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Bridging a router

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ManBearPig

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I guess our netgear router they installed today is some sort of router + modem (or it's some kind of phone contraption connected to the router, I dunno). How would I go about bridging this netgear router to my linksys router with wireless n connectivity? Thanks bros!
 
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Ok, looked up what may possibly be the manual for that router (though it seems like a generic netgear manual) and there wasn't much at all about how to do this.
 
CDG24G

I talked to a rep at another forum and he told me it wont work, that i should request a stand alone modem, and if they give me any problems he'll take care of it. neato.
 
That's just whacked that cable companies are now using combo Modem/Routers. What a PITA. My FIOS hookup also requires the companies modem/router. Actually, I'm not even sure it qualifies as a modem, as the ONT can have ethernet out, but since I have a TV package, the ONT has to be configured with coax out, and then their router converts that to ethernet. I have my own router connected to that router.
 
VirtualLarry said:
That's just whacked that cable companies are now using combo Modem/Routers. What a PITA. My FIOS hookup also requires the companies modem/router. Actually, I'm not even sure it qualifies as a modem, as the ONT can have Ethernet out, but since I have a TV package, the ONT has to be configured with coax out, and then their router converts that to Ethernet. I have my own router connected to that router.
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You can most definitely use your own router instead of the FIOS router, you just need to be converted to Ethernet from the ONT. I had FIOS since it launched and even after getting the TV service a year later when it became available i was still on Ethernet to the ONT. Check out the FIOS dslreports (eh broadbandreports now i guess) forum on what to ask the CSRs to get switched over.

I used a smoothwall express 3 setup that could dial pppoe (what they used with initial rollouts, its DHCP now i believe). I then put there router on my orange (internet access but no internal network access) LAN for VOD and other network data the STB's used. My only drawback was not being able to use the FIOS smartphone remote app since I was on a different internal network (orange vs green).

I do egress firewall filtering and didn't want to deal with maintaining a firewall ruleset for the their STB network calls. Also didn't want to try and figure out all the ports and protocols needed to fix any features (VOD, menu data, etc) I may block with my firewall.

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If you trust the new device as the new NAT'ing firewall bridge them as switches not as routers if your router has an AP (access point) mode. Connect the LAN port on your linksys to the lan port on the new router/modem. Make sure only one of the devices is providing dhcp, and make sure you linksys LAN network matches what is now provided by the new device.(eg 192.168.0.x vs 192.168.1.x).

This might work even without an access point mode.
 
put dd-wrt on one - make it client bridges, go to site survey, and join, go to wireless security and input password to client
 
Dravic said:
You can most definitely use your own router instead of the FIOS router, you just need to be converted to Ethernet from the ONT. I had FIOS since it launched and even after getting the TV service a year later when it became available i was still on Ethernet to the ONT. Check out the FIOS dslreports (eh broadbandreports now i guess) forum on what to ask the CSRs to get switched over.
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I was under the impression that in order to get TV service, which is over coax, that you had to be configured for coax output from the ONT. Are you saying that you have both coax and ethernet coming off of your ONT? Or that you don't get your TV over coax?

Sounds strange to me.

I just have my secondary router in the DMZ of the FIOS router. So I can still VPN in, etc.
 
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