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[xendrome]

Synthetic, on 03 March 2013 - 18:50, said:

Man guys I'm sorry for the lack of info and not getting back to this post sooner (work for a hospital and it's been pretty nutty). The unit is question is a Cisco DPC3825, my gripe was even though I'm only about 15 Feet tops and it only has to go through two walls I'm getting a crappy signal (three bars). All in all it's not that bad but I do get some stutters here and there when I'm trying to stream video's and such. So I was thinking about hooking up Netgear WNDR3700 and bypassing the wireless functionality on the Cisco. Honestly I'm not sure it's the Cisco because it seems like a fairly newer unit in terms of when it was released...

The WNDR3700 is a great router, so contact your ISP and tell them you want to turn their modem/router into just a modem and it act as just a bridge between them the ISP and you the customer.

[Synthetic]

xendrome, on 03 March 2013 - 19:29, said:

The WNDR3700 is a great router, so contact your ISP and tell them you want to turn their modem/router into just a modem and it act as just a bridge between them the ISP and you the customer.

Sounds great thanks!

[xendrome]

Synthetic, on 03 March 2013 - 19:31, said:

Sounds great thanks!

If that doesn't work, let us know, do you have access to the admin login for the Cisco unit?

See this, and option 2 - http://forums.redfla...m-mode-1142802/

[Synthetic]

xendrome, on 03 March 2013 - 19:35, said:

If that doesn't work, let us know, do you have access to the admin login for the Cisco unit?

See this, and option 2 - http://forums.redfla...m-mode-1142802/

I do have access to the admin login, also thanks for that link.

[xendrome]

Synthetic, on 03 March 2013 - 19:44, said:

I do have access to the admin login, also thanks for that link.

If you end up switching it to bridge mode and you can't get the WNDR3700 to get an IP off of the modem, unplug the modem and router for about 10 minutes then plug the modem back in first then your router. It could be a MAC address issue.

[Synthetic]

unfortunately my ISP doesn't support bridging mode on the Cisco...

[xendrome]

Synthetic, on 03 March 2013 - 20:05, said:

unfortunately my ISP doesn't support bridging mode on the Cisco...

Was that what they told you over the phone?, Can you get into the full admin section of the router or is it semi-locked down?

[.fahim]

Synthetic, on 03 March 2013 - 20:05, said:

unfortunately my ISP doesn't support bridging mode on the Cisco...

It's harsh but it happens. Any chance that you can change ISP?

[Synthetic]

xendrome, on 03 March 2013 - 20:10, said:

Was that what they told you over the phone?, Can you get into the full admin section of the router or is it semi-locked down?

Yes. It does look a bit locked down...

.fahim, on 03 March 2013 - 20:36, said:

It's harsh but it happens. Any chance that you can change ISP?

Honestly I'm thinking I'm just going to buy my own modem and be done with this haha.

[+BudMan]

xendrome from WHERE did you get from this - that he needs to put his current gateway into bridge mode?

"about hooking up Netgear WNDR3700 and bypassing the wireless functionality on the Cisco"

Nowhere does he state he wants this wndr3700 to be his gateway or control his NAT, he states he wants to use its WIRELESS..

So do that then - turn off the wireless of your cisco gateway and connect your wndr3700 as an Accesspoint - there you go new wireless..

To use ANY wireless router as AP, just change its lan IP to be on your network IP, turn off its dhcp server and connect it to your network via a LAN port -- NOT its WAN port.. And there you go instant AP.

Now it will provide wireless to your network.. Connect to its IP you gave it to setup the wireless settings you want.

[Synthetic]

BudMan, on 03 March 2013 - 20:44, said:

xendrome from WHERE did you get from this - that he needs to put his current gateway into bridge mode?

"about hooking up Netgear WNDR3700 and bypassing the wireless functionality on the Cisco"

Nowhere does he state he wants this wndr3700 to be his gateway or control his NAT, he states he wants to use its WIRELESS..

So do that then - turn off the wireless of your cisco gateway and connect your wndr3700 as an Accesspoint - there you go new wireless..

To use ANY wireless router as AP, just change its lan IP to be on your network IP, turn off its dhcp server and connect it to your network via a LAN port -- NOT its WAN port.. And there you go instant AP.

Now it will provide wireless to your network.. Connect to its IP you gave it to setup the wireless settings you want.

Cool I'll try that when I get home from work tonight.

[xendrome]

While that method may work, I personally would use the WNDR3700 as my main router and bridge the modem, then you would have full control over all of the NAT/Routing/Port Forwarding options, just my 2 cents.

[+BudMan]

Sure that is one way to skin the cat.. But if he can not put his current router into bridge mode this is a way to accomplish his goal. Who says the router cisco he has does not perform will with the other features and he just needs more wireless coverage.

In using his current wndr3700 as AP, he could in fact still leverage his cisco wireless even and get more cover than only 1 devices could provide if he wanted too.

Who says he doesn't have full control over his port forwarding? I have to assume his has some access to the cisco for like changing the wireless settings turn on or off UPnP, forwarding a port he might need, etc.

Now if he is being charged a lease and does not have access to such features of the device - then sure I would highly suggest he bring his own hardware to the party. I bought my own modem couple years back because I was not going to pay $7 a month for inferior hardware.