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Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> On Sunday 19 December 2010 11:53:33 Dale wrote: |
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>> This was fun. |
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> :-) |
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>> I tried to set it up the way you explained but |
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>> apparently I ain't to good with this. Now the router don't work at |
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>> all and I had to hit the reset button on the modem. I'm glad I |
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>> could remember the password. :/ |
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> Ook! |
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I got the router working again. Reset button and turning them on in |
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sequence got it to working again. Yeppie !! |
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>> OK. The IP I get from AT&T is set by them and it changes. I think |
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>> that is dynamic not static. So, I assume that part of the |
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>> connection has to be DHCP. Correct? That was how I left it anyway. |
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> Yes, that's right. So your modem's outer connection sends a DHCP request |
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> over the phone line, gets a name and an address and sets itself up to |
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> use them. So far so good. |
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>> Where does this network idiot go from here? I think the modem got |
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>> mad when I told it to let the router set the IP between it and the |
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>> modem. |
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> Ah! I think I see what happened here. The modem won't be able to ask for |
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> an address on its inner side; you'll have to tell it what address to use |
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> as it's going to be the fixed point that other devices use to get out to |
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> the Internet. Then tell your router what address to use to talk to it. |
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> (If you're like me you'll get confused over which connection you're |
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> working on while setting up two-interface devices.) |
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> Would you mind telling me why you have a router between yourself and the |
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> modem? (Maybe you've told us already and I missed it.) If all the |
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> connections are via Ethernet you can omit the router for the moment and |
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> get a connection established direct to the modem. Once that's working |
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> you can put the router back and we can think about getting it working |
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> too. |
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Well, I plan to put another puter on the network before to long. I'll |
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have two computers and one internet connection so in comes the router. |
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Right now, I'm trying to get one to work. Then maybe I will understand |
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how to add another. That's the plan anyway. |
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>> P.S. Going to look for a howto to see if it at least helps me |
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>> understand how this works. |
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> Good idea - maybe it'll make better sense to you than I do :-) |
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I read two of them. I think it is more muddier now than it was. It |
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didn't seem to help a lot. Once I get confused, I'm stuck. Once I get |
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it tho, I got it. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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