First, download this: http://www.westell.com/content/sales/327W.pdf
Look into the settings for "bridge" under VC1 configuration. This sends PPPoE directly to another router which would see the Westell as a simple DSL modem. Or you can do "single static IP" which causes the router to convert PPPoE to the ISP's public IP address. Then you configure another router for ethernet-ethernet NAT and routing. Unfortunately, it's been a over 6 months since I cancelled my free trial of Verizon DSL and sent it all back, so I won't be able to coach you directly by looking at my config. But now you know it IS possible to make it work the way you want. Carl -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wayne Johnson Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 5:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Dual Router Networking I have Verizon DSL & they provided me with this cheap Westell Versalink Model 327w DSL modem & wireless router & 4 port switch all in one. I wanted to disable the router & switch & bridge the thing to a Linksys WRT54g that I had already from my cable days but the Westell POS won't run in bridge mode at all. I've spent literally hours on the phone with VZ to which all they can really say is to call Westell. Good luck as they have a answering machine & they never return calls. The Westell wireless does support MAC locking but does NOT support WPA. When I've used it's wireless I always had what I considered suspicious traffic so I disabled it but am using the router/switch part. I turned off DHCP on the WRT54g & plugged a line from the Westell to the it from LAN port to LAN port & assigned the WRT an ip of 192.168.1.100 then configured the wireless with WPA-PSK & still locked it to the MAC of my laptop's WNIC. Everything works fine. But [there's always a but] to complicate matters I can only get 70KB download from the Westell to my main machine with a wired NIC when it's set at 100tx or auto but when I set the NIC to 10tx my download speed jumps up to 120KB avg. Needless to say this cuts down on the speed of transferring files across the LAN from machine to machine. I have a 5 port switch & an extra NIC built into my main machine but none of my other machines have an extra NIC so I don't see how I can boost my LAN performance. I've tried the Westell to the other builtin NIC on my machine & the results are almost identical & fwiw they both have the latest drivers. A couple of the machines have firewire 400 but didn't want to spend any more money on cables if I didn't have to. Yes, I've been to Diane's favorite, Tom's Networking at <http://www.timhiggins.com/> [What's up with tim vs tom?] & http://practicallynetworked.com/ but have yet to find a workable solution. Suggestions welcome. I wondered about instituting ICS thru my main machine but that seems like such a shame especially when I have not 1 but 2 routers. ----------+---------- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 <http://www.wavijo.com> -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html
