I recently was switched to Uverse internet from the old AT&T DSL and had to switch to the Pace 5031NV. I was using a 2wire 2701HG-B and was able to bridge it with no problem. I currently have a Linksys WRVS4400N v2 connected to a server. I have a PC and a laptop that access the server through the Linksys. The only thing I need the Pace for is the internet connection, not routing, so I "bridged" it using the instructions below :
1. Set your router's WAN interface to get an IP address via DHCP. This is required at first so that the 2Wire recognizes your router.
2. Plug your router's WAN interface to one of the 2Wire's LAN interfaces.
3. Restart your router, let it get an IP address via DHCP.
4. Log into the 2Wire router's interface. Go to Settings -> Firewall -> Applications, Pinholes, and DMZ
5. Select your router under section (1).
6. Click the DMZPlus button under section (2).
7. Click the Save button.
8. Restart your router, when it gets an address via DHCP again, it will be the public outside IP address. At this point, you can leave your router in DHCP mode (make sure the firewall on your router allows the DHCP renewal packets, which will occur every 10 minutes), or you can change your router's IP address assignment on the WAN interface to static, and use the same settings it received via DHCP.
9. On the 2Wire router, go to Settings -> Firewall -> Advanced Configuration
10. Uncheck the following: Stealth Mode, Block Ping, Strict UDP Session Control.
11. Check everything under Outbound Protocol Control except NetBIOS.
12. Uncheck NetBIOS under Inbound Protocol Control.
13. Uncheck all the Attack Detection checkboxes (7 of them).
14. Click Save.
The only change I had to make on the Linksys was to change it to DHCP. It worked perfectly and I was able to access the internet while connected to the Linksys router. However, after a week or so, I lost service. AT&T came out and spent a day working on my lines and determined that the line going upstairs where my server and Linksys router are located was not strong enough to receive the signal. So they had to install the Pace downstairs where the signal was stronger. Now I cannot physically connect the Linksys to the Pace with an ethernet cable. This leaves me with a problem of either having to pay someone to rewire my house (which I rent, not own!) so I can connect the Pace to the Linksys upstairs or drop a long ethernet cable downstairs connecting the Linksys to the Pace everytime I need to use it. Neither of these are really an option! So my question, is it possible to connect the two routers wirelessly, since I can't physically connect the Linksys upstairs with the pace downstairs? Being able to connect the Pace to Linksys wirelessly would solve the problem and save me having to rewire a rented house!! Any help would be greatly appreciated!