Bridging?

[hrohibil]

Hi

I have a locked router from my ISP. They have disabled all the advanced features i.e the backup/restore configuration.

They say that they can bridge it for me.
Do i understand the concept correct, that if they bridge it, then i can install another unlocked router to a specific port and with that new router i would have full control of everything related and attached to that router?
I need to install either tomato or dd wrt firmware in order to use the wake-on-wan feature on my nas diskstation which is one of the many reasons to have fully control of my own router.

Br Hamid

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[TonyH]

Hi,
Answer to your question, Yes. If your ISP puts their box into bridge mode, You can use
your own router. My ISP does the same thing for use. It's a matter of calling them.

 

[hrohibil]

Thank you so much for your reply. I am getting the D-link 615 model. So after my ISP put their router in bridge mode, what do i exactly do after that? Do i just put my new router into a port? How do i access this new router compared to the other?
What about DHCP conflict issue??
Sorry for questions...

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[hrohibil]

Also what about all the ports i have opened for the diskstation, i will have to open them on the new router to forward to my diskstation right?

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[Fraoch]

So after my ISP put their router in bridge mode, what do i exactly do after that? Do i just put my new router into a port?

Yes, it's that simple.

How do i access this new router compared to the other?

Usually the ISP's device is at a different address than your router. I'm not sure if the ISP's device IP changes as soon as it's put into bridge mode because I've never used an ISP's modem/router combination device.

For example, the modem connected to my ISP is a Technicolor (Thomson) DCM476 and its configuration page is at 192.168.100.1. My Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite router is at 192.168.1.1. All my networked devices can see both pages without problems, despite the two devices being on different subnets. Usually you don't have to do anything to get access to both devices.

Note: a bridged device has no configuration options - there's not much to see and you can't change anything. Some devices show no configuration page in bridged mode at all.

What about DHCP conflict issue??

A properly bridged device should have its DHCP server turned off so that you can use the DHCP server in your own router.