Looking for a modem with bridge mode
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varkey
I got banned!
It's basically to remove the NAT/PAT being done by the silly ADSL modem-cum-router and use his much better and feature-rich Mikrotik device as the primary router. There is no need to let the ADSL device do anything other that being a dumb modem. Plus the MikroTik gets constantly updated, you never know what all vulnerabilities exist on the ADSL device which gets a firmware update once or twice in a lifetime! 
I follow the same principle whenever possible.
I follow the same principle whenever possible.
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^ But I believe it's not required for the simple-household usage?
Of course, I am using UBNT myself and long-before that I have been using Asus / TP-Link for this purpose.
I used them for the Ethernet Connectivity with Better WiFi.
Except: Load Balancers and UBNT is purchased to make better backup network.
Of course, I am using UBNT myself and long-before that I have been using Asus / TP-Link for this purpose.
I used them for the Ethernet Connectivity with Better WiFi.
Except: Load Balancers and UBNT is purchased to make better backup network.
varkey
I got banned!
^ Why not? Why do you want to introduce one more layer of NAT/PAT causing port-forwards and NAT traversal being done by p2p clients and others bit more troublesome (it would need to traverse two NAT layers, this is outside of what the ISP might be doing). This is doable, but I wouldn't recommend it and you can easily avoid it by just bridging it.
Or you need to use the wireless router as a dumb AP and use the ADSL device as the primary router which defeats the purpose of investing for a good router in the first place and will not be able to use the features available in the better router.
Or you need to use the wireless router as a dumb AP and use the ADSL device as the primary router which defeats the purpose of investing for a good router in the first place and will not be able to use the features available in the better router.
pothi
@127.0.0.1
Kind of, yes. The router would act as PPPoE client. The server is in BSNL. The client has to authenticate with server in order to establish connection to internet. The server sends a public IP once the authentication is successful. Dlink 2750u would act only as a modem.
I haven't got a chance to try ipv6, as BSNL still uses only ipv4.
@varkey explained it much better than what I'd have explained myself.
Anyway, I am basically a village guy. With the reduction in tariff in BSNL, I wanted to have two BSNL connections. One at home and another at my wife's place where I visit often these days. I don't want to take my whole PC setup when I visit the other village. Also, I want the other PC to get connected whenever I am at home, so that I can make use of computers and devices at both villages.
This kind of setup has been working well already between my home and my work place (which is far from my home). So, I've sent disconnection request at work. I was using Airtel at work. I can use wake-on-lan whenever I start my day and the work PC has auto-shutdown script to shut it off, if I forget to do so manually. I can control my connected devices too (a raspberry pi, a camera, etc) when I have VPN working. Without bridge mode, VPN is pain to setup. Wake-on-lan, VPN, email notifications, etc, all can be done using Mikrotik router that needs a NAT-free direct connection to internet in order to work without bugs.
vignesh_venkatesan
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pothi
@127.0.0.1
@vignesh_venkatesan I sent you a PM requesting model/modem details. Thanks for the heads-up.
@ajgamer
On a serious note... I work mostly for individuals as a freelancer. However, I might be on the look-out due to what I did in the past. Search for "pothi kalimuthu savukku" in your favorite search engine, when you get a chance. That was years ago.
@ajgamer
On a serious note... I work mostly for individuals as a freelancer. However, I might be on the look-out due to what I did in the past. Search for "pothi kalimuthu savukku" in your favorite search engine, when you get a chance. That was years ago.I use TP-Link TD-8951ND for BSNL and can confirm it supports Bridge mode. Here's a live emulator if you'd like to play around with the settings and check how it feels like :
