I worked with Qwest yesterday to setup my router in the Qwest's DMZ mode so that I don't have to do port forwarding and such in 2 separate places and to generally simplify the overall configuration. The problem is that it doesn't seem to route properly to websites anymore and it seems that something is missing (like maybe static routes) to finish the job. Here is what they suggested:
On the Qwest Actiontec M1000 DSL router they said to turn off DHCP and to turn on the DMZ function and put the address 192.168.0.50 in. This is above the normal default range so that if the router resets to default, I could still get to it. So, basically I am aiming the Qwest DSL routers DMZ to what will be the new WAN address of my Cisco WRVS4400N router. The WRVS4400N becomes the beginning of the DMZ on it's WAN side.
Next, I changed the existing WAN-side configuration of the WRVS4400N to static IP address 192.168.0.50, as pointed to by the Qwest router DMZ function. I also added the proper 255.255.255.0 mask, the gateway address of the DSL router 192.168.0.1 and the 2 default DNS addresses that always worked fine when in the previous DHCP mode before these changes. I did nothing new on the LAN side of the WRVS4400N. It still provides DHCP support for the inside and I still use IPS and such, without any changes at all.
When everything came up configured as above, it 'kind of worked', but not always, as compared to before the changes. The problem is that some websites never connect at all, while others connect after much thinking by the router. And yet, other sites come up immediately as they did before all this reconfiguring. I get the feeling that there is something missing that the Qwest Tech Support people neglected to mention, like the need for static routes or something. What do you think?
Also, I noticed that the WRVS4400N can talk in PPOE mode on the WAN-side complete with UserID and Password. Does that mean that I could bypass using the Qwest DSL modem completely and just use the Cisco WRVS4400N instead? That would really simplify things, although the burden would be on me to route and secure things properly....
