Hi guys,I recently switched to a Draytek Vigor 2710e modem so that I can set it up as a dumb modem to my Linksys EA4500. Unfortunately, while my Linksys is able to connect to the internet (and get a WAN IP and such) but I have no real connectivity.I've been trying to follow steps that others have used for their Vigor 120, and while the modem is different, they should still work similarly as both have the PPPoE/PPPoA relay function. The screenshots for the web interface look similar, at any rate!My understanding is that all I have to do is set the Draytek modem to enable PPPoE passthrough, ensure that the ISP name is left blank, which it is. The Draytek has the following settings:VPI: 0VCI: 100Encapsulating Type: VC MuxProtocol: PPPoAEverything else has been left as default as I believe that if you have the PPPoE passthrough function checked, then it ignores all those other settings.Next, I have my Draytek connected to a phone line, and LAN port #1 is connected to the Ethernet port (what I assume is the 'input' - as opposed to the LAN ports) of my Linksys. The DHCP server is still currently enabled on the Draytek.Now, as for my Linksys configuration - I have it set to PPPoE mode, and have a default email/password in the authentication. All I can actually configure at this point is the login settings, 'keep alive' and the MTU settings. (I actually have no idea what the latter two does in terms of connectivity, besides assuming keep alive maintains the connection permanently.)When I go to the status page of my Linksys, I am greeted by a WAN IP in the IPv4 section, and I can see that I have two DNS servers that it seems to have picked up automatically.However I am unable to actually connect to an external site, whether through a wired connection or wireless! Confusingly, I could ping google.com and get a reply, but telecom.co.nz. I couldn't connect to either sites with a browser. I assumed it was just a DNS server setting, as I could also ping Google's DNS servers. However when I set my connection properties on the computer to connect to 8.8.8.8/8.8.4.4, I still faced the same issues I described above.Where could I be going wrong in this setup? When I connect a computer to the Draytek directly I can see that in the connection status page, I can see the upstream/downstream speeds, which must mean that as far as the Draytek is concerned I'm connected to the internet as well.I just have a few concerns with the following points:Should the Draytek have DHCP enabled?I am unable to manually set the DNS settings on the Draytek, but it looks like the DNS settings that the Draytek gets (I assume automatically) is not matching what the Linksys picks up. Furthermore none of the DNS settings also match what Telecom has.Even if I manually configure DNS on my computer, I still can't get a connection.What could be going wrong? :(Just to cover all my bases - I am able to connect to the internet with the Draytek if I set it up normally.Any help would be much appreciated! I was up until the wee hours of the morning in my determination to try set this up… until I was defeated by my sleepiness.Thanks if you've read this far! :D
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