2700HGV with WHR-G300NV2 bridge mode help

[jazzist]

Hi All,

I just bought a WHR-G300NV2 to do the routing duties for my 2700HGV and I'm struggling to get the two to talk.

I changed the 2700HGV from Routed VC-Mux to Bridge VC-Mux, I also changed the connection type to Direct IP. I then disabled the wireless and enabled bridge mode.

I connected the 2700HGV to the G300's WAN port.

I set up the PPPoE client on the G300 (which is basically just ISP credentials). One setting I thought the PPoE client on the G300 would require is the 192.168.1.254 address for the 2wire but there was no space for this.

The G300 connection status loops from connecting, hold off, connecting. Hard to debug without an error message

Any ideas?

Thanks very much~!

[Steve]

Is this link any use for setting the 2wire into bridge mode

http://business.forums.bt.com/t5/Broadband-and-internet/How-to-set-up-bridge-mode-on-the-BT-business-hub/td-p/4902

[MisterW]

One setting I thought the PPoE client on the G300 would require is the 192.168.1.254 address for the 2wire but there was no space for this.

In bridge mode, the 2700 is basically an ADSL modem and so is transparent to the pppoe connection. the 192.168.1.254 is the IP that the 2700 will respond to on its local LAN ports to allow access to its web configuration if required.

[jazzist]

Thanks for clearing that up MisterW and thanks for the link Steve.

I note from the link that the settings on the 2700 should be ATM Encapsulation: Bridged LLC. I had set Bridged VC-Mux, so that's one thing for me to try changing tonight. There doesn't look to be any other relevant settings that I could have got wrong on the 2700.

[Steve]

The link was taken from this long thread which maybe of interest to you.

http://www.idnetters.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic,25621.0.html

[jazzist]

Thanks for the link. Pretty much given up can't get anywhere with it!

[Steve]

It's not something I've done with a 2wire, (my success was with a Draytek 120 via PPPOE) looking back at the BT business forums link I see you have to be quite specific how you put the 2wire into bridge mode.

[MisterW]

I'm afraid,like Steve, its not something I've done with any of my 2700's. Mine at home is a straightforward NAT config and whilst the one in the office connects to a firewall, it uses the Public Routed subinterface facility to route our block of 8 public IP's to the firewall and other devices.
I'm pretty sure there's a couple of people on here who've actually used bridge mode though. Alan(kinmel) has done most (decent & legal!) things with a 2700 but I haven't seen him around for a while. I'm sure Rik has mentioned bridge mode in the past. Hopefully one them will pop in and offer some more hands on advice.