ok, everything is working good now, cheers

lol, no problem with the user and pass, i've tried what you said, it seems to be working good, the only other thing i'm not sure of is what to set RIB to, RIB1, RIB-2B, RIB-2M, IGMPv1, v2, v3, the...

i have called TPLink, they can't help me without the info from the ISP, not their fault, Telstra is absolute BS not giving me the info, anyway, i'll try what you mention, for MTU & MSS, would the...

thats the problem, my ISP won't give me the info i need because TPLink TD-8817 is not one of their modems, the ISP is Telstra Bigpond, so i'm not sure what encapulation to use, MTU & TCP MSS values,...

ok, i'm not sharing the connection, so would PPPOA VC MUX be a better encapulation then?

no router, i use the TD-8817 by its self, read some where to run this modem in bridge mode, which it is by what you say, still, what would bridge interface do if enabled, nothing unless your using a...