Replacing Westell 2100 Modem with 6100

I am next to clueless with this stuff, so be kind. I've been having to reboot my 6 year old 2100 at least once a week to get my max DL speed back. Verizon sent me a 6100 to replace it in hopes that it might solve the problem. I swapped all the connections, but the Internet light on the 6100 stays red. What do I need to do to get the 6100 up and running? It came with no instructions. Do I need to call Verizon and have them enable it or whatever? Thanks.
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Strange thing, I always had a Westell 6100 with my netgear wireless for 3yrs now. Went from 1meg to 3meg with no modem reboot issues but when i got to the 7meg plan and now the 10/15meg plan, I have to reboot my westell like clock work almost every 7 days...no one knows why and I have not changed anything but the plan upgrade. I suspect V is doing something with the line regularly. But the thing is its not a nightly or off hours issue...it could be AM, noon or early PM when this happens but the sequence seems to be every 7th day or so. It happened today for the first time on my new 10/15 meg plan. I have a new verizon 7500 modem/wireless combo that i may try to see if it fixes that. But otherwise never had issues with the westell 6100/netgear combo i have on 24x7.

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I am both new and old. That is, I am an old guy who is relatively new to Mac and to forums. I could use some advice, please. I believe I want to buy Apple's "Time Capsule" (TC) to back up my 1 week old MacBook Pro and my old Win 7 Laptop. Currently I have Qwest as my provider. They have installed their ActionTek PK5000 modem.
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tomfromprescott valley wrote:
I believe I want to buy Apple's "Time Capsule" (TC) to back up my 1 week old MacBook Pro and my old Win 7 Laptop.
That's possible, but a bit tricky. Apple's Time Machine software will back up your Mac to the TC, but you'll have to find a Windows app to back up the laptop. I don't do Windoze, but understand the WinClone app may work for that.
Further, mixing Time Machine backups on a TC's internal HD causes some conflicts. See #Q3 in Using Time Machine with a Time Capsule for an explanation and some possible workarounds.
Question, can I, or better yet, should I replace their modem with TC?
No. The Time Capsule is a wireless router with a hard drive. It does not contain a modem.
Usually, you plug the TC into the modem. The TC then provides the network.
But that modem is also a router (ie, provides a network), so you'll need to either turn its router function off, or configure the TC to join the existing network.
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WRT54G and Westell 2100

This problem may have previously been answered, but I can't find exactly my problem. I currently have a wired desktop, DSL through Bellsouth, Westell 2100
modem connected by USB. My desktop has no ethernet port. The modem has one
ethernet connection and one usb. I bought a laptop to use in other parts of the house and a Linksys WRT54G router. I cannot access the internet from laptop wired or not, but the router has a full signal. I switched the modem to bridged mode, but had no internet on either desktop or laptop....everything is now set back to default.
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you need to make sure your westell and router are configured properly. there are issues with at&t/bellsouth westell's and linksys working together properly. you can find that info over here, http://www.dslreports.com/faq/6323 i use the same exact setup you do and once i followed this, it worked perfectly. hopefully that will help you.
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tazhyngarth, I just replaced my westell 2200 with a GEU003AD3 from buy.com. I paid for it, verizon would not send me a replacement modem (although I did not try that hard...). This fixed my drop outs and slow transfer speeds. Although, your problem seems a little different than mine. The drop outs were sudden, and the reduced speeds were more consistent. Let us know if you get a free one and what the policy is. good luck..

Replacing Westell 6100 modem with Netgear Genie

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Westell ProLine 6100 DSL modem with generic wireless router

I am planning to purchase the Starter Verizon high speed internet plan. It comes with a free Westell ProLine 6100/6110 DSL modem. The combined modem and wireless router is $55. I have a wireless router (Linksys and Cisco). Can I use the Linksys or Cisco wireless router with the Westell ProLine DSL modem, or will I have compatibility problems? Thanks.

To use that modem with a router, I point to:
URL: http://www.dslreports.com/faq/13600
Location: All DSLR (dslreports.com) FAQs » Verizon Online DSL FAQ » Hardware » How do I use a router with the Westell 6100?
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Otherwise, you will...
#1 NOT be able to go anywhere online because of Double NAT.
#2 Or if you can go some where online then..
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I will leave this up to you on what you want to do. Good luck.
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This happened to me when I was setting up the wireless router for a friend. The issue is with the Westall modem. You need to go in and setup the "bridge" option on the westell modem. The link below gives directions or you can call bellsouth dsl support (this is how I learned about it).
http://help.bellsouth.net/bellsouth/asp/contentview.asp?isbrowse=true&sprt_cid=3f993409%2Ddff7%2D422...
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Solution:
Method 1 - Hard Reset
Restore the modem to default settings by pressing the Reset button on the back of the modem and holding it for 3 seconds. (Bridged mode is the default setting for the Westell).
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Method 2 – Bridged Mode
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Click on the Protocols button
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wattabing wrote:
Ok two issues as of right now, but more down the road i think... Anyways, number one, i would like to be able to backup my computer using time machine and my time capsule.. Right now it works properly when inside the local network, was wondering if there was a way to backup when outside the network... i travel a lot and always have my macbook pro with me.
If you have Back to my Mac (available online service from Apple's MobileMe), then you can perform the following actions with your Time Capsule remotely,
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Also, i have a USB hard drive connected to the usb port on back of time capsule but its not showing up anywhere... is that only for printers???
Printer, hub, or compatible disk.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2421
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All right, I've been trying to fix this thing myself, but I've only become more confused. I'm no computer expert, so I'll have to be walked through any suggestions if it comes to manually changing an TCP/IP or something.
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