>> > I am not familiar with the modem in question, but if you are using your >> > own router the modem should be set up in fully bridged mode and the PPPoE >> > authentication will be managed by your Gentoo router. > >> Thanks Mick. The Westell does have an option to take PPPoE off of the >> device and I'd like to set that up soon. > > Right, without the PPPoE disabled the modem operates in a half-bridged mode > (essentially it is a router running dhcp and 1:1 NAT). I would disable NAT, > dhcp and PPPoE on the modem so that it is in fully-bridged mode and then see > if the problem is resolved. Your symptoms are typical of a half-bridged router > and a dynamic IP address from the ISP. Usually, the client on the LAN does > not know when the ISP's WAN side IP address has changed and will not pick up > the new address until the dhcp lease on the client has expired. To overcome > this botched implementation the half-bridged modem has a short lease. This > doesn't always work, as I suspect is the case here. > > HTH. > -- > Regards, > Mick
Thank you Mick, I'm going to set that up ASAP. - Grant
