Which ADSL wireless router?

[Paddy]

I have an asus 87n8x-e without the optional wifi adaptor.
Perhaps I should source one of those from ebay?

[Fat Tone]

I have an asus 87n8x-e without the optional wifi adaptor.
Perhaps I should source one of those from ebay?

I had one of those. It was only b...dunno if there is a g version now?

And it looks like you got a bargain with the modem

[Paddy]

Bargin and a headache!

It has taken me hours to get the modem and router talking to each other!

I have got it working, but with a compromise.

The modem is connected to the ISP by PPPoA and has a class A local IP address.
The router is connected to the modem and has a static class A ip on the wan side, but a class C on the LAN side.

This works.

However, I have 8 static IP addresses which have their uses from time to time.

If i change the router LAN IP and the PC IP to a valid class A the PC refuses to see the WAN unless i connect the modem to a port on the router and not the 'internet' socket. Is there a problem doing this? Will it bypass the firewall and NAT?

My old Netgear DG814 used the same IP for LAN and WAN making this far simpler.

Any advice?

[Taz]

The routers LAN address should be set to the first IP in your block and the WAN should be set to auto so it picks up the framing address, this will be outside your public block.

[Paddy]

I have:
XXX.XXX.XXX.80 - Network address
XXX.XXX.XXX.81 - Server
XXX.XXX.XXX.82 - My PC
XXX.XXX.XXX.83 - Xbox
XXX.XXX.XXX.84 - for DHCP
XXX.XXX.XXX.85 - This is the router's IP
XXX.XXX.XXX.86 - Called Router IP but actually the IP of the modem
XXX.XXX.XXX.87 - Broadcast address

With my old Netgear DG814 modem/router i set the WAN and LAN ip to .86
As these are seperates, the modem is .86 and the router is .85 (WAN) but doesn't like me using a class A for LAN. I assume I can set .85 for WAN and LAN on the wrt54g?

[Paddy]

I must be having problems using the modem in the 'back' of the router. I can specify .85 for WAN and LAN but it is messing up port forwarding. I guess the modem should be pluged into the 'front' internet port.... but the i need to specify a class c LAN IP to get everything to work - aargh!

[Wombat]

.87 for a broadcast address? That's risky. The broadcast is a bitmap where all the relevant bits should be 1. It should kind of be the opposite of your subnet mask. I think technically you're okay with what you've shown here, but you sure are being unnecessarily narrow. You should be a little more lax there.

Also, what does "XXX.84 - for DHCP" mean?

[Paddy]

That IP is reserved for DHCP.

I guess I could just give all my local machines a class C IP and be done with it.

[Paddy]

Right.

I changed the LAN IPs to 192.168.0.x but the router still wouldn't conenct to the modem unless the modem was plugged into one of the ports and not the 'internet' port.

[Paddy]

On the upside port forwarding seems to work, although I have forwarded port 80 without enabling https access on 8080 which means that I cant access the router! Is there a way to change the port forwarding settings without going throught http?

[Marshmallowman]

Does the modem have to be in "bridge mode" to work with the router?

[Paddy]

dunno

Can i bridge the modem and then use PPPoA on the router?

[Marshmallowman]

heh , as I recall you usualy have to do something like that if the modem itself is a router as well.

I would give it a go.

[Paddy]

After nearly a month of trying I'm about to give up.
I cant get the modem and router to talk to each other properly.
If anyone else has a WRT54G and an etherney modem i'd be interested in seeing how you've got it connected. Linksys tech support are trying to help but I can't seem to get my problem acrosss.

I have restored web acess but I've still got no access to email

[az]

Modem ---(CAT5)---> WRT54G's internet port

WRT54G configured for PPPOE, username and password, and that's it.