On Jul 21, 6:33*pm, TBerk <bayareab...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> In the config I am working with I have a UHP DSL Modem (Earthlink
> supplied) connected to a 11b/g wireless router.
>
> Repeatedly (and often) the modem enters this 'diagnostic' phase where
> is blocks internet access and displays Earthlink's "Fix and/or Retry"
> page.
>
> - The modem is currently in DHCP/NAT/PPPoE Mode, I'd like to disable
> this and have the Router do the PPPoE dialing.
>
> - The modem is supplying DHCP to the Router. Seems it would be better
> to hard code some static IPs in there between the Modem and the
> Router, right?
>
> - re: the Subject Line, I have another, extra, DSL modem at hand and I
> am thinking to swap it out to divide and conquer the 'problem'. Any
> problem(s) with swapping DSL modems like lego blocks?
>
> TBerk

This may or may not be applicable, but I installed a rwifi outer on a
Verizon DSL and discovered that the DSL modem was a one port router.
To get things working, all I had to do was change the default address
on the wifi router I was installing. That router had a mac clone
feature, but I didn't need to use it.