Dlink DSL-G225 Bridge mode

Bracye

Bracye

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Hi all,

I need some help. I have read through the other posts, but the big words is confusing me so much I stopped trying to figure this out.

I have my Telkom ADSL account setup on the router. I now bought a capped account from Axxess which I want to use on my computer only. So the phones, tablets and Mibox runs on the Telkom account.

DSL-G225 Bridge mode I read through this. Now it says delete all the other profiles, but then what happens with the Telkom account that the others need to use?

I have ticked the box PPPOE pass-through thinking this will help, but its not helping.

I have setup the Axxess account as a seperate dial-up account on my pc, but it gives me a Error 691. Not really getting an answer for what it means. Or they speak high tech language.

Can you please help this lady noob out with how to get this working please?
 
Nevermind. I fiddled with the Layer2 settings. Switch on the PPPOE pass-through again. Restarted again. And now I'm connected to Axxess on my pc.

For if someone else struggles.
 
Bracye said:
Nevermind. I fiddled with the Layer2 settings. Switch on the PPPOE pass-through again. Restarted again. And now I'm connected to Axxess on my pc.

For if someone else struggles.
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Hi Bracye,

would you mind sharing exactly what you did, I also have a DSL-G225. I want to use it on my Vumatel / MWeb FTTH connection
 
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Bracye said:
Nevermind. I fiddled with the Layer2 settings. Switch on the PPPOE pass-through again. Restarted again. And now I'm connected to Axxess on my pc.

For if someone else struggles.
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Get yourself a mikrotik as a router and set up both PPPoE accounts and route according to the source address. You can then also set one up as a backup if the other fails etc.
 
@AntonyNaude
If my memory serves me correctly, only a few adsl/vdsl routers were fibre compatible.

I can tell that your router is old simply by the dsl in the name.

You will need a fibre router. Think about future proofing i.e. 1gps ports. Dual bands etc.

You might want to consider a decent mesh depending on budget.
 
Rickster said:
Bro, throw that Dlink junk in the bin...
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The average person who has access to old wifi capable routers will more than likely benefit from adding one or two of these devices as dumb wired access points on their network rather than throwing it away. Client devices will benefit from the improved wifi signal coverage compared to single router setups.
 
bobcpt said:
The average person who has access to old wifi capable routers will more than likely benefit from adding one or two of these devices as dumb wired access points on their network rather than throwing it away. Client devices will benefit from the improved wifi signal coverage compared to single router setups.
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In my personal opinion, having multiple independent wifi access points hardly ever works. Most phones/devices just try and keep the last Wifi access point it connected to as the connected one, even when there is a new one right next to it.

Mesh network systems where the APs are controlled by some sort of a controller will work much better.

I feel the same about Wifi extenders - mostly garbage.
 
ebendl said:
In my personal opinion, having multiple independent wifi access points hardly ever works. Most phones/devices just try and keep the last Wifi access point it connected to as the connected one, even when there is a new one right next to it.

Mesh network systems where the APs are controlled by some sort of a controller will work much better.

I feel the same about Wifi extenders - mostly garbage.
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Mesh has really just morphed into another term for wireless uplinks which is unfortunate. Mesh is supposed to be AP's which uplink dynamically to other AP's maintaining multiple and the most optimal path for themselves as well as clients connected to them including saturation/noise/signal quality etc.
 
ebendl said:
In my personal opinion, having multiple independent wifi access points hardly ever works. Most phones/devices just try and keep the last Wifi access point it connected to as the connected one, even when there is a new one right next to it.

Mesh network systems where the APs are controlled by some sort of a controller will work much better.

I feel the same about Wifi extenders - mostly garbage.
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You're mostly right, but it depends on the WiFi chipset of the device connecting to the network.

Specifically referring to Android phones, Snapdragon and Exynos chipsets are pretty good with connecting to the strongest access point. In Mesh scenarios, they're also 802.11r compliant, so they allow for better roaming between WiFi nodes.

Most, if not all Mediatek and Unisoc devices don't support 802.11r and tend to stick with the first access point or node they connect to until they lose signal or you manually disconnect and reconnect your WiFi.
 
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