Hey,
Just got my PepLink Balance 20, so far with just one WAN , my ATT UVerse/RG. The Uverse “Residential Gateway” device is an all-in-one beast with limited configuration (unless there’s a hidden operator menu).
My Original Config:
- Wire RG configured to serve DHCP 192.168.2.0/24 and WiFi – 1 LAN output to –>
- smart Switch GS108T at 192.168.2.10 – 8 ports filled with assorted devices
I thought I’d just insert the PepLink like so:
- 2Wire RG configured for WiFi – 1 LAN output to –>
- PepLink 20 Balance (WAN1 to ATT/RG), DHCP 192.168.2.0/24 … LAN-1 to –>
- smart Switch GS108T at 192.168.2.10 – 8 ports filled with assorted devices
I’m struggling to get the WAN configured correctly.
First problem is that I cant seem to turn off the DHCP server on the LAN side of the ATT/RG… which may be the root of my other problems
a) Can I have two DHCP servers on my 192.168.2.0/24 network – the ATT/RG and the PepLink? maybe each serving out a smaller section of the 192.168.2.0 ranges?
Second problem – I’m not sure how to configure the WAN1 on the PepLink
- PPOE - I dont have any access to the PPOE auth info in the ATT UVerse RG device (as far as I know).
- Static IP - on the WAN side, My ATT Uverse service is DHCP’ing to their servers somewhere. This number doesnt change alot, but it does often enough…
- DHCP - If I select this one, the PepLink WAN gets assigned a DHCP from the RG’s DHCP pool (192.168.2.100), which I dont think is the idea here. I think I’m supposed to “passthru” the ATT/RG and put the same DHCP/gateway/DNS info here that’s showing in my ATT/RG WAN status… which changes occasionally…
I tried to set peplink WAN-1 to a static IP on the ATT/RG’s IP list (192.168.2.1) and turned off DHCP on the peplink, but that wasnt really happy, I think the PepLink really wants to be in charge of the DHCP or have someone downstream of the PepLink doing the DHCP…
I even stripped out the switch from the config and just hung my macbook from the PepLink 20 LAN-1 Port, but was still missing something.
Am I fubar’d because I can’t turn off the LAN-side DHCP upstream from the PepLink WAN-1?
-Mark