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Re: [DSL] Potential new customer - do I need static IP as VPN cl

Frontier's modems and routers operate as both a modem and a router. Even their basic Westell 6100 units are routers despite having a single Ethernet port. They can have switches attached to them and work like a full blown router. Frontier also gives out Westell 7500s, or in their legacy areas Sagecom/Siemens SE567 units, sometimes a different model if they have one laying around.

Since you already have your own router, you would just need to bridge whatever modem you get from them, hopefully a 6100. Set up your router to use PPPoE connectivity and off it should go. If you receive something such as a Westell 7500, you can decide on which router to use; the Frontier modem/router combo, or you can bridge the Frontier router to your Netgear.

As far as the VPN goes, you shouldn't need a Static IP unless your place of employment has an IT Department that enforces Static IPs. You've already mentioned that it was meant to work while on the go, so any old Dynamic IP service will work.

Thanks and very helpful Smith6612.

Before your post, I did not know anything about PPPoE and its use, with authentication for DSL. Now with research I know how to set up my router, if needed, to work with DSL and keep my network working as configured now on Hughes, paying extra for static IP.
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HN7000S IA8 (89 West 1159 .98 was 2 watt/now 1 watt after installer screwup on repair) Small Office

An update: After 10+ years of DirectPC, DirectWay, Hughes sat internet, yesterday I got my Frontier DSL installed and what a relief.

Got a 7500 working bridge-mode with my existing Netgear router and local hardware, am getting 51 ms pings and about 2.5-2.7 mbps of my 3 plan. Upload about .7 mbps.

Installer was professional and on-time. Worked with some house issues wiring to eliminate a short on a mystery wire path. Measured 10+ kbps available performance at the outside of house and said locally they were only signing up biz customers for the 7 mbps plan, and while the phone billing folks told me I was too far from the 'local office' for that, I am only 1.5 miles or less away.

Since during day I was only getting about 2.5 mbps, does that mean if I was allowed to pay for 7 I would still only get 2.5?

I am still figuring out what the order of boot of devices today. Just powering up my UPS which includes modem, router, and wap did not work. I had to turn modem off and on again an then after it came up turn router off and on again. (Router logs in PPPoE and servers DHCP)
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HN7000S IA8 (89 West 1159 .98 was 2 watt/now 1 watt after installer screwup on repair) Small Office

Not necessarily. It depends on how Frontier is selling the DSL Service. If they are selling DSL service like they do in the legacy areas, there is really two packages; Frontier Lite and Frontier Max. Frontier Max would be the package you would fall under with your current speed, and it would mean Frontier would set your line to the highest speed it can support or the highest speed Frontier will sell you. If they're using Verizon's old pricing, if you can't get 7.1Mbps they should not charge you for it at all.