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On Sunday 19 December 2010 10:10:56 Dale wrote: |
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> It's pretty simple tho. Computer >> router >> DSL modem >> internet. |
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Seems to me that the only place you need DHCP is on the DSL side of the |
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modem, so that it can request an address from your ISP. If you pay them |
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for a static address, that's the one you'll get; otherwise of course |
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it'll vary from one occasion to another. |
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On the inner side of the DSL modem I suggest you fix an address, say |
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192.168.0.1, then 192.168.0.2 on the router's modem interface, then |
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192.168.1.1 on the router's LAN interface. All those with a 24-bit mask |
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for simplicity. (I used to use a 29-bit mask, but that only leaves six |
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addresses free and it was too restrictive.) |
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You could run DHCP in the router if you wanted to, to save yourself |
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setting manual addresses on your computers, but personally I don't |
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bother with DHCP as I prefer to know what address belongs to which |
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interface. It's not as though I had hundreds of boxes to keep abreast |
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of, after all. |
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Rgds |
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Peter. Linux Counter 5290, 1994-04-23. |
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