Re: configuring a router behind a DSL modem and bittorrent

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How do,

On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 17:24 -0400, Claude Jones wrote:
> I doubt my problem is FC - I apologize in advance if that's the actual case, 
> but I'm hoping that amongst this vast user-base, there's someone who has 
> encountered the same problem and since bittorrent is more and more a vital 
> part to the acquiring of FC, maybe I'm not too off-topic. Anyhow....
> 
> My network consists of a Westell 6100 DSL modem configured as a PPPoE 
> connection, presumably by Verizon, my provider - it arrived in plug-and-play 
> configuration, and I did almost nothing to get it up except plug it in to a 
> Windows box and run Verizon's installation disk. Behind the DSL modem is a 
> Linksys WRT54G wireless router. Both are configured to get their address via 
> DHCP, and both are configured to act as DHCP servers; the DSL modem gets its 
> address from Verizon; on the inside it's configured as a 192.168.1.X subnet; 
> my Linksys gets an address in that range, and is in turned configured to pass 
> out addresses in the 192.168.2.X range. All this works well for everything 
> I've tried to do - now, I'm trying to get bittorrent up, and I'm having 
> problems. Presumably, the problem is that I can't configure port forwarding 
> for the Westell since the only device it's seeing is the Linksys, which gets 
> its address dynamically from the Westell. I remember reading here some time 
> ago that the Westell had to be put into bridge mode, and then the router 
> could be configured to get the address from Verizon, and forward ports - my 
> question is, first, is that right? If so, does anyone have any experience 
> configuring the Westell 6100 for bridge mode? Are there other ways to make 
> this work? I've been reading the manuals for the two devices all afternoon, 
> and I've gone to the bittorrent faq to get info, but the section dealing with 
> this problem is sparse...

Doe's the following link help you?

http://www.dslreports.com/faq/vz/4.+Hardware#13600

> -- 
> Claude Jones
> Brunswick, MD, USA

taharka

Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.


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