Airport Time Capsule will only operate in Bridge mode

Im a Verizon dsl customer and am trying to configure an Airport Time Capsule with a Westell 2200 modem. The only workable configuration I can come up with is bridge mode. Every other configuration has some sort of conflict with the modem. I have tried to set the modem in bridge mode, with DHCP service both on and off, and connect with the Airport Time Capsule, but was unable to get an internet connection ( I used the password and login for my main email account - perhaps I should have used the vzid but I don't know the password - in the modem I see it says "set by verizon").
I never had this problem with any other router I have used.
Any ideas? Thanks, Klaus
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klaus57 wrote:
Very sorry if this is a stupid question, but if I don't get the dns service from the westell 2200, where will I get it from? The routher asks for this address during the PPPoE setup.
Thanks,
Klaus
DNS should come from the PPPoE connection itself automatically. If you have to, define servers such as 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. If you have about a half an hour of time where you can leave your machine idle, I would recommend running the DNS Benchmark program from Gibson Research to choose the best (fastest) servers for you.
https://www.grc.com/dns/benchmark.htm
Pick the two consistently fast servers. The program will give you some general recommendations when it completes. I recommend setting up the Custom nameserver list when theprogram asks for that.
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