Quote Originally Posted by JimDog View Post
I've used it both ways without a problem. When I originally got U-verse, I was not using my own router and had everything connected to the 2Wire. The 2Wire thought the PAP2 was a router when I connected it and automatically prompted me to put it in DMZplus the next time I tried to browse a web site from my PC. I did put it in DMZplus and it worked fine that way. I did not try it without DMZplus.

Since then I've set up my own router, a Linksys WRTP54G-NA, behind the 2Wire and have been using it for all wired and wireless connectivity, except for the DVR and set top boxes which are connected directly to the 2Wire. My Linksys router is set up for DMZplus in the 2Wire and my PAP2 is connected to a LAN port on the Linksys router. The PAP2 is NOT in the Linksys router's DMZ and I do not have any ports forwarded. Aside from putting the Linksys router in the 2Wire's DMZ plus zone, everything else was plug and play. I haven't had any issues with this setup and everything's been working fine for months.
Thanks JimDog. Nice to know that all is well. Things seemed to have stabilized on my end. I'm doing what you've done: put my old router in the DMZ plus of the 2Wire. Essentially everything that was previously connected to my cable modem is now connected to the 2Wire.

I've also turned off wireless on the RG. However, I've configured it with an easy to remember pass-phrase and changed the SSID and plan to use it for guest access (when I have visitors). That way I don't have to add mac addresses to my regular router nor reveal its passphrase; and, presumably the visitors will be on a different subnet.

Brandon, if you need any help with configuring the RG to operate as above feel free to contact me - a call may be simplest. Based on my one day's experience I'll be happy to help :-).