Gargoyle Noob Troubles

[ispyisail]

From my understand in NZ we mainly use PPPoA?

Put your modem in bridge mode, and in the connect via field of the WAN section, use the PPPoE option.

I'm not sure why Eric wanted you to go down this path?

If it were me I would put the gargoyle router in AP mode

Configuration:
Gargoyle Router - 192.168.1.1
ADSL Modem - 192.168.10.1
DHCP Pool ( gargoyle ) - 192.168.1.100 - 192.168.1.200
Gargoyle Gateway: 192.168.10.1 (ADSL Modem)

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internet -- (Phone)DSL Router(LAN) -- (WAN)Gargoyle router(LAN) -- (LAN) PC

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internet -- (Phone)DSL Router(LAN) -- (WAN)Gargoyle router(wifi) (()) (wifi) PC

[Mandango]

I would put the gargoyle router in AP mode

By AP mode do you mean Wireless Access Point mode? I am wanting the Gargoyle Router to connect via Ethernet to the ADSL so as to cut down on latency and wireless congestion. And also, as far as I know, you can only monitor hosts usage of the (ADSL) Internet if the ADSL modem is connected directly to the WAN port - is this incorrect?

[pbix]

If you cannot figure out how to put your modem in bridge mode or you have a PPPoA connection (not supported by Gargoyle) you should leave your modem in router mode with it own subnet (ie 192.168.2.x) and providing DHCP. Then connect the modem to the WAN port of your Gargoyle router and set the WAN connection type in Gargoyle to DHCP/Wired.

Configure your Gargoyle DHCP server as a second subnet (ie 102.168.1.x) and wired your system such that all devices connect to your Gargole router. Thus all your local devices/computers will be on the Gargoyle subnet.

For proper Active Congestion control in this configuration you must manually enter a ping target in the controller configuration on the QoS download screen. In that field enter the gateway IP that your modem acquires from your ISP.

While this setup is not as elegant and functional as the recommended bridge mode it will work acceptable for most people and allow you to use QoS.

The above recommended configuration will automatically handle all network settings such has gateway settings so no need to set them manually on your local devices.

As I said previously QoS is used to control congestion and latency not Quotas so if that is your goal you will be spending your time learning about QoS. After you have your system functioning the next step is to figure out how to share the available bandwidth fairly between your devices.

There is no opensource firmware available for your ADSL modem so you cannot change the firmware on it.