Router as bridge?

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thebilger

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I have DSL and it is setup so that I never have to log on. In other words, my username and password have been put in by my ISP so that I am automatically logged on.

I have a problem though with using a Linksys compact wireless router. When I try to set up the router, it prompts me for my username and password that I use with my ISP, and when I put that info in, this causes a conflict and the router will not work.

My ISP tech guy says that I need to set my router on "bridge" setting so that the router will not go through the usual routine of asking for username and password. My router doesn't have such a setting.
Does anybody know anything about what I'm talking about? And do you know how I can fix this problem? If there is a different type router I need?
Thanks alot. :)
 
Well, for what case you need the second router?
If you need it for bridge , then I think that you need it to act as a range booster to enlarge your wireless signal.
Well, Some routers doesn't had that option.
 
Does this UN/PW screen come one when you attempt to access the router via 192.168.1.1? If so, leave the username blank and for password, "admin". It's not asking for your ISP UN/PW.
 
thebilger said:
My ISP tech guy says that I need to set my router on "bridge" setting so that the router will not go through the usual routine of asking for username and password. My router doesn't have such a setting.
Does anybody know anything about what I'm talking about? And do you know how I can fix this problem? If there is a different type router I need?
Thanks alot. :)
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Your DSL MODEM is what needs to be in "bridge" mode.
When that happens, your DSL modem just becomes a set of blinking lights, and your router becomes your "modem". I had to do this when I got Verizon DSL and a Linksys router... and it was in the Linksys that my ISP ID and Password were put in the proper fields so that I would no longer have to manually sign in every time.
 
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