[TriLUG] Sprint DSL router 645 to a bridge?

Greg Brown gregbrown at mindspring.com
Sat Oct 2 07:05:38 EDT 2004


You rock!  Thanks!

I'm not exactly sure when I'll get back to the beach to perform this 
procedure
but when I do I'll post a message to the list to let everyone know how 
it went.

Greg

On Oct 1, 2004, at 8:32 AM, Brian Henning wrote:

> Here we go.
> It's really pretty simple..  Although I'll admit I had to call Sprint 
> to
> find out what the right steps were (an online Howto I found left out 
> one
> important step).  So here it is:
>
> - Presuming you are able to telnet into the modem's configuration and 
> access
> its configuration menus (by default, 192.168.1.1):
>
> [ Use arrow keys to navigate; spacebar to change values ]
>
> 1) Select menu option 1.
>   - Set Route IP to No (it will probably be set to Yes)
>   - Set Bridge to Yes (it will probably be set to No)
>
> 2) Highlight "Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to cancel" and press Enter 
> to
> save your changes and return to the main menu.
> 3) Select menu option 4.
>   - Set Encapsulation to RFC 1483 (it will probably be set to ENET)
>   - Set Single User to No (it will probably be set to Yes)
>
> 4) Save your changes and return to the main menu.
> 5) Select menu option 11.
> 6) Select sub-menu option 1.
>   - Set Route: IP to None.
>   - Set Bridge to Yes (it will probably be set to No)
>
> 7) Save your changes.
> 8) Select menu option 99 to exit.
>
> It's been a few months since I actually performed this procedure, so 
> I've
> forgotten little details like if you have to power-cycle the modem for 
> the
> changes to take effect.  Let me know if these instructions don't 
> correspond
> to what you find when you try it.
>
> Cheers,
> ~Brian
>
>
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