so it will likely have its own Firewall, DHCP server, and NAT features enabled. You need to disable these things if you want to use this gateway as just a simple bridged modem.
Yes, I realize this. Have been reading/studying the CQG's from netopia. There do not seem to be a way to implement it. I can disable DHCP. When I try to disable the NAT f/w, it seems to go into the ozone and never come back until it gets a RTFS (little pushbutton!). I do have setup instructions for enabling RFC-1483 Bridged Ethernet vcc1, but only if ISP has given me a static IP - NO! Is dynamic.
What might be RFC-1483 Routed IP?
What you mentioned about the router halfway working when you switch the ethernet cable from the WAN to LAN plug means your Netopia gateway is not properly configured yet.
No, did not mean the Intellinet router (box2) was halfway working. It flat will not talk to the 3341 (box1) yet. I gave up with the router for now. Per the router's setup screens it is all setup correctly for the home LAN and ready to try and connect to the modem. It does not. Because the router (box2) is x.y.2.1 and the modem is x.y.1.254, I feel this is the main trouble between the two. If I have read your previous study docs properly......... :)
There is no way you could have the modem configured for bridging if you are connecting to the internet when the router is connected through its LAN port instead of its WAN plug.
Correct. When the modem is connected to the router's WAN port, there is no internet at all. Confirmed.
Assuming you are using PPPoE authentication to establish your DSL connection, the intellinet router would not be able to perform this function over one of its LAN ports. This scenario tells me you still have this turned on in the Netopia unit. Turn it off!!
Turn what off? The PPPoE auth in the modem?
You could always forget about the intellinet router and just use the Netopia gateway since it is a NAT router also!
Yes, this is exactly as I left it all yesterday. The Intellinet router is only supplying its' switch ports to connect to the 3341. I have also disabled the DHCP server in the Intellinet router so that the DHCP server in the modem assigns the PCs addys on its' subnet (x.y.1.1 - x.y.1.16)
Call Netopia. My experiences speaking with them on the phone has been a pleasant one. SBC wasn't much help at all when dealing with this equipment so I just talked to Netopia directly. They emailed me the 'feature key' files that were necessary to unlock some of the menus/settings in their equipment. I don't recall ever having to pay a fee for phone support.
Will do! I need to ask them about firmware anyway. Most of the CQG's relate to a firmware level of 7.0+. This modem is at 6.3.0r7, which is or is not appropriate for a 3341 depending on which CQG I am studying(?). I would really prefer to use a firmware update as a real last resort!
Thanks for the links below.........am there right now as I write this! Best, Duncan
a couple more helpful links :) http://www.netopia.com/support/hardware/3341.html http://www.netopia.com/corp/contact_us.html
