PLDT DSL and Zyxel Modem Router

Two months after using PLDT "unlimited" DSL, at the best I'd say it's pretty much crap. It's down almost everyday for at least an hour (once it was forty-eight hours). Crap. Then when you're finally connected to the Internet, you'll find that you get less than sixty-percent of the advertised bandwidth. Crap. Then there's customer support. It doesn't take a computer literate to know they're talking BS. They could at least put someone remotely knowledgable in computer networks available to answer the phone. No one likes calling a helpdesk and then gets, well, Crap.

Fortunatley, they'll supply you with quality modems (no USB modems here; Globe, stop trying to sell with that junk). If you got a Zyxel 650R, you can set it to router mode for security. While mine was in bridge mode, Zonealarm reports 5-10 intrusions a second, totalling to almost 950,000 intrusions in four weeks!

To enable router mode, open 192.168.1.1 in a browser, login and enter Wizard setup. Change
Mode: Router and
Encapsulation: PPPoE,
go to next page and enter your username and password then change
IP Address: Obtain IP Address Automatically
Connection: Nailed-Up Connection
Network Address Translation: SUA Only
Save your settings and diagnose, check that everything is PASS. Logout and close browser.
Go to Control Panel > Network Connections and open properties for LAN Connection. Open TCP/IP Properties and set IP Address and DNS to Automatic.
You won't be needing to run the PPPoE connection dialer anymore as it will automatically connect to the Internet (when it's not down).