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9. Miscellaneous·Bridging the 2wire and PPPoE (Disabling Router)
·How do I find the lost IP address of my 2Wire when I can’t access it?
·How to connect HPNA with splitter in outside pbox
·Networking or Sharing your connection
·Surfing via the 2Wire and a PDA
·How do I use two homeportals to extend my wireless range?
·I can't remember my 2Wire's password. How do I get it back?
·Entering Wireless WEP key in Mac's and Powerbooks
·Why is my 2Wire pinging port 80 or my web server?
·What are the default IP ranges for my 2Wire?
·How do I clear old computer names from the Device List?
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Neither 2Wire nor your ISP will provide technical support for bridge mode. The first thing they will have you do is remove it from bridge mode should you contact them for help.
Placing a 2Wire unit into bridge mode disables all routing functions (PPPoE, NAT, DHCP, etc.) Bridge Mode = Disabled Routing
When in Bridge mode, you must do your PPPoE authentication (if required by your ISP) either with hardware (another router) or in software (XP's built in Mini-port WAN or another software program), otherwise you will not establish a connection.
Before clicking submit on the configure services page READ ALL THE WARNINGS on that page so you are aware of how to get back in to the 2Wire after you have disabled routing!
Prior to firmware version 3.7 - Go to » homeportal/management• Click on Configure Services • Uncheck Enable Routing • Click Submit If using firmware version 3.7 or higher you will need to Disable PVC Search and manually enter appropriate PVC info e.g. VPI 0 and VCI 35. Go to » homeportal/management•Click on Configure Under Broadband link
•Select "Disable PVC Search"
•Set VPI to 0 and VCI to 35 (depends on service provider may be 8/35, 5/32, etc).
•Connection Type should say Direct IP
•Click Submit
•Click on Configure Services
•Uncheck Enable Routing
•Click Submit
To remove from bridge mode
Statically assign default IP scheme to your client computer so it can talk to the 2Wire:
• (older 2Wires/firmware) IP 172.16.1.5 subnet 255.255.0.0 dgw 172.16.0.1
• (newer 2Wires/firmware) IP 192.168.1.5 subnet 255.255.255.0 dgw 192.168.1.254
(You did read the warnings on the Configure Services page right?)
Go to »homeportal/management
• Click on Configure Services
• Select Enable Routing
• Click Submit
Or
at »homeportal/management
• Click on Resets
• Click on Reset to Factory State
• Click Continue
• Go to »homeportal/setup to reconfigure homeportal.
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by KeysCapt 
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If your 2Wire is functioning as the DHCP server, and has assigned your computer an IP address (and the LAN network light has gone green on the 2Wire) then you should be able to find the 2Wire’s address by looking at the Default Gateway address given to your computer. On Windows XP, you can see this quickly from a Cmd window by typing in IPCONFIG /all and look for the listing under Default Gateway. Try putting that IP address into your browser to access the 2Wire.
If your 2Wire is not doing DHCP (IE: It may be in bridge mode) and your computer can’t figure out the 2Wire’s IP address (or the LAN Network light is not green) you will need to download and install a packet capture utility such as Ethereal (www.ethereal.com) and look for network traffic from the 2Wire.
Download and install Wireshark and then hook the 2Wire up via an ethernet cable directly to your computer. Start the packet capture on ethereal and let it run for a minute or 2.
Stop the capture and look for ARP messages in the form of:
ARP Who has zzz.zzz.zzz.zzz? Tell xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
The xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx should be the IP address of the 2Wire. Say for example you see:
ARP Who has 192.168.2.111? Tell 192.168.2.254
This is the 2Wire at 192.168.2.254 looking to communicate with another machine (that likely does not exist, but that’s ok.) Write that IP address down so you can try it in the browser in a moment.
Now you need to statically assign your computer to be in the same subnet as the 2Wire. That is you need to set your machine’s IP address to be like 192.168.2.5 (the .5 is just an arbitrary IP address) and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 That should allow the computer to talk to the 2Wire. Enter 192.168.2.254 into the browser address bar and see if the user interface comes up.
If it does not, in some circumstances you may need to try a netmask of 255.255.0.0 on your computer and then try 192.168.2.254 in the browser again.
Once you have the user interface up and running you can reconfigure your 2Wire to what you need, either by adjusting things or doing a factory reset and starting over.
-Riss_Centaur
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Basically you wire both lines to one jack. Put the "DSL" on the yel/blk contacts and the "phone" on the red/grn. The 2Wire will auto sense the DSL and put the HPNA on the inner pair.
This will create a locked network whereby the splitter serves 2 purposes. • It will block the DSL from "seeing" any telecom equipment except for the modem • Keep the HPNA signal from progressing out into the Telco cable.
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This info and diagram taken from posts by ADSLGuy
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I want to share my DSL connection. I've read that I can share my connection by connecting a router to my DSL modem, but the 2Wire 1000S manual says that I can only connect a hub or a switch to the 1000S. I've also read that a hub and switch can't share a single IP address but a router can. What should I do?
Connect the 2Wire Modem to a hub or a switch. The 2Wire Modem IS a router and is configured by default to be a DHCP server, which means that it will assign private LAN-side IPs to computers setup to ask for them (DHCP clients). Windows computers are by default setup for DHCP. Connect your computers to the hub or switch and reboot. The computer should pickup its IP from the router and be able to surf. You can designate specific IPs on specific computers on the LAN side if needed. If all you are doing is surfing/email/etc.. you don't need to specify your IPs.
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From a post by hokerick
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To access the internet via a PDA connected to a 2Wire Modem, you may need to allocate a specific IP address to your PDA.
See this thread for additional information.
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Through the use of the HPNA link, a second 2Wire can sometimes be used as a secondary wireless access point and ethernet/USB hub. This allows for extending the wireless signal to other areas and provides extra hardwire connections away from the primary 2Wire. These details were provided by xDSLMan .
How to use two homeportals or use a homeportal to extend wireless range (for wireless models only).
On the second homeportal (the one to act as the extender):
Go to »gateway.2wire.net/management
Click on Configure under Local Network
Change the IP scheme to one other than is on the homeportal that has routing enabled. (This keeps this homeportal from interfearing with the IP addresses of the first.)
Save your change.
Release and Renew IP on your computer so you can continue to communicate with the secondary homeportal on its new IP scheme.
Go to »gateway.2wire.net
Click on Home Network
Click on Wireless Networks
Set wireless configuration, SSID and WEP Encryption key, to same as first homeportal.
Change the channel to 11 or 1 for minimum overlap with first homeportal.
Save your changes.
If using a second DSL model (1000/1800 series sw/hw/hg)
Go to »gateway.2wire.net/management
Click on Configure under Broadband Link
At Line Search change the Line Search to Line 2 (or pair that DSL is not on)
Hit Submit.
Go to »gateway.2wire.net/management
Click on Configure Services
Uncheck Enable Routing
Hit Submit
Connect this second homeportal, the one with routing disabled, to the phone line that the first homeportal is connected to and power.
This second homeportal should be able to connect its LAN segment via HPNA through the phone line to the first homeportal and begin to rebroadcast all network traffic through its wireless section. If you are closer to the primary homeportal you will pick it up on its wireless channel. If you are closer to the second you will pick it up on its other wireless channel.
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by Riss_Centaur
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This information quoted directly from the www.2wire.com site:
Question
What if I forget my password?
Answer
When you set up your system password, you can enter a password hint. A hint is a word, phrase, or question that can remind you what the system password is. On the password entry page, there is a "I forgot my password" link. When you click this link, another page opens up which shows you your hint and allows you to enter your password.
While your hint should be descriptive enough to help you remember your password, it should be something that is only meaningful to you. For example, your hint might be "Name of first pet" (Password: Spot123). However, your hint should not be "My last name" if your password is "Smith" as it would be easy for someone to figure out your password from the hint.
If after your hint is shown to you, you still can't remember your password, there is a "I still can't remember my password" link that you can click to take you to a page to obtain a temporary password. To obtain a temporary password, you must call the support telephone number on the screen and provide the special code number that is generated by your HomePortal. The support representative will use this special code number to generate a temporary password. Once you have entered the temporary password, you can then change your password and enter an appropriate hint.
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The WEP key needs a $ placed before it in the airport wireless setup of your Mac/Powerbook to tell it it is a Hexadecimal key.
See this thread: »WEP key not working
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From this thread /forum/remark,14481897 by n4mwd
I was getting these pings on all networked computers which originated from the 2wire homeportal. I contacted 2wire support and after much arm twisting they responded with:
"Regarding the actual cause of this issue, I have more information as well. First off, it was not a DOS attack or any malicious activity, this was intended behavior. The firmware release that you had originally put on the HomePortal (3.5.24) was designed to work in conjunction with the HomePortal monitoring software. This software created a web server on the computer and had /media/status.html file which stored connection information about the computer the software was running on. The HomePortal grabbed this file, pulled the information out of it, and updated its information with what it had. I have confirmed that this behavior does NOT exist in 3.7.x firmware."
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From a message by xDSLMan:
For firmware versions 3.1.0 to 3.5.x (with the exception of 3.5.15)-
172.16.0.1 (netmask 255.255.0.0)
with 172.16.1.1 to 172.16.1.32 reserved for static and 172.16.1.33 and up for dhcp.
other selectable ranges:
10.0.0.1 (netmask 255.255.0.0 ) as ip on the gateway
10.0.1.1 and 10.0.1.32 for static and 10.0.1.33 and up for dhcp.
192.168.0.1 (netmask 255.255.0.0) for the gateway
192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.32 for static and 192.168.1.33 on up for dhcp.
This changed in firmware versions 3.7.x to-
192.168.1.254 (netmask 255.255.255.0) as gateway's default ip/subnet.
192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.63 available for static and 192.168.1.64 on up as dhcp range.
The other two possibilities 10.x and 172.16.x remained unchanged.
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From Fakapico:
What you want to do is clear out the device list. The easiest way to do that is this:
Open the management and diagnostic webpage on the Homeportal. Http://gateway.2wire.net/management
On the left menu you'll see the "Troubleshooting" section, and under that you will find the option Resets
Your very first option there says Clear Local network, click on the clear button and you're done.
You might find if you look at the device list after this that one or more of your current computers either don't show up or have the name "Unknown"... When they renew their IP addresses that will resolve automatically.
Hope that helps,
Piko
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