Tech Support Forum - View Single Post - Using the Versalink 327W Modem/Router with a cable modem

TomD · 03-30-2006, 07:10 AM

As a new member, I think I posted this in the wrong forum. Hopefully tjis is the right one!

I had Verizon DSl for about 3 months, at which time I was disqualified, because I was 2000 feet too far. As a result, I had to get Comcast Broadband, which comes with a Motorola cable modem, but no router.

Since I have the VersaLink 327W Modem/Router, I thought I would try using just the router portion. Since it’s not a plug and play device, one needs to know how to set it up properly, and so far I’ve been unsuccessful. Unfortunately Westell will not support it, even though they admit that it can be used that way, because it’s made exclusively for, and supported by phone companies. But, Verizon only knows how to use it with DSL.

I tried following a number of suggestions, including several on this site, to no avail. One of the big problems is that the menus mentioned, are all different, and none seem to be the same as mine. For example, some say don’t use just Bridged, which is the only thing on mine, but rather Routed Bridge, which I can’t find. Also, they don’t mention any options except PPPoE, which has nothing except a pulldown menu with Active/Inactive on it.

Mine has several options with pull down menus by them, which looks something like this:

pulldown PPPoE
pulldown Bridge 41
pulldown Bridge 40
pulldown Bridge 39
pulldown Bridge 38
pulldown Bridge 37
pulldown Bridge 36

All of the pulldown options are Active/Inactive. Also, every time I change one, it updates the memory, which takes about 2 minutes.

Can anybody help me with this?

03-30-2006, 07:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
TomD Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5 OS: XP	Using the Versalink 327W Modem/Router with a cable modem As a new member, I think I posted this in the wrong forum. Hopefully tjis is the right one! I had Verizon DSl for about 3 months, at which time I was disqualified, because I was 2000 feet too far. As a result, I had to get Comcast Broadband, which comes with a Motorola cable modem, but no router. Since I have the VersaLink 327W Modem/Router, I thought I would try using just the router portion. Since it’s not a plug and play device, one needs to know how to set it up properly, and so far I’ve been unsuccessful. Unfortunately Westell will not support it, even though they admit that it can be used that way, because it’s made exclusively for, and supported by phone companies. But, Verizon only knows how to use it with DSL. I tried following a number of suggestions, including several on this site, to no avail. One of the big problems is that the menus mentioned, are all different, and none seem to be the same as mine. For example, some say don’t use just Bridged, which is the only thing on mine, but rather Routed Bridge, which I can’t find. Also, they don’t mention any options except PPPoE, which has nothing except a pulldown menu with Active/Inactive on it. Mine has several options with pull down menus by them, which looks something like this: pulldown PPPoE pulldown Bridge 41 pulldown Bridge 40 pulldown Bridge 39 pulldown Bridge 38 pulldown Bridge 37 pulldown Bridge 36 All of the pulldown options are Active/Inactive. Also, every time I change one, it updates the memory, which takes about 2 minutes. Can anybody help me with this?