How to set up RT31P2 withD-link ADSL modem-router on BT

Posts: 6 · New Forum Member Joined: Oct 08, 2005 Posts: 6

I have a BT business 2MB connection and connect to the net with a D-link ADSL 604+ wireless 4 port modem/router. It gives out ips to a few ibooks and a pc via DHCP in the 192.168.2.0 range. The modem/router authenticates with BT by pppoa.

How do I set up the RT31P2 to work with what I have?

When I called the Vonage helpline (in india) the guy insisted that it was nothing to do with authentication or the linksys having a different ip setup than my router (I think it is), he said I had the wrong power adaptor (the linksys one that came with, yea right). I hung up and called again,

I was then told by an American guy I couldn't use my router, I had to get a modem that did pppoe and passed authentication to the linksys. I don't think this is correct, can one of you guys help me out.

Many thanks

Wardy

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Posts: 47 · Full Forum Member Joined: Jun 03, 2005 Posts: 47

Have you tried the options provided on the vonage.co.uk site under Help -> Installation?

Posts: 6 · New Forum Member Joined: Oct 08, 2005 Posts: 6

yes i have, but they are not clear.

I would like to hear from someone else on BT who have achived this.

Posts: 55 · Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 2:08 am Post subject:

I used to have BT untill last month but use the BT Voyager 2100 wireless modem/router

i used to have problems connecting to Vonage with the RT31P2
and got help from an american tech to bridge connections and disable the router part of my modem but i needed my modem to be a router again so i had reset it and for some strange reason it still works now the way it was set up before when it didnt work.

i have my RT31P2 plugged into the one of the ports on my modem and i have the RT31P2 set to obtain and IP Address automatically and this works fine with me now Smile

Posts: 71 · Full Forum Member Joined: Jul 19, 2005 Posts: 71

wardy wrote:

yes i have, but they are not clear.

I would like to hear from someone else on BT who have achived this.

I would leave your existing setup as it is and plug the linksys into a spare port on your existing router. Connectec the WAN port of the linksys to a LAN port on the Dlink.

All I would do then is find the QOS setting on the existing Dlink as assign highest priority on a MAC address basis to you linksys MAC address.

Altohugh the following link is for a different wireless router the principle will be the same, I use the second option i.e in your case ADSL > Dlink > Linksys

http://www.linksysinfo.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=17&page=2

Regards,

Paul

Posts: 11 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Sep 30, 2005 Posts: 11

To set up the RT31P2 as a bridge, see the following posts:

http://www.vonage-forum.com/ftopic7880.html
http://www.vonage-forum.com/ftopic8807.html

Good luck.