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CampbellWray

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#177239 27-Jul-2015 15:23
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Hi,

I am currently using 2 modems for my home network, the one supplied by Spark and an Apple Airport Extreme.

The Airport is doing all of the PPPoE authentication and everything, this leaves the Spark router simply in 'Bridge' mode.

From what I can tell the Spark router is just acting as an oversized DSL to Ethernet converter, I was wondering if there was a way that I could completely remove the Spark modem from the network and perhaps replace it with a small (wall mountable) device?

Thanks.

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  #1352872 27-Jul-2015 20:17
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Just to clarify your setup is a router and a modem, it is not two modems.

Yes you could replace the Spark modem with another modem, and the Draytek DV120 or DV130 would be the best option. You won't see any difference in performace.





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  #1352916 27-Jul-2015 21:20
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Thanks for that. Yeah it's 2 modems one in bridge mode and one doing the authentication. I'm just getting my terms mixed up.

The only problem is that the Airport (the one that I want to do everything) only has a WAN port not a dsl one.

While it looks like the 130 would work it seems like it will still be an expensive piece of hardware to essentially just put in bridge mode so I'm not sure it's quite what I'm after

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  #1352925 27-Jul-2015 21:32
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Go back and reread sbiddles comment. The APE is a router and not a modem hence no DSL port.



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  #1352928 27-Jul-2015 21:37
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Your Spark modem is a combined modem/router. Your Airport is a router. You can't plug the Airport into the DSL as it has no DSL modem.

You either use the Spark modem or you buy something such as a Draytek which will take it's place and do exactly the same thing but the box will be a different colour.

  #1352931 27-Jul-2015 21:44
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so in otherwords you will be no better off doing what you want to do.

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  #1352937 27-Jul-2015 22:19
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Okay so I have misunderstood the definition of a modem. I kind of just figured a modem was the thing that did all of the authentication for PPPoE but I guess not.

I guess I'll just leave it as is then I was just wondering if there was an extremely simple device that could bridge dsl to the WAN without all the extra features but I guess that that is not the case.

Thanks for all the help


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  #1352947 27-Jul-2015 22:40
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Your router does the authentication.

The DSL modem connects to the phoneline.

Most xDSL modems function as both a modem and a router.


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