Guys
Looking for advice please.... had BTI for 20 months or so, and been through playing with Huawei and ECI modems - ECI always gives better performance for me (and that is what is in my cabinet).
For the last 6 months I have been using a 887VA - which works well, but does not connect at the speed of an old ECI!
I want to move over to Untangle - and trying it with an ECI, I can connect to the web on the untangle box but I cant route from a LAN PC.
I know you will say - its Untangle..... and I agree... but I am convinced there is a bug in Untangle with respect to PPPoE. You need to setup the ethernet first, and then another "virtual" interface on top with the 101 vlan. I have been through weeks of wasted evenings trying various things to no avail. All the Untangle network tests pass.
SO - now to the point of the post!
I remember way back when the modems were first being modified that there was a way to use one of the models as a router, ie not leave PPPoE to the next device.
Has anyone used this?
I would expect that the modem may not be up (in terms of horsepower) to act as router - but given there will be no firewall/nat on the box, hope it could work.
If not... plan B - anyone recommend a simple router/modem that I could use? Only criteria (other than performance!) is that it must establish the PPPoE.
Thanks in advance Guys
David
