Setting up a Telkom 5102G as a "dumb" modem

[GerhardS]

As far as I could discover the 5102G only allows for 2 VPN tunnels and I needed something smarter.

The Linksys RV082 does everything that I need (100 VPN tunnels/2nd adsl line/etc.) but I need to configure the 5102G so that none of the router capabilities are active and it purely becomes a "dumb" modem - like my old alcatel.

Has anyone done this before or will plain VPN pass through work? (If pass through will work can someone please explain how to do this - words of three letters or less please)

 

[milomak]

It sounds like you want to set it up in bridge mode. I don't have the router so I don't know how to do that. I am guessing though it will be in the section that deals with setting up connections.

 

[Beta]

Confirmed to work...
Set router into bridged pppoe llc.
Works fine with the latest telkoms, you can pop a vpn server or client behind it and dial up and do tunnels etc etc.
Last time I saw this work was around 2 weeks ago

 

[GerhardS]

Thx

Thanks for the pointers - I'll try the advice and give some feedback when I have it up and running.

 

[LandyMan]

AFAIK it is quite easy:

You (to router): "You are a Telkom router!"
Router acts dumb all by itself