So I just changed ISPs from Time Warner to Verizon and all I can say is “wow this router is a dog.” It’s probably the worst piece of junk I’ve ever seen. I’ve seen routers come from the Soviet Union with better software on them. The interface is a cludge, you’re constantly forced to click “yes I’m really sure I want to do xyz” constantly, and the clicky bits aren’t actually attached to anything!
If you’re like me and your banging your head against a wall trying to get port forwarding working… keep banging. I’ve managed to get port 22 to forward to a linux box but that’s about it.
Here’s a screen cast, and here’s a post about it.
Update:
Here’s a great post on bridging the Westell 9100EM
I’d love to hear if you’ve had more luck.
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wow wtf is wrong with you lol. besides the fact that 90% of the time this router port forwards itself (windows computers mostly) the port forwarding is very easy and actually rather advanced in how it lets you set it up. its very nice for both home users and IT users. you clearly have no consept of networking after what i just read.
I’m a developer and worked as a systems administrator for the last 10 years so it’s probably true that I “have no concept of networking.” Kidding aside, I haven’t used Windows (at home) for a while now so maybe I’m missing the automatic port forwarding. I’m not near the router now but I’m pretty sure I would’ve turned off automatic port forwarding anyway (hello security risks).
I did manage to get everything I need set up and I’ll update this post in a while.
I would like to point out that this router is a POS for several reasons. Without going in to it too much here’s one or two reasons. First, the router doesn’t support 802.11n (b and g are supported). Second, it has some pretty small tables (more on that later). Last, it’s got pretty bad range, I’ve ended up using a Linksys router as a WAP with the Westell handing out DHCP addresses.
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