[Novalug] actiontec router problem

covici@ccs.covici.com covici@ccs.covici.com
Sat Mar 9 09:39:11 EST 2013


Thanks -- right now my broadband says disabled -- since I already am not
using the actiontec for connecting to the ont, so I guess I should start
with step 7 with the modifications you suggest?

Soren Harward <stharward@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 3:30 AM, <covici@ccs.covici.com> wrote:
> > Yep, its to provide wireless, run the stb -- which seems to have
> > wireless of its own -- and the iphone I have is on that network, so it
> > can control the stb.
> 
> The STBs are actually using MoCA (Multimedia over CoAx; why the world
> needed yet another network-over-CoAx protocol is beyond me) for their
> network connection.
> 
> The changes you'll need to make relative to the howto I posted:
> 
> - Do steps 1-6
> - In step 7, set the 'Broadband Connection (Ethernet)' interface to
> 'No IP address' and set the 'Ethernet' interface to 'Obtain an IP
> address automatically (DHCP)'.  I'm not sure if the Actiontec's access
> rules completely block access to the web-based control interface on
> the WAN interface, so let's just avoid that problem.
> - In step 8, add 'Broadband Connection (Ethernet)' to 'Network (Home/Office)'
> - Skip step 9 since you're still using the Actiontec's wireless
> - In step 10, go ahead and disable the firewall.  A bridge shouldn't
> be doing any filtering.
> 
> After this, release/renew the IP addresses of all devices behind the
> Actiontec.  They should get 192.168.0.0/24 addresses, and you should
> be able to ping across the Actiontec.
> 
> -- 
> Soren Harward

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