Experience with Motorola (Netopia) 2210-02 router?

[stefanl]

Hi everyone,

I have Fusion Broadband, and I use the Motorola (Netopia) 2210-02 router (Motorola bought Netopia a couple years ago). This router is running "Software Version: 7.7.4r1".

What has you experience been with this modem? Have you upgraded the firmware or performed any special tuning? I think I've seen an updated version of the firmware on the Motorola.com or Netopia.com website.

-= Stefan

[Guest]

thats the same version and model i got from sonic for fusion.

works great. you might need to set it to bridge mode. sonic's friendly staff will be able to help if there's any issues.

[thulsa_doom]

If you get an opportunity to upgrade to software version 7.8.4r4, I recommend you let it slide. 7.8.4r1 is the recommended firmware as of this writing.

[stefanl]

@thulsa: Can you point me to the authoritative firmware link for this device? And is there a ChangeLog of recent changes?

It's hard to find accurate information for this device. Motorola/Netopia does a poor job at this.

[thulsa_doom]

I don't have a changelog handy, but the firmware we're using is available at ftp://ftp.sonic.net/pub/firmware/nta774r1_res.bin

[ddissett]

Hello All,

I would recommend caution when upgrading this modem past software version 7.7.4r1. I upgraded to 7.8.4r4 some time ago and was unable to find a functional configuration, eventually downgraded back to 7.7.4r1, and have had few problems since.

In summary, it seemed to me that bridge mode functionality is broken or inaccessible in 7.8.4r4. I used a command line configuration change documented on Motorola's support site to enable bridging in both versions. With 7.7.4r1, the box functioned as expected. The upgraded 2210-02 worked fine in NAT mode, but not when bridging. I tried multiple config variants. Reverting the software upgrade resolved the issue. At the time I found anecdotal evidence on the web about such a problem in the later version(s), but I didn't think to save any links.

Step cautiously.?

[user]

There is 7.8.4r19 available for 2210-02-10NA
It may fix the bridging issues and adds IPOE wan option.