Received a replacement 5268AC today, and tried using the bridge mode on this new modem. Unfortunately it has the same problem -- the bridge mode appears to be non-functional.
I swapped in the old 4111N modem and everything works.
At this point, I have a high level of confidence that the bridge mode on the 5268AC does not work.
I've only tested with this one firmware version though, so maybe it's a bug in the firmware?
I finally got switched from an ADSL to a VDSL line, and the bridge mode on the 5268AC modem is now functional. It looks like the Bridge Mode on the 5268AC modem doesn't work with ADSL for some reason.
I have now tried the replacement 5268AC with the same result. Bridging just does not work with ether of these devices. I did buy an old Actiontec C2000A (you guessed it...eBay!) and have had great results right out of the box so I guess it was not a cockpit error on my part after all.
I found that by setting the C2000A's ISP protocol to "Transparent Bridging 0/35" on the Settings:WAN Settings tab it just works. This solves my problem (for ~$30) and now I can finish configuring my system.
I do appreciate your help Liam but I have spent about 10 hours trying to get the Pace modem to bridge with ZERO progress. I think that there must be a software barrier, possible in some but not all revisions, that is blocking traffic in this mode.
I will send one 5268 back now and the other at the end of my 1 year incentive period. Maybe this will get more fully resolved in the future.
Glad to see it worked for some.
It's sad it did not for Lynn.
I understand the work that was put into it without results is a major headache. We have another type of modem we could try but since you got one that works that is equally as good.
I feel like this is a case by case issue but if anyone else has this issue and it pops up more I can look into the matter of some kind of firmware bug on our end.
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