Modem/Router/Router -
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I have a new problem with my internet connection which a few others on
this list may have encountered. They [Viasat] replaced the modem and
antenna in upgrading the system. The new modem has an integral router
having none of the feature I need to manage data usage, I've already
used more than 80% of my allowance in the first week. I normally use a
router with DD-WRT installed providing the features I need, showing the
amount of data used and which devices used it.
The problem is feeding their router data through my DD-WRT router. An
ethernet port is provided which they claim work but provide no
information for doing so. They sent a "technician" a few days ago and he
knew nothing more about it than I do except he assured me it should work
but did not know how to set up both routers, tried what he could for an
hour and said if you can't make it work and call for help, tell them to
send someone else ...
Yesterday I tried with my router set up on a different subnet and
seemingly working until in one of many equipment reboots their router
assigned my nfs server a new address, of course all I knew was it would
not mount until I connected a display and keyboard this morning, Now I
made theaddresspermanentusing network manager. Before this the modems
provided an ethernet port to which a wifi router was connected and
connecting to that was straight forward.
Certainly I am not the first one to see this problem, feeding data from
the ISP router to another one, and my hope is that someone can point me
in the right direction if not offer a solution. Google searches have not
led to a solution.
Bob
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Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
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