<div dir="ltr">Wow they were prompt. My activation time was scheduled for 11 am so I opted to stay home and swap things as necessary. Email reply from DSLExtreme tech support this at 9 am said I would have to use my own router and leave the modem in bridge mode.<div>
<br></div><div>So I booted up my old RT-311 router after trying a dozen passwords and started trying to change the configuration to work with DHCP. Internet connection died about 11:05 as did the phone. Modem sync light flashing red. Moved telephone line over to the new modem and it got sync within 10-15 minutes? Couldn't get the router to work so I connected the modem to one of the desktops and eventually got that working after a factory reboot which put it back to bridge mode and DHCP. Got dial tone and was able to call out about 11:24 and the caller Id seemed to look good but when I tried to call the home number it just rang. A few minutes later I was able to call in and out w/o problems. Maybe the tech was just wiring it in and I managed to zap him with bell ringing current and voltage; :) Eventually got my old router working by configuring it to use DHCP and just wait a while for the modem to hand out an IP. The problem is some of this stuff won't allow you to access or save certain settings until the current step is completed. Got enough working so my family would have access when they got home.</div>
<div><br></div><div style>Just as I'm leaving, I got an email reply from a tier 2 support tech saying to reconfigure my 2-wire modem for DHCP. I'll try that when I get home tonight just to confirm that my original modem will work. Otherwise, I still want to see about using the new modem in non bridge mode and use it as a router which has got to be better than my 14 year router.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Also need to see about getting my IP updated via DynDNS. IIRC, my old router was using an older API that might not be supported anymore. </div><div style><br></div><div style>Claude</div>
<div style><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Jess Bermudes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jbermudes@gmail.com" target="_blank">jbermudes@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I do remember having to go through that bridge-mode stuff when I first signed up. I could take a look and see what settings it's set to if that would help but I'm not sure if there's some specific data in there that's geared toward my regular DSL service as I'm not on Fusion.<br>
<br></div>Also I should note that I brought my own modem when I signed up so I've been using an old SpeedStream 4100 that connects to my WRT54GL running Tomato to do all the other fancy stuff. Although come to think of it, I'm not doing anything terribly fancy with it to begin with.<br>
</div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Claude Felizardo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cafelizardo@gmail.com" target="_blank">cafelizardo@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I decided to opt out of static for now, thought I'd make use of the DynDNS account i signed up for years ago will work. Looks like the modem will support IF i disable bridge mode. <br>
<br></div>My original firewall was a DIY Linux box, did that once, worked fine until the computer overheated in the closet. Having to deal with two networks cards was a pain. Much prefer COTS solutions now. While I do have a linux fileserver still, I'd rather not put it in the middle. Besides, I'm not sure if I have NIC that would work in that computer.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 10:41 AM, John Kreznar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jek@ininx.com" target="_blank">jek@ininx.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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> Okay, I have signed up for DSLExtreme fusion, DHCP.<br>
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</div></div>Thanks for the update! Please keep us posted.<div><br>
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> I had a static IP before so the configuration is much different.<br>
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</div></div>Is static not available with fusion, or did you not opt for it?<div><br>
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> I can connect to the new modem but attempts to configure it for a<br>
> static IP and DHCP were failing. I could get it to sync but not dish<br>
> out IPs. I suppose I could use my original Netgear RT-311 from 14<br>
> years ago.<br>
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</div></div>Keep in mind too that a Linux box positioned as a gateway can do these<br>
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