[Novalug] actiontec router problem

Soren Harward stharward@gmail.com
Sun Mar 10 12:26:15 EDT 2013


I've got at least one extra Actiontec somewhere at home. I'll find it and
post instructions late tonight.

--
Soren Harward
On Mar 10, 2013 11:33 AM, <covici@ccs.covici.com> wrote:

> Well, I could not find any way to put anything into bridge mode -- can
> someone give me steps from the main screen to do this -- I looked at
> everything I could think of, but no joy.  The router version I have is
> 4.0.16.1.56..0.10.14.4.
>
> Thanks.
>
> covici@ccs.covici.com wrote:
>
> > 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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> > How do
> > you spend it?
> >
> >          John Covici
> >          covici@ccs.covici.com
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> Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
> How do
> you spend it?
>
>          John Covici
>          covici@ccs.covici.com
>
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