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> I found a how to. I read it. This is what I got out of it. It sounds like I need to let the modem use DHCP with the phone company. |
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[MWK] Yes |
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>Then I need to set the ethernet that comes toward the router to say 192.168.1.2 |
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[MWK] No. Set the WAN side of your router to use DHCP. The modem and |
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your ISP will assign the address to the WAN side. |
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>then set the router to 192.168.1.5 or something to come to my puter.. |
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Actually, it should get set automatically to something like |
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192.168.1.1. Make sure you are using Gateway mode on the Advanced |
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Routing tab. No computer should be set to this address. |
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Turn on DHCP in the Router for your internal network and start at |
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192.168.1.200 or something way out there. Allow 10 addresses. |
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> Then when I hook up my second puter, I can assign it 192.168.1.6 or something. Best I can figure, no two can have the same IP. Each device has two IPs, one coming in, one going out. That part sort of confuses me a bit. I need a chalk board for this. |
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Each Ethernet NIC has one IP address. If you want to use fixed IP's |
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then set them to anything from 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.199 so as to |
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not conflict with the Router or DHCP. |
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> I think the how to may have made this worse. :-( |
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> I don't know if the reset changed this or not but I did notice that the setting "connection type" was set to "on demand" again. I put it back to "always on" which is what I set it to once before. I was told it watches for http traffic and if there is none for a while, it logs off. Since I check email, have Kopete running and ntp plus others running, I need it on all the time. |
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That 'On Demand' thing isn't something I see in my LinkSys but I have |
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a different model than you so who knows. |
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Good luck, |
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Mark |