
About This Guide
New Features for this Release
This version of the Hotwire DSL Routers User’s Guide documents firmware release 4.4, which adds the following new features for the Hotwire 6351 ReachDSL Router:
IP passthrough. This feature allows the router to pass through or share its public IP address with a single LAN device. The DSL router establishes a PPPoE and PPP session with the Network Access Server (NAS). The public IP address is negotiated via IPCP, installed on the router’s DSL interface, and served to the passthrough device via DHCP.
Automatic configuration of options provided by the DHCP server to its clients. This feature is available when PPPoE is enabled and is the default unless explicitly refused by the user. This allows the DHCP Server option configuration items to be set automatically with values negotiated during the network layer protocol phase of PPP (IPCP).
Secondary DNS server. The DHCP server can specify a secondary DNS server in its offer to a client.
No router option required. Configuration of the DHCP Server feature no longer requires that a value for the Router option be specified.
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