merlin353
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Forest Hills, NY | reply to CylonRed
Re: DSL Connectivity and D-Link 655
I have Westell W327 modem/router 802.11b. I want to replace it with an 802.11n.
How can I use the older modem/router with a new 802.11n router? |
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Mountaineer1
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Universe | Does the Westell W327 modem have an exact model# on the sticker? |
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merlin353
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Forest Hills, NY | This is about as exact as its going to get
Westell D90-327W15-06
Rev: C
Thanks, but how does this help? |
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nwrickert
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You should be able to disable Wireless on the 327w, then configure it as an unrouted bridge. Then use your router to handle the routing and WiFi.
If your ISP uses PPPoE, then you will need to setup PPPoE on the router. If your ISP does not use PPPoE, then before reconfiguring the 327w, click on the "disconnect" link. And as soon as it is disconnected, unplug from the phone line. Hopefully that will release any DHCP lease so that the new router can get an IP address without having to clone the 327w MAC address. With some ISPs, you might have to phone to have them release the link between your 327w MAC address and your service.
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said by merlin353  :This is about as exact as its going to get Westell D90-327W15-06 Rev: C Thanks, but how does this help? By looking up the particular modem at Westell's website,it tells me that your modem was issued from Verizon.
Look on Verizon's website for instruction to bridge the modem,as nwrickert suggested.
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merlin353
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Forest Hills, NY | nwrickert, mountaineer1
Thanks for your help, I'll follow-up with Verizon and such.
Regards
Bob |
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1 edit | Here's the tutorial,"Changing your VersaLink 327W gateway to Bridge Mode",on Verizon's website. Hope this helps.
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merlin353
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Forest Hills, NY | Thank you Mountaineer |
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merlin353
join:2003-09-07
Forest Hills, NY
| Okay, this is the last of the dumb questions (I hope).
I read the Verizon instructions in its entirety. At the end of the process its tells me I'm in Bridge mode and then it tells how to turn Wireless on and then says to follow the third-party instructions to attach the new router to the verizon network.
I was my understanding that once I put it in Bridge mode the connection between the modem and DIR655 would be WAN cable.
My questions is, Once its in Bridge mode, why would I want to turn wireless on?
Thanks
Bob |
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Universe | Only if you want to. It says to skip to 26,if you don't what the wireless radio on.
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