Requesting suggestions on home use

[TK_Liew]

@TickTock

Thanks for your reply. I have run across another issue/question. I am unable to access the modem unless I connect a cable from it to a Peplink LAN port (in addition to the WAN connection). If I only have the WAN, everything works great but I cannot log into the modem (I assigned it a fixed local IP address :196.168.0.x). I there a way to enable access to the upstream modem without consuming one of the LAN ports?

You may enable Management IP Address. Please find below for more detail.

How to Access a DSL Modem on a PPPoE WAN Connection?

Here is a useful feature to allow access to your modem (if your modem supports it) when you are configuring your WAN with PPPoE. When you use a modem that offers features that are still fully accessible when the modem is running in bridge mode (such as its entire web management interface being still accessible from the LAN port of the modem) you may find this hidden Peplink feature useful. Background Some DSL/ADSL/VDSL/Cable/Fibre modems allow you to configure it with a static IP, for the sake…