[clue] CenturyLink DSL Service - Need Assistance w/ Public Address Space (NW Configuration)

[Charles Burton]

I hope some of that helps.
On Sep 25, 2012 7:55 PM, "Charles Burton" <charles.d.burton at gmail.com>
wrote:

> As far as I can tell century doesn't have to change anything.  Also,
> unless you specifically bought a static wan ip they're assigned dynamically
> when you authenticate with the distant end. You just have to have your
> username and password that century link gives you to use with pppoe.
> Another point I would like to mention that while I like running it over my
> own router don't expect support to understand if something goes wrong. It's
> really difficult to get them to understand that the reason they can't get
> into the modem is because it's a dumb bridge handling just the
> encapsulation.
> On Sep 25, 2012 7:46 PM, "David L. Anselmi" <anselmi at anselmi.us> wrote:
>
>> Jug Knot wrote:
>> > I'm looking for a SoHo NW person who can help me sort out a Public
>> Address
>> > Space (server) + SoHo Wireless NW (192.168.x.x) space behind a
>> CenturyLink
>> > DSL Modem (Zyxel PK5000z) with residential Internet service.
>> >
>> > I've installed a Cisco Linksys (E1200) router and my 1st attempt to set
>> the
>> > DSL modem in 'Transparent Bridging Mode' dropped the network for about 2
>> > hours today.
>>
>> Why do you want bridging mode?  (Just curious.)
>>
>> Do you have any idea what wasn't working?
>>
>> Do you have any directions on how to set up the modem to bridge?  (I've
>> sort of been under the
>> impression that it might require a change on the CL end but Charles's
>> answer seems to indicate
>> otherwise.)
>>
>> So roughly the router will have to have the public IP assigned to its
>> external interface.  The modem
>> should tell you what that is, or maybe traceroute, or one of those "your
>> IP is" web pages.
>>
>> The internal side of the router will have to be the 192... network (it
>> needs an IP there that will
>> be the gateway for all the internal machines).
>>
>> The router will have to do NAT, like the modem is now.
>>
>> Does that help at all?
>>
>> Dave
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