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dclegg: Modem received and installed. All seems to be OK so far. Performance is good, but lets see if it has improved the stability of the ADSL link.
"When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called 'the People's Stick'"
kawaii:dclegg: Modem received and installed. All seems to be OK so far. Performance is good, but lets see if it has improved the stability of the ADSL link.
So how are things going? reliable? fast? latency ok? I'm looking at purchasing one but I'd like to hear feedback regarding it first before I go out and buy one.
Oldhat: Currently you appear to have the router set up "normally". The primary reason to use a Vigor 120 is so that you can set it into PPPoA Passthrough mode. This means that the is no longer accessible via the web interface, which doesn't appear to be how you have it set up.
After enabling the PPPoA Passthrough you need to set the Extreme to PPPoE with the username/password details of your ISP. This means the Vigor obtains the dsl signal and all authentication/traffic is from the Extreme.
Once set up correctly and connected to the internet the Airport Utility will show the Extreme with the ISP assigned IP address.
HTH
Oldhat: DHCP is still enabled in the Vigor, so if you connect a PC directly you can check/change configuration. The PC just won't connect to the internet (unless of course you set the PC to PPPoE dialup).
dolsen:
I was a bit surprised with the feel of the modem, quite light and feels (to me) like cheap plastic. Having said that, it's what inside that counts and all reports on that is that it's good.
Oldhat: Currently you appear to have the router set up "normally". The primary reason to use a Vigor 120 is so that you can set it into PPPoA Passthrough mode. This means that the is no longer accessible via the web interface, which doesn't appear to be how you have it set up.
dclegg:Oldhat: Currently you appear to have the router set up "normally". The primary reason to use a Vigor 120 is so that you can set it into PPPoA Passthrough mode. This means that the is no longer accessible via the web interface, which doesn't appear to be how you have it set up.
OK, I've got this working now. But I have one question; Why? What is the advantage of running with this configuration? Considering you lose easy access to the admin interface, what exactly am I getting for this trade off?
"When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called 'the People's Stick'"
kawaii: I'm a little confused about what everyone is talking about - I'll just be connecting the modem up to my Airport Extreme Base Station and then use Snap as my ISP. I can assume I can do that without all the above taking place? I'm just reading through the documentation - I assume you hook up the modem, setup the necessary adsl settings, put the password/login in the Airport Extreme using PPPoE and the modem takes care of the PPPoE/PPPoA stuff? I've googled and the guides have been pretty few and far between.
Ragnor:kawaii: I'm a little confused about what everyone is talking about - I'll just be connecting the modem up to my Airport Extreme Base Station and then use Snap as my ISP. I can assume I can do that without all the above taking place? I'm just reading through the documentation - I assume you hook up the modem, setup the necessary adsl settings, put the password/login in the Airport Extreme using PPPoE and the modem takes care of the PPPoE/PPPoA stuff? I've googled and the guides have been pretty few and far between.
This is all you need to do
http://www.draytek.net.nz/draytek/support/passthrough/
"When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called 'the People's Stick'"
dclegg:Oldhat: Currently you appear to have the router set up "normally". The primary reason to use a Vigor 120 is so that you can set it into PPPoA Passthrough mode. This means that the is no longer accessible via the web interface, which doesn't appear to be how you have it set up.
OK, I've got this working now. But I have one question; Why? What is the advantage of running with this configuration? Considering you lose easy access to the admin interface, what exactly am I getting for this trade off?
dclegg:sidefx
Or look on trademe... even with shipping there a plenty for under $10; both 1320 and 1320v6. Buy 2 or 3, see which one works best and keep the others as spares since they apparently overheat and quit working after 1-2 years. ;-)
Hmm.. not sure I'm keen on a "consumable" modem. I'd be looking for a device that shouldn't need replacing for a few years.
Time to find a new industry!
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