D-Link DSL-604+ Configuration for BT Broadband

I've just bought a D-Link DSL-604 Wireless ADSL router for use with BT
broadband and to replace the supplied BT ADSL modem (which works
fine).

I'm having a nightmare getting the thing working.

One of the problems I have is that BT have given me a userid but say
toleave the password blank which works fine with the modem but the
D-Link router won't let you have a blank password!!!!

The settings otherwise follow what others have already mentioned
(listed below) and in fact were the defaiult settings anyway. ie:

VPI: 0
VCI: 38
Encapsulation: PPPoALLC
Authentication: CHAP
Connect On Demand: enabled
Idle Time: 0
NAT Configuration - Nat Function: enabled

Can anyone who's got this working advise on other settings I might
need?

Other settings are:
Idle Time: 0
IP Control: Get IP From ISP

Thanks for any pointers - the BT information is geared solely to their
own modem and gives no information at all. They seem to be saying on
the one hand "we supply ADSL" and on the other "we're not an ISP
you'll have to go and pay someone else to get proper email addresses
etc". I'm not impressed! (I do have accounts with other ISPs but
that's hardly the point).

(E-Mail Removed) (Ian Smith) wrote:


> VPI: 0
> VCI: 38
> Encapsulation: PPPoALLC
> Authentication: CHAP
> Connect On Demand: enabled
> Idle Time: 0
> NAT Configuration - Nat Function: enabled
>
> Can anyone who's got this working advise on other settings I might
> need?
>

Hi,
I'm not with BT Broadband, but I believe you can enter any password, as
it is just ignored. For a walkthrough of configuring the router, take a
look at the review here
http://www.adslguide.org.uk/hardware...ink_dsl604.asp

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Martin

In article <(E-Mail Removed) >,
Ian Smith <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>They seem to be saying on
>the one hand "we supply ADSL" and on the other "we're not an ISP
>you'll have to go and pay someone else to get proper email addresses
>etc". I'm not impressed! (I do have accounts with other ISPs but
>that's hardly the point).

But that's the service you bought - a pure IP connection. BT Broadband
doesn't offer full-service including web space and email addresses; BT
OpenWorld does (and many other ISPs too, most of them better, and indeed a
lot of them cheaper for full-service than BT Broadband is for pure
access). Why anyone would actually want to subscribe to BT Broadband, I
don't know (anyone??)

Zane.

Deleted Unread - use reply-to wrote:

> Why anyone would actually want to subscribe to BT Broadband, I
> don't know (anyone??)
>

Because you pay for it on your phone bill.

In article <(E-Mail Removed) >
Ian Smith <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I've just bought a D-Link DSL-604 Wireless ADSL router for use with BT
>broadband and to replace the supplied BT ADSL modem (which works
>fine).

>I'm having a nightmare getting the thing working.

>One of the problems I have is that BT have given me a userid but say
>toleave the password blank which works fine with the modem but the
>D-Link router won't let you have a blank password!!!!

>The settings otherwise follow what others have already mentioned
>(listed below) and in fact were the defaiult settings anyway. ie:

>VPI: 0
>VCI: 38
>Encapsulation: PPPoALLC

This is incorrect: you require PPPoA VC-MUX.

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James MacDonald

James MacDonald wrote:

>
> This is incorrect: you require PPPoA VC-MUX.
>

LLC works now.

Ian Smith wrote:
<SNIP>

> D-Link router won't let you have a blank password!!!!
>
> The settings otherwise follow what others have already mentioned
> (listed below) and in fact were the defaiult settings anyway. ie:
>
> VPI: 0
> VCI: 38
> Encapsulation: PPPoALLC
> Authentication: CHAP
> Connect On Demand: enabled
> Idle Time: 0
> NAT Configuration - Nat Function: enabled
>
<SNIP>

You will need your user name and password, apart from that you're there
by the looks of it.
Have a look at this site:
http://www.btofaq.net/ follow the link to Alternative Routers and look
at the setup instructions for the DSL-504 which will suit your purposes.


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Mark²
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