Can I make a DSL “bridge” modem work under ATT YAHOO as a DSL “router” modem?
I’m still operating under Windows 98 SE (don’t laugh I was just recently dragged kicking and screaming from Windows 3.1). I’m just now trying to upgrade from MSN Dialup to ATT Yahoo DSL. I subscribed but declined the offer of their optional plug n’ play DSL hardware, which would have included either a “2-Wire”, “Motorola” or “Speed Stream” DSL “router” PPPoP type modem. In lieu of this optional hardware, I thought I’d save some money by accepting an old (but free) VisionNET ADSL 200ES Modem that someone gave me. Apparently though this model comes in two versions (i.e. a 200ES “bridge” model and a 200RS “router” model) and damn if I didn’t get the bridge version, the combined manual for which is posted below: http://www.dqusa.com/products/manual…-032002-E3.pdf After killing a week of reading and trying to force this “200ES bridge” version to perform as “200RS Router” version or even better yet as a “2-Line” PPPoP configured “router”, I learned several things: namely that (1) I should
