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Thanks rclaxton1,<br />
Cheers !<br />
--Rob
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Greetings,<br />
Always receive great help here! &nbsp;I have a client using an ISP that only supports PPPoA. The client also has a TZ170 Sonicwall firewall connected to it. I would like the modem to be in transparent bridging mode but the ISP doesn't support it. So, the modem is an ActionTec GT701-WG and this is my question:<br />
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How do I get modem to mimic transparent mode so the TZ170 can perform the firewall functions?<br />
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thanks. --Rob.
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Greetings,
Always receive great help here!  I have a client using an ISP that only supports PPPoA. The client also has a TZ170 Sonicwall firewall connected to it. I would like the modem to be in transparent bridging mode but the ISP doesn't support it. So, the modem is an ActionTec GT701-WG and this is my question:

How do I get modem to mimic transparent mode so the TZ170 can perform the firewall functions?

thanks. --Rob.

PPPoA TZ170

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