https://business.forums.bt.com/t5/Archive/BT-Business-Router-in-Bridged-Mode/m-p/31143#M4664 <P>Hi, hoping someone can help as the BT chaps I have just spoke to cant. Looking to migrate our business broadband to BT but need to have this question answered before I jump in?</P><P><BR />I currently have a hardware firewall on the LAN side of my adsl router, this is where all the 'magic' happens with VOIP, VPNs, DMZ &amp; webservers. I have static IPs for the router, firewall &amp; webservers. At present my adsl router simply forwards all traffic into the hardware firewall transparently.&nbsp;</P><P><BR />Apparently the BT router can be set to bridged mode but connection must be PPPoA, my hardware firewall only does PPPoE, has anyone got this working OK? I managed to get this working many years back with BT router, but cannot recall how I did it, certainly was on my own as I recall BT support could get their head round it at that time.</P><P><BR />I will need to use WIFI also, not that makes any difference if the BT router doesnt do any routing in bridged mode?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Many thanks</P> Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:13:35 GMT garybrett1703 2011-10-14T15:13:35Z https://business.forums.bt.com/t5/Archive/BT-Business-Router-in-Bridged-Mode/m-p/31143#M4664 <P>Hi, hoping someone can help as the BT chaps I have just spoke to cant. Looking to migrate our business broadband to BT but need to have this question answered before I jump in?</P><P><BR />I currently have a hardware firewall on the LAN side of my adsl router, this is where all the 'magic' happens with VOIP, VPNs, DMZ &amp; webservers. I have static IPs for the router, firewall &amp; webservers. At present my adsl router simply forwards all traffic into the hardware firewall transparently.&nbsp;</P><P><BR />Apparently the BT router can be set to bridged mode but connection must be PPPoA, my hardware firewall only does PPPoE, has anyone got this working OK? I managed to get this working many years back with BT router, but cannot recall how I did it, certainly was on my own as I recall BT support could get their head round it at that time.</P><P><BR />I will need to use WIFI also, not that makes any difference if the BT router doesnt do any routing in bridged mode?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Many thanks</P> Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:13:35 GMT https://business.forums.bt.com/t5/Archive/BT-Business-Router-in-Bridged-Mode/m-p/31143#M4664 garybrett1703 2011-10-14T15:13:35Z