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1. Plug one computer into the Pace (2Wire) gateway and browse to http://172.16.1.254/.

2. Disable 'Router-Behind-Router Detection' if available by unchecking it under Settings->System Info->Event Notifications and click the 'Save' button at the bottom right of the page.

3. Move the computer into port 1 on the DD-WRT router, plug the WAN port on the router into port 1 on the Pace (2Wire) gateway and browse to http://192.168.1.1/index.asp.

4. Enter, Save and Apply a Host Name to your router to help identify it (use the model number).

5. Browse to http://172.16.1.254/ and set the router to use 'DMZplus mode' for the Host Name you just entered by selecting it under Settings->Firewall->Applications, Pinholes and DMZ and click the 'Save' button at the bottom right of the page.

On SaskTel when using the Pace (2Wire) gateway in DMZplus mode for the DD-WRT router, it only gets a 10 minute DHCP WAN (SaskTel) lease that should be renewed halfway through at 5 minutes. Because the request and response are coming from different ports, the DD-WRT firewall blocks the response. It counts down to 0, releases and renews the WAN (SaskTel) IP, which temporarily disconnects you from the Internet (hanging large downloads, disconnecting Skype, etc.).

You can test this by looking here:

http://192.168.1.1/Status_Internet.asp

If it is working, Remaining Lease Time should count down from 10 mins to 5 mins and back to 10 mins. If it is not working, it counts down to 0, releases and renews the WAN (SaskTel) IP, which temporarily disconnects you from the Internet (the problem):

"the DD-WRT SPI firewall is blocking responses from the DCHP server. UDP requests are sent to the DHCP server at 50% intervals, but the response is actually coming from a different server, and is thus blocked by the firewall. The easiest fix for this is to add the following command to your firewall rules."

“Under the ‘Administration’ tab, click the ‘Command’ tab. Copy the rule into the ‘Commands’ box and click ‘Save Firewall’ below that.”