Static IP problems :(

[five.five-six]

Where to start. I have a NVR that I am attempting to view off site. AT&T provided a westell 7550 DSL modem which is all but impossible to to port forward with so I ordered static IP addresses which do not appear to be supported by this modem. AT&T does not support their router/modem combo and what documentation that I can find on the web is weak at best, mostly a bunch of IT people complaining about what a POS it is


I am at the point where I am ready to put it in "bride mode" and buy my own router that can manage my public IP range. I just don't have any idea what router to buy.

[Laythor]

heh.. bride mode

but in all seriousness

what firmware are you running?

any chance of upgrading the modem?

[five.five-six]

heh.. bride mode

but in all seriousness

what firmware are you running?

any chance of upgrading the modem?

LOL *bridge.


Honestly, I have put a bunch of time into trying to figure this thing out.. I would like to just S-can it. I do not know the firmware, are you familiar with this router/modem?

[high_revs]

if you're getting a router, i'm happy with my asus rt-n56u. it's only weak point is no guest account if i get someone over and needs to use the internet quick. it's only dual band but i have no machine that is triple band wifi so that's ok. i don't know if the new models have it though since i saw a triple band version.

i signed up on their ddns service for ftp but i've not configured my stuff yet to use it. i don't know if i can do more their their ddns service though (like tunnel in to remote control a pc).

[five.five-six]

I have WiFi covered with a separate set of APs

[Laythor]

LOL *bridge.


Honestly, I have put a bunch of time into trying to figure this thing out.. I would like to just S-can it. I do not know the firmware, are you familiar with this router/modem?

only so far as i went through the same issue as you and just round filed it. amazing how little info there is about it out there and almost all of it is "omg can't get this to work".. i see why it's no longer supported, must have taken up 90 percent of their support staff's time

[bigmike82]

Bridge mode plus Cisco 800 series router. Get one from ebay if youre feeling cheap.

Boom done.

[nathan4610]

Ubiquity edgelite router when its available in the next couple months. Ubiquity gear rocks...

[odysseus]

Best way to handle this anyway is to take these crappy devices and put them to bridge only, and put a decent firewall right there that has the routing and NAT abilities you need in it, even a DMZ LAN so you can segregate your WAN listening nodes.

[five.five-six]

Best way to handle this anyway is to take these crappy devices and put them to bridge only, and put a decent firewall right there that has the routing and NAT abilities you need in it, even a DMZ LAN so you can segregate your WAN listening nodes.

Alright, I need it for Saturday, what can I find locally?

[odysseus]

Alright, I need it for Saturday, what can I find locally?

I have no idea what's in Corona and what you are willing to buy and can administer, and actually what you need. They aren't cheap unless you build a DIY one yourself (which you need to front hardware for anyway), but you can certainly get one next day air to you from an online purchase. I am not sure what the bestbuys carry on the retail small firewalls. I have liked the small office Cisco and Sonicwall offerings which give VPN access for something like this.

[five.five-six]

I can get by frys or micro center. Worst case I have an old D-link that I loaded with DD-WRT, perhaps I will just see what they recommend.

[bigmike82]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833339179

Do rush processing plus next day...you should have it by Sat.

[five.five-six]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833339179

Do rush processing plus next day...you should have it by Sat.

Newegg is great, but that's about twice what I want to spend. Would this do the trick for me?

http://www.frys.com/product/6671274?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

And I can get it locally.

[bigmike82]

More likely than not...absolutely. It does depend on how much traffic you'll end up putting through it, but it should be fine. It'll be easier to configure than a Cisco router too (assuming you don't have a lot of experience with the IOS command line, anyway).