[The Neoracle]

Homies,

Anyone know how to get a Dlink DI-524 Wireless Router to work with a Qwest.net Actiontec GT701 DSL modem?

These poop heads at DLink have me doing all this PPPoE stuff. I called up qwest and got "The username and password for [my] modem" but the queer I talked to couldn't tell me if that was the PPPoE user/pass.

Anyone know what I need to set up in my DSL Modem to make my wireless router able to "connect" to it? What is happening is that my router, after I fill out all the PPPoE screen, just sits at "connecting" and I can't ever get it to get a IP even though DHCP is turned on in my modem.

Thanks homies.

[Nova Dragoon]

who is your ISP?? is it MSN

cause if it is, you'll probably have to run that install CD, and that puts you on a tiny qwest network while it does stuff, then it auto sets your pppoe user/pass.

Otherwise after your actiontec modem is connecting to the world. Then connect your wireless router set it to get client dhcp, or give it the address 192.168.0.2, and its gateway 192.168.0.1, then have it serve up dhcp on another network like 192.168.1.0/24 and you should be good to go

[The Neoracle]

I'm not using MSN, just qwest.net.
So, I should set the modem to 0.1 and the wifi router to 0.2 and then turn off dhcp on them modem and on the router, set it to do dhcp on 1.0/24? Is that correct?

[Nova Dragoon]

yes,

use the modem for pppoe, and the router for dhcp

[The Neoracle]

Still doesn't seem to work.

I'm gonna call qwest tomorrow when I won't get some one in india.

I've only been trying to get my dsl to work for 2 weeks now. I've got everything but the fucking wireless working. When I had cable, it took me 10 minutes to go from nothing to online. I fucking hate DSL.

[max302]

The Neoracle, on 15 Jun, 2006 - 09:07 PM, said:

I fucking hate DSL.

Amen. get cable.

[MarkoDaGeek]

The new Qwest DSL modems don't give you their PPoE login and such like they used to, they used to send a sheet of paper along that had that information listed but now they have that quick start disk that does it all and doesn't tell you anything.

You could run the quickstart disk and have it set up the modem and then go into the advanced config of the modem and get the username it was told to use, but it isnt going to show the password and the passwords they assign are random.

The problem is those Actiontec "modems" arn't just modems, they are a DSL Modem, switch and access point all in one. The extra functions work well however they can get in the way when you want to use a 3rd party router.

[Nova Dragoon]

Actually on the new actionteks there is a page that tells the password, i dont recall at the moment.

But you can also get the password from inside the modem, they are little mips machines running busybox
You can access them by telnet 192.168.0.1 with user and pass 'admin'

then run ps and one process will be the ppp something and you will see the username on that line. Check its process ID
then goto /proc/processIDnumber and read the cmdline file,

It has the PPPoe username and password in that file

[enj316]

I've noticed with Qwest DSL service they tie your MAC address to your IP and if the MAC address is not the same they basically will not serve you up an IP.

You may want to ask them about that.

[Thorian]

A lot of the DSL providers roll out a router accesspoint combo. You may just want to get a crossover cable and use the Dlink router as a switch. and not use the Dlink stuff at all. Disable DHCP on the Dlink, and let the Actiontec or tell or what ever handle DHCP.



After looking at the spec page for that modem you shouldent even need the Dlink router at all as it is an accesspoint/router.

IF you are looking at expanding your range you would have to set the Dlink up as a bridge or as a repeter.

http://www.qwest.com...g/wireless.html

In order to establish a wireless LAN with your Actiontec Wireless DSL Gateway you will need to purchase a wireless card for each PC you plan on connecting via wireless on your LAN. Of course, you will need to enable the wireless radio along with WEP security on your Actiontec GT701-wg Wireless DSL Gateway to establish a wireless LAN. Please refer to you Actiontec GT701-wg Wireless DSL Gateway user guide for specific instructions to enable your Wireless LAN.

[The Neoracle]

I have found the user/pass in the modem. I think i"m going to try to turn of DHCP in the dlink and just use it as an accesspoint, however, I can't seem to get the dlink to access the modem. The status light just blinks and blinks.

I think some people are thinkign the actiontec is a wireless router too, it's not. I don't have that one. I have just the wired one. It has 1 ethernet port and that's it.

This is major frustrating. It seems like it's using PPPoEa and not PPPoEb like the dlink wants to use.

If I don't get it figured out tonight, I'm returning the modem to qwest and going and buying a dsl modem with built-in wireless and ebaying the dlink. It worked great on my cable!

[Thorian]

you may want to call D link they may have a ROM flash that hasent been published to their website yet.

[The Neoracle]

I finally did a good search for the name of both devices, found a thread on dslreports.com forum, which I knew existed but never consulted, and the 3rd post in the thread was to "use the wifi router as a switch by just pluggin the lan port on the dsl modem into the wifi router's lan ports and turning of dhcp on the wifi router". Fucking A. It fucking worked. I've spent 20 -30 hours trying to get wifi to work and it was the simplest fucking thing in the entire world to do. Default configs on both devices, etc. I hate myself.

[Cjfo5]

The Neoracle, on 21 Jun, 2006 - 10:26 AM, said:

I finally did a good search for the name of both devices, found a thread on dslreports.com forum, which I knew existed but never consulted, and the 3rd post in the thread was to "use the wifi router as a switch by just pluggin the lan port on the dsl modem into the wifi router's lan ports and turning of dhcp on the wifi router". Fucking A. It fucking worked. I've spent 20 -30 hours trying to get wifi to work and it was the simplest fucking thing in the entire world to do. Default configs on both devices, etc. I hate myself.

Wow I am having the exact same problem with the same router and ISP as you and I still can't get the damn thing working. I've been trying for 2 freaking weeks now! I had it working last month just fine and then we had a storm and Qwest went down. When it came back up my network wouldn't work.

Would you be will to help me by posting the steps you did to get your Qwest router and your GT701 working together? I am pretty good with this computer stuff, but I am self taught so bare with me..........Thanks!
Cindy