How to see connection statistics with modem in bridge mode?

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Hello,

I'm running a single LAN port ADSL router in bridge mode (use it as modem only) to a TPLINK router. The idea is that if lightning clips the telephone line I will only lose the modem and not the router.

My question; is there a way to see what the connection statistics are like? I would really like to see what my sync speed is since I'm having an issue with noise on the line. At the moment I have to take the router out of bridge mode everytime I want to see the sync speed.

I was hoping there is some kind of desktop app for that.

Thank you
 
Plug into the modem with an ethernet cable, go to the router's address in your web browser (usually 10.0.0.2 or 192.168.0.1/192.168.1.1) and log in using your credentials.
 
Yes that part is not the problem. The router can be accessed just fine.

I would like to see the sync speed between the modem and the exchange. This I could see under the Adsl statistics when the adsl modem/router was working as router. Now that it is in bridge mode the modem cannot be accessed via the web interface (which I understand is correct and how it should work), but the TP Link WR1043ND router it is connected to don't show that kind of information (only packets sent and received).
 
Whether the modem is connected to the router or not shouldn't affect your line stats. Just use the modem alone and check the stats. Plugging a network hub into a router doesn't affect the stats, so I don't see why a router (essentially acting as a wireless hub/switch) would be any different.
 
I've now ditched the idea of running the modem in bridge mode.

A staggered router setup seems to be the answer for now to what I need with the modem on IP range x.x.1.1 and the router on x.x.2.1. This way I can still access the modem through its web interface to spy on those line stats.
 
The problem is generally that the router offers no way of reaching the network interface presented by the adsl modem. You could try a couple of things initially.

1. Figure out the IP address of the ADSL modem. While plugged into the router, see if you can reach that IP address. You may need to reconfigure either the ADSL modem or the router to offer different IP addresses. e.g. configure your router to offer DHCP addresses in the 192.168.0.0 range, and configure the ADSL modem to offer addresses in the 192.168.1.0 range. If this works, great, nothing further to worry about. (It is somewhat unlikely for it to "just work", unfortunately.)

2. Check if your router is actually configuring its WAN *ethernet* interface with an address in the range offered by the ADSL modem. You may need to do this manually, if it is even possible. Look for ways of getting a shell on the router, if you can, rather than using the web interface.

3. Consider installing a more flexible router OS on the router. If your hardware is supported, OpenWRT is a really powerful router OS that will allow you to do all sorts of things, including this.

I actually also have a 1043ND as my WAN router, but am running OpenWRT on it, with a DLink 2500U in front. In my configuration, I can access the ADSL modem's web and commandline interfaces with no issues. Depending on your ADSL modem, you may find that you cannot access it from a different subnet (this could be a security feature, I guess), which could put a spanner in attempts to do option 1 suggested above.
 
Goobie said:
I've now ditched the idea of running the modem in bridge mode.

A staggered router setup seems to be the answer for now to what I need with the modem on IP range x.x.1.1 and the router on x.x.2.1. This way I can still access the modem through its web interface to spy on those line stats.
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I have a similar setup .. cheap D-Link 2500u connected as modem & lightning protection (I lose between 3-5 of them a year) in turn connected to TP-Link wireless router & I eventually went this route as well. Had lots of issues with my line at the time & needed to check stats frequently.
 
Goobie said:
Have you had any router losses due to lightning since going with this kind of setup?
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None, although I did lose one of the ports on the router that a popped modem was connected to.. plus the nic on my pc, but I now connect to the router via wireless only.
 
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