8800NL with Apple airport - moving PPPoE

[davisa]

Hi all,

I have an Apple Airport Extreme and Billion 8800NL set-up and working well enough. Configured as follows:

Airport Extreme handles DHCP, NAT and PPPoE connection.
Billion 8800NL connected in Bridge mode.

This configuration has been working fine, but occasionally the Airport Extreme drops PPPoE, even though the Billion is keeping the ADSL connection open. Various forums report this as an on-going bug with the Airport.

I know the 8800NL is very flexible, but with this flexibility comes complexity.

I want the 8800NL to handle the PPPoE authentication, but leave NAT/DHCP on the Airport.

1. Is this possible?
2. Can anyone give me any pointers as to what the configuration should be? I've read the Bipac 8800NL WAN setup methods thread, but am unsure which (if any) would apply.

The Aiport offers PPPoE (what I use now), DHCP and Static. Am I right in thinking Static would be the correct option if the Airport is still going to handle DHCP?

The Billion offers a huge range of options. Assume I need to set up PPPoE and enter credentials here. Disable NAT? No idea about PPPoE with passthrough, PPPoE half-bridge?

Any help really appreciated!

[billion_fan]

Hi all,

I have an Apple Airport Extreme and Billion 8800NL set-up and working well enough. Configured as follows:

Airport Extreme handles DHCP, NAT and PPPoE connection.
Billion 8800NL connected in Bridge mode.

This configuration has been working fine, but occasionally the Airport Extreme drops PPPoE, even though the Billion is keeping the ADSL connection open. Various forums report this as an on-going bug with the Airport.

I know the 8800NL is very flexible, but with this flexibility comes complexity.

I want the 8800NL to handle the PPPoE authentication, but leave NAT/DHCP on the Airport.

1. Is this possible?
2. Can anyone give me any pointers as to what the configuration should be? I've read the Bipac 8800NL WAN setup methods thread, but am unsure which (if any) would apply.

The Aiport offers PPPoE (what I use now), DHCP and Static. Am I right in thinking Static would be the correct option if the Airport is still going to handle DHCP?

The Billion offers a huge range of options. Assume I need to set up PPPoE and enter credentials here. Disable NAT? No idea about PPPoE with passthrough, PPPoE half-bridge?

Any help really appreciated!

Who is your ISP, and are you a fibre/FTTC connection (I assume so)