Thompson TG784 & Asus RT-N56U working in harmony?

[Benhermies]

So a few weeks ago my ISP called me up and offered me a really good deal on a high-speed internet and VOIP home phone bundle. For about $15 more a month I get double my internet speed, a home phone, free installation and free modem rental. It's a pretty good deal (http://ca.inter.net). The modem arrived late last week and a technician came to install it yesterday. What I realize now is they mislead me about the modem specs. I was told it was wireless N capable, but it turns out it's only wireless G with only 100/Mbps ports. It's a Thompson TG784. So basically networking wise it's a big step back from my Asus RT-N56U router. On top of this, for some reason it won't let me stream most of my videos to my TV! Maybe it's a port forwarding issue? I don't know. What I do know is that things were overall much better before I got this setup.

This is what I'd like to do: Use the TG784 as just a DSL/VOIP modem and hook it up to my RT-N56U for all my usual gigabit/wireless N networking stuff. The thing is, I don't know how to set this up. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[overdrive31]

Try changing the LAN subnet of the ASUS to something like 192.168.2.1, then plug the Thompson into the ASUS' WAN port. Then login to the Thompson(192.168.1.254) and choose "Assign Public IP to device" of the ASUS. Disable the Thompson's wireless radio. This puts the ASUS on a non-conflicting subnet, it puts it into the modem/router's DMZ for best port service support, and allows VoIP to function.

 

[Benhermies]

Overdrive31 you are a genius!!! I did what you said and now everything is right with the world again. Thank you!