Comments on: At&t 2wire 2700HG-B Basic Dsl Wireless Router Setup

By: jerry

jerry — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:57:31 +0000

I had to replace my dish dvr receiver and found out I had to set up the wireless all over again. I did this with att about 2 or 3 years ago and they didn’t charge me. So this time they said everytime I get disconnected (replace receiver) I would have to re-configure it all over again for a small fee of $129.00!! What a rip off. I told them I know I can find someone willing to help for free and This sight did that. I appreciate the help because I would rather use the ethernet plug than pay them leeches again.

By: MK

MK — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:10:59 +0000

I figured out how to get my laptop on the network….but don’t see an ADD button for new peripherals, so that I can add my laser printer. It’s an hplaserjet4300dtnsl. I’ll play around with this a little more. I just may figure it out…

By: MK

MK — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:37:42 +0000

I have the 2wire gateway 2701hg-b through AT&T. I had no idea this was a wireless router. How can I add my laptop to this device (wirelessly)? My printer, as well?

Thanks.

By: Duane

Duane — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 03:02:43 +0000

Francisco, the 2Wire 2700 and 2701 are just DSL PPP0E routers with wireless capabilities, all you need to do is configure it with your user name and password from what ever DSL ISP provider you have by going to the gateway screen (192.168.1.254) and it should connect, I have AT&T and upgraded to U-Verse and with my extra 2700HG-B I had a friend with Verizon that I configured it for with no problem.

By: David

David — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 01:07:28 +0000

I’ve encountered a recent problem. I am no longer using the 2wire setup, but now I cannot connect to the internet via anythin else. Although I can connect to the new router f wirelessly as well as direct LAN or even the modem itsel. Is there a way to uninstall anything that was involved with 2wire? or to disable those drivers to allow myself to connect to a new network connnection.

By: Francisco

Francisco — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:54:20 +0000

I have 2wire from Bell, but I’m not with Bell, I’m with Acanac Inc. Bell done the Drive-loop for Acanac to serve me internet. However I am unable to by-pass the Bell Welcome Page. Please, is there anyway to do that?

By: machesked

machesked — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 04:50:46 +0000

There has to be a reason why your computer is not getting a ip address. 169.x.x.x is the default for a pc that is not getting a ip address. I would need more information to solve this problem for you. You could reset the modem, by holding the reset button on the router for 10 – 30 seconds, but you need to know what your router username and password is. You could call At&t for this information but could be on the phone for a while. I don’t know if you have a prewired network or how you have the cabling installed.

Try running a different ethernet cable from the router to the computer. What mean is disconnect the router and install it right next to the pc and use a different ethernet cable. You should be able to aquire a ip address from the router, but you won’t have any internet at that time. At least you would be able to determine if you have a bad cable, ethernet card or router. If you could please give me more info, I will gladly help you out.

By: David

David — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:43:10 +0000

Thanks Dustin. I noticed that option for disabling the viewing of inactive devices, I tried that but it did not help my situation. The problem is that I have a computer on the home network and it is one of those inactive devices. That computer is unable to get IP address (gets 169.x.x.x). If I’m not able to remove the device I’d like to re-activate it. Currently the computer is a device on the home network that is unable to get on the internet due to inability to get IP address. So, if I cannot remove device I’d like to re-activate it. How do I do that? Thanks.

By: machesked

machesked — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:14 +0000

You can’t really remove the devices, but there is a setting to disable viewing inactive devices. Go to the gateway screen (192.168.1.254), then click on the Home network tab at the top of the screen. Once inside the home network tab, click on the advanced settings. At the bottom of the advanced settings screen you will see a option for Display Settings. Uncheck the box for “Show inactive devices in network list”. Hope this help you.

Dustin

By: David

David — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:43:05 +0000

My 2Wire is all set up and running. However, I’d like to delete or remove a couple of the devices (computers) that are now inactive. How do I remove these inactive devices? There is no place in the web UI for removing devices.