We've just (a week ago) ordered ADSL for a new house, and it should be
connected in the next few days. I had originally planned on getting Buffalo
equipment (wireless router and network cards), and using an e-buyer 1-port
ADSL modem/router, just as a modem, and use the buffalo as the actual
router.
I've just noticed that the Buffalo seems to be PPPoE, rather than PPPoA, and
i'm not sure whether PPPoA has been added in any firmwares. So basically, I
just want to know if anyone else has this working, or whether it should in
theory work. Since the ADSL is connected to the ebuyer modem/router, and I
know that supports PPPoA, so does the Buffalo router need to support it too?
I really just want to check this before I buy it and find it doesn't work
for ADSL.
The Buffalo router is the WBR-G54 wireless broadband router (801.11g type)

Thanks

David

"David Walker" <wbsdavenews@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Better off getting a bridge such as the MRI bridge and using the rj45 on the
buffalo connect it to the mri modem thats connected to the ADSL socket.

Thats what I do and it works fine.

Hope this helps

Lee

I use WBR-G54 with an Asus Router OK

Paul

"David Walker" <wbsdavenews@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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David,
the WBR-G54 does PPPoA as well as PPPoE. I have just installed one with
expectation of getting ADSL installed in the next week or so. How you
connect it will depend upon what you want it to do. I particularly wanted
the uPnP function of the Buffalo so that "difficult" applications such as
messenger can work from multiple desktops as transparently as possible. To
use this requires that the G54 has access to the internet IP address and, if
I understand correctly, there are only a couple of adsl modems on the UK
market which allow this, the D-link DSL-300G+ Ethernet adsl modem and a
similar unit with the monica "x-Modem", which I don't know much about. Both
of these should be connected to the WAN port on the G54. On connection to
the adsl service both of these devices spoof the internet IP address through
to the router (or PC if directly connected) which allows the G45 to handle
NAT and firewall services with uPnP available for client computers to
negotiate port translation and get details of the outside address as
required.

Doing a Google search of groups for these devices brings up a lot of
correspondence detailing various problems getting them to talk to each other
but using the latest firmware these now seem to have been hammered out.

I'm using the D-link DSL-300G+ which is currently talking to the WBR-G54 but
as I'm still awaiting activation I cannot at this stage say how well it is
going to work in practice. It's worth noting that although both boxes were
purchased in the last week and neither contained the latest firmware but
this is available for download through the respective support web sites and
is easy enough to flash using the inbuilt routines. As a (retired)
communications professional I am quite impressed with both of these devices,
pending final proof when BT have done there stuff!

regards
Steve Graham

"David Walker" <wbsdavenews@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I've read about this since my post, but i'm not sure whether it applies
anymore. Most comments about those being the only two were from last year,
so i'm hoping that the e-buyer modem/router will do the job OK now too.
From reading about it, it seems like the PPP half-bridge mode should do what
I want. From their forums it seems like Linksys routers do have a problem,
but nothing mentioned about the Buffalo, and the reviews on ebuyer seem to
suggest it has no problem. I'll stick with this one for now - its only £30
so its not a huge loss if it doesn't work, and its better than spending
almost twice as much for the D-Link modem. Their technical support seems to
be very good too, so i'll give it a go and see what happens.

David