Noob guide into connecting Dlink router to MIO box

[mun_hoe]

searched the forums.......but its quite messy.....dunnoe which is which, can some one help me please?

my fren was previously using mio box as router, but now he just bought a dlink router but unable to connect it. can experts here give a step by step guide on how to configure the mio box and the router? from connecting the wires to the config page setup, thanks for ur kind help..... :)

[mun_hoe]

anyone can help?

[liangtam]

2wire hook to pc.
new louter put in storeroom.

[mun_hoe]

2wire hook to pc.
new louter put in storeroom.

:( :(

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[alanchia67]

ts, what's the reason to use dlink router?

[liangtam]

:( :(

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moi ish rly serious huans

[commach]

The MIO box is a modem and wireless router, why you need to use another router (Dlink)?

[leinad]

I use a Dlink router because I want 802.11n connectivity within my LAN. Also, my non-intel chipset laptops don't work well with the 2wire's wireless.

In any case, simply hook up the router's WAN port to one of the LAN ports on the 2wire, and configure your network behind the Dlink, not the 2wire. Once that's all setup, simply DMZ the dlink router and you should be set.

/Dan

[Obviouz]

I use a Dlink router because I want 802.11n connectivity within my LAN. Also, my non-intel chipset laptops don't work well with the 2wire's wireless.

In any case, simply hook up the router's WAN port to one of the LAN ports on the 2wire, and configure your network behind the Dlink, not the 2wire. Once that's all setup, simply DMZ the dlink router and you should be set.

/Dan

wow. nice. learn liao. going to do that soon. :s13:

[liangtam]

it could just be driver, both eq are Atheros wifi soln.

If you onli nid the wlan, you can disable everything left the wireless aspect. There are no other major benefits since all traffic has to be processed thru the 2wire. The 1k NAT table limit will still remain... 1k.

[leinad]

it could just be driver, both eq are Atheros wifi soln.

If you onli nid the wlan, you can disable everything left the wireless aspect. There are no other major benefits since all traffic has to be processed thru the 2wire. The 1k NAT table limit will still remain... 1k.
Ah, but you're using the Dlink's NAT table and not the 2wire's when your network is behind the Dlink. That does help somewhat - even very heavy simultaneous (about 20 different files) torrents have not caused my 2wire+655 to hang; with the 2wire alone, it rebooted.

As for the driver, the hardware (firmware) implementation is also a factor - it's possible that badly written firmware can down performance and compatibility.

/Dan

[liangtam]

you're not making sense. whatever that goes thru the dlink, has to go thru the 2wire. Its like you drinking from a big 1.5/2L bottle but the neck of bottle reduces the flow rate. You can always see the connection count in both the dlink and 2Wire CMS. Perhaps you're not even exceeding the memory footprint.

the last i know, you're not using bridge mode.

[leinad]

you're not making sense. whatever that goes thru the dlink, has to go thru the 2wire. Its like you drinking from a big 1.5/2L bottle but the neck of bottle reduces the flow rate. You can always see the connection count in both the dlink and 2Wire CMS. Perhaps you're not even exceeding the memory footprint.

the last i know, you're not using bridge mode.
That's true. But then there's no reason why the exact same files (I literally reconnected to the 2wire and turned off wireless while downloading) caused the 2wire to slow down and even freeze within 3 minutes - continued usage with the 2wire caused the router to reboot. After rebooting, I continued to monitor performance with the 2wire, and it still slowed down and hung for a second time.

Switching back to the 655 resulted in an immediate improvement overall.

Explain, then. Not theory but actual practise now.

/Dan

[misato]

Data flow: client <-> Router B <-> Router A

Liangtam is correct if packets/connections are faithfully reproduce by Router B to Router A for everything that was made by Client to Router B.

Real Data flow: client <-> Router B <-(optimised and compressed)-> Router A

However, Data compression and packet optimization will be applied to traffic that outgoing from the client to Router A by Router B. That means the data that flows from Router B to Router A has already been optimized, resulting in Router A having to handle less unnecessary loads, which frees up more resources, allowing it to appear to be able to handle more connections which in fact the hard limit of Router A has not been changed yet.

[liangtam]

i lazy write about... u call in then can listed to one long story. :)

[leinad]

Data flow: client <-> Router B <-> Router A

Liangtam is correct if packets/connections are faithfully reproduce by Router B to Router A for everything that was made by Client to Router B.

Real Data flow: client <-> Router B <-(optimised and compressed)-> Router A

However, Data compression and packet optimization will be applied to traffic that outgoing from the client to Router A by Router B. That means the data that flows from Router B to Router A has already been optimized, resulting in Router A having to handle less unnecessary loads, which frees up more resources, allowing it to appear to be able to handle more connections which in fact the hard limit of Router A has not been changed yet.

Yep. Thanks for pointing out what I wanted to say.. ;) Coming from me, not many people would believe it, so I could only post what happens in real life.

/Dan