I don't see how Access Connections can cause your router to reidentify under its old name. I have an E2000 flashed to Tomato, and there is no vestige of its old identity remaining.
Can you put their Gateway into bridge mode, and then use your E2000 as the router? That way your E2000 is doing all of the address assignments. If you really need the Gateway to be assigning addresses (for example, you have other devices that will continue to access the net from that device) then you probably want to make your E2000 an access point, not a bridge. There are some nice articles with useful howtos at smallnetbuilder.com For your situation you might want to set up the E2000 as a repeater instead. David -------------------------------------------------- From: "Andrew Webber" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 12:44 PM To: "ThinkPad List" <[email protected]> Subject: [Thinkpad] Cisco E2000 as bridge (problems) Hi, I bought a Cisco E2000 router a while back, based on recommendations here. It's worked like a champ. Bell insisted we use their Gateway for Fibe TV. The Gateway ended up in a suboptimal location and I'm looking at running 3 long ethernet cables (and I'm not even sure it's practical to do that). So now I'm trying to convert the E2000 to a Wireless Bridge. Yesterday I installed DD-WRT with relatively few problems, and then configured it as a Wireless Bridge with value 192.168.2.6 (Bell delivers their stuff with 192.168.2.x). Testing last night, I had internet access on my X220 (wireless turned off). A wired-only TiVo also worked, and further we were able to watch an hour of recorded TV using a Bell PVR (DVR) hanging off the E2000. I was thrilled. This morning, it wasn't working nearly as well. I'm asking here because (a) I wondered if Access Connections or something was interfering, and (b) you guys know a lot. :) A couple of things are happening. One is that when I took the X220 out of standby, and sometimes when I unplug and replug the cable, it reports "Identifying Network" fora long time and then times out. If I power cycle the E2000, it almost always comes up as "Andrew1234" (its old name) and 192.168.1.1. That usually clears if I unplug and replug the cable, then I get the exected "BELL000" type value. I deleted from Access Connections all profiles related to this router (both wireless and wired). Not sure that made any difference. Through all this, if I turn on wireless, I can connect directly to the Bell Gateway in the other room. So I know the Bell connection is up and connected to the internet. A couple of times, Windows 7 reported both the Unidentified Network _and_ BELL000, the former on wired and the latter on wireless. I have the WiFi radio turned off but I guess it's turning on automatically when the wired connection times out. Is there anything I can do? I can't call it "working" and suitable for the VoIP ATA if we have to keep power cycling and unplugging cables. Thanks! - - Andrew mailto:[email protected] _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
