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My current home network consists of several PC connected to a Netgear |
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wireless router (using its default factory IP of 192.168.0.1). It also |
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serves DHCP address to machines that need it. It, in turn, is |
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connected to my DSL modem. |
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I will be adding a firewall to the mix and plan to use the Netgear |
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wireless router solely as a hub and WAP. I will disable it's DHCP |
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serving functionality. |
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My questions are: |
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a) Given it's new role, will it still require an IP address? If so, it |
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will be on my internal network (vs. DMZ with servers) and have an |
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address of 192.168.1.1 for example. Should this be changed now before |
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I rearrange the configuration? I assume it needs an IP as I will need |
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to access the web-based admin interface to turn wireless on and off, |
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etc. |
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b) I would assume the WAN port would not be used and all machines |
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using the "hub" would just plug into one of the four LAN ports. |
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c) I have a "true" hub that will be used in the DMZ consisting of |
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machines with addresses like 192.168.0.x. Here I assume the hub would |
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*not* have an IP assigned to it. |
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Just to be clear, the firewall box has 3 NICs. One will have an IP |
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(dynamic) assigned by my ISP. The second will serve the DMZ and have |
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an IP of 192.168.0.1 and the third will serve the internal network and |
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have an address of 192.168.1.1. |
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Just trying to clear some conceptual errors I seem to be having. |
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Thanks for any input, clarifications, and/or corrections. |
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