[olug] Alltell / Windstream and a new DSL modem...

[treinke at gmail.com]

The current DSL modem that Windstream is shipping out is the Speedstream  
4200. It come configured to act as a router with firewall and DHCP. You can  
change it to bridge mode and have the netgear handle the PPPoE by going to  
http://192.168.254.254/brgmode.htm

On Jan 29, 2009 11:18am, Obi-Wan <obiwan at jedi.com> wrote:
> > My parents are needing a new DSL modem for their AllTell (now  
Windstream?)
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> Yes, Windstream.
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> > Does anyone have any recommendations for a DSL modem that will work with
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> > AllTell/Windstream?
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> Unless you have a compelling technical reason, I'd get whichever
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> modem the ISP recommends. That will be the one they're most familiar
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> with, and they're well versed in the technical issues that cause
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> incompatabilities with their circuit hardware.
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> > And aside from PPPoE, are there any other technical issues that I  
should be
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> > aware of when replacing a DSL modem? They'll be using a small Netgear  
home
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> > firewall so we'll be putting the modem into "pass-through mode" --  
that's
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> > the correct term, right?
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> So are you going to setup the Netgear firewall to do PPPoE, or
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> do you just mean you want to turn off any firewall/DHCP on the
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> modem?
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> I couldn't tell you which model DSL modem I have, but I remember
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> that I had to get a special one in order to handle my static
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> IP block. I have the modem setup in pass-through mode, and my
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> Linux firewall handles the PPPoE itself. I just took whichever
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> modem the Internet Nebraska techs recommended for me, and it's
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> worked flawlessly.
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> --
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> Ben "Obi-Wan" Hollingsworth obiwan at jedi.com
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> promise that You will pull me through. -- Rich Mullins
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