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.
