Speed Stream 4200 is a piece of....

[FFxSTALKERx]

Hello. First off, I did a search and I didn't find anything that helped me.

I recently got home (was a way for college) and got WindStream internet service (1.5mb DSL). I'm in central Pennsylvania if that helps.

We got the SpeedStream 4200 modem from windstream, and it worked pretty well for a while. Then I decided to hook up my D-Link DGL-4100 Gaming router and use it to control all my ports, packets, etc...

I have disabled the firewall on the 4200 and want to know if there is a way to turn it to "bridge mode" only so I don't have to forward or open ANY ports in the 4200 and do it souley on my DGL-4100.

When I had comcast cable internet I didn't have to fool with the modem at all, and it is a giant pain to have to forward ports in the modem, and then forward them in my router.

Is there anyway to get around that?


And on a side note, the 4200 config interface is crappy, it looks like it was designed by a monkey on crack.

 

[jimbopalmer]

To program bridge only mode login to the 4200 192.168.254.254 user and password defaults are admin admin. click setups then click Wan interface, double click the top idem (mind is 0/35) then click next at the bottom of the page do this 2 times and you should see Bridge only mode at the top of the page, click bridge only then finish, "DO NOT REBOOT" now click DHCP for the right side menu and at the top of the page DHCP Server click the Disable button now reboot and you will have a bridge only modem." from allteltec in this thread

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1339888

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