[neGev]

So, the 3925 can't be used in bridging mode?

[Grawns]

Got offered the Cisco epc3925 as a free upgrade and stupidly said yes. The range is rubbish and I only upgraded in the hope of a better signal/aerial than the 2425. Lost wifi in several rooms with new yoke:mad

Was all set to demand my old modem back but I thought I'd try an
Old range expander that wouldn't work with the 2425. Works great now and have signal in rooms that were always out of range

Lucky that I had a linksys Wre54g knocking around otherwise worst upgrade ever.

[Tango One]

I had a problem with the range on my mine changing the encryption from WPA TKIP to WPA AES seems to have improved things.

[neGev]

Originally Posted by neGev

So, the 3925 can't be used in bridging mode?

Can anyone confirm or deny this?

[Stone]

Originally Posted by Mister Gooey

Originally Posted by Paulw
I'm considering moving from the 25mb package to the 100mb one.

With the new router, is it possible to totally disable wireless on it, and then use my own wireless router?

Yes!

Would you mind telling how as it seems - according to other posts - that the 3925 does NOT allow for bridging ??

[matt-dublin]

Turn off dhcp server on your wireless router, plug LAN port of router into LAN port of Cisco, configure up settings and presto

[Stone]

Originally Posted by matt-dublin

Turn off dhcp server on your wireless router, plug LAN port of router into LAN port of Cisco, configure up settings and presto

Sorry, but I am afraid that this is not as simple as that as you will have a dual router setup this way with all the issues of that config (e.g. separate IP segments needed; NAT/port forwarding etc.) - which is why the bridging function is imperative .... Hence my question ....

[matt-dublin]

Actually it is totally possible.

Let the Cisco router handle dhcp and disable wireless on it.

Change the ip address of the second router to something on the range the Cisco is on.

Disable dhcp on the second router

Using a cat5 x over cable connect up LAN port 1 to LAN port 1 on the second router.

Set up the second router to broadcast wireless.

Then the Cisco is doing all your routIng and the second is only acting as a wireless hub.

Trust me... It works

[Stone]

Originally Posted by matt-dublin

Actually it is totally possible.

Let the Cisco router handle dhcp and disable wireless on it.

Change the ip address of the second router to something on the range the Cisco is on.

Disable dhcp on the second router

Using a cat5 x over cable connect up LAN port 1 to LAN port 1 on the second router.

Set up the second router to broadcast wireless.

Then the Cisco is doing all your routIng and the second is only acting as a wireless hub.

Trust me... It works

Matt,

What you are describing here is using your own wireless router as a wireless access-point ..... and sure this works if all you want to ot use the wireless capability of your own wireless router.
BUT the real question is to bypass the Cisco's routing function completely and use your own router's routing capablities (as well as wireless obviously) .....

Cheers,
Stone

[testicle]

If you contact UPC with the MAC address of your own router they'll enable bridging for you (for business connections anyway)

[matt-dublin]

Originally Posted by Stone

Matt,

What you are describing here is using your own wireless router as a wireless access-point ..... and sure this works if all you want to ot use the wireless capability of your own wireless router.
BUT the real question is to bypass the Cisco's routing function completely and use your own router's routing capablities (as well as wireless obviously) .....

Cheers,
Stone

Yes, but its not possible so i offered a workaround which does a similar job. (OP looking for better signal, not routing capabilities)

there's no significant benefit to bypassing the ciscos routing functionality so the solution i offered will do what he wants to do, extend the wireless signal.

[vibe666]

according to what i've read online, the 3925 has a DMZ option the same as the thompson router before it, so you can just do what all us thompson owners did and disable everything on the UPC router and connect your own routers WAN port to it and stick it in the DMZ and let it look after everything.

it's not quite bridging, but it's functionally the same for port forwarding and that kind of thing and plenty of people here are using it successfully.

[Stevie_D_D]

I got the free router upgrade from EPC 2425 to the EPC 3925 and have found the wireless strength terrible. As others have mentioned, it's now very hard to pick up the wifi in rooms where it previously worked fine. I specifically asked the UPC lad on the phone whether the new router would have worse signal too and he said it would be the exact same

Anyway, I was wondering if there is anything on this attached image below that should be changed, because I remember when I first got the EPC 2425 there were a couple of options that people recommended should be ticked. Thanks

[billyj2]

Anyone else getting the old "limited access" status on wireless connections with this router. It was stable for a few weeks but we are getting this all the time now in different locations in the house and different machines. Its a royal pain at this stage

[pdidit]

what is the default password on the router?

sorry if this was asked