I have security cameras that require our modem to be bridged. I had been using a bridged EQ-660R modem for a couple years with a Cisco Linksys WRT350N router (2009) and WRT610N (2011). All of a sudden we started having our internet drop out. So, CenturyLink sent us a PK5001z and we bridged it and used that for quite a while until this last January with a Cisco Linksys EA4500 router that we had bought in 2012. We had some issues that CenturyLink thought was router issues, so we bought a new ASUS RT-AC68U router this last January. We've been using the ASUS router since with the bridged PK5001z without any issues until last Sunday evening. All of a sudden our internet dropped again and we couldn't ever get it back. The CenturyLink techs came and were diligent in trying to get it back up. They installed a new PK5001z modem and it was working fine until they connected it to the ASUS router. When they connected the modem to the router, the internet dropped. They called the CenturyLink network guys and found that something was locking the data stream. The dsl was syncing, but the data stream was locking. So, the network guys unlocked it and the techs tried connecting the router and it happened once again. At this point we all thought that something had happened to the ASUS router. I went and purchased a new Netgear R7000 and got everything set and working properly (everything except my security cameras). So, as soon as I bridged the new PK5001z modem, the internet died again!! I thought I'd try to reset the reset the PK5001z to default settings before calling the techs again and it worked. Once I reset the modem to the default settings the internet started streaming again. I called the techs, and they have no idea why the modem is locking. We're sure hoping someone can help us with this frustrating issue!
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