Which Router should I buy
I have been trying to use the video chat with my mom but it isn't working. On my end my house is wired for LAN so I have an Airport connected directly to the wall. On my mom's end she has DSL from Verizon and has whatever router they supplied. Her DSL comes through her phone line. I want to know if I can buy her a router that will solve some our connection issues.
Jeremy
At the moment the most important fact in this post is that at your end you have two devices that can route (at least)
You have an Airport device which by default will "Share an IP" which means it will do DHCP to your Lan and therefore your computer.
You describe the bit in front of this as a LAN which suggests another router somewhere or a modem that routes.
If it is a router we still have to eliminate the Modem as a routing device as well.
Please tell us the makes and models of the devices between you and the internet and how they are set up regarding DHCP and how the ports are opened ?
You should be aiming for One DHCP if you have one at all.
Ideally UPnP in routers and NAT-PMP in the Airport Device.
There are potential issues with NAT if the router can only do Port Forwarding and not UPnP as this will still mean two lots of NAT.
The Verizon DSL site does not seem to say which modem they supply
However this page is initially a pop up about "compatible" modem
http://www22.verizon.com/content/consumerdsl/popups/modem/modem.htm
All of these would need setting up for iChat.
They do list three device here
http://www22.verizon.com/ResidentialHelp/HighSpeed/GeneralSupport/TopQuestions/QuestionsOne/85128.htm
But it is not clear if these are the current ones
For the Westell 327W they suggest that the User's Online password and Online Password are the things to use to access it (or the Defaults of admin and password )
Basically it is not clear that you have tried all the options with the current devices.
8:22 PM Sunday; May 4, 2008
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