sure new stuff is better but when I assigned fixed ip's and turned off DHCP in my router I could NOT get to the WAN. LAN worked fine. Pretty sure it was something I did wrong but I just assimilated and went DHCP. I can set the router to reserve ip's on the lan side so in affect fixed ip's with DHCP. But you have more free time then me to PLAY >:-} fp
At 07:53 AM 10/10/2007, DHSinclair Poked the stick with: >Yes, Wayne, do understand that the 192.168.x.x series is one of the 3 private >IP series. >Order went thru last night. Install kit is due here 10-16-07. Excitement >increases! > >Suppose I'll have to review some more fundamentals. Yes, the new router also >came with a >default IP addy of 192.168.0.1. Correct, I do see this series used mostly on >most network >related equipment. Odd, but until I re-addressed the router with a 10.0.0.x >addy, I could not >speak to it via the browser call of "http://192.168.0.1/"; from any of my LAN >clients. >The browser just sat their and churned until it finally timed out. I found >this strange then and >still do. I will re-test this again today..... > >DHCP is disabled in the router, btw. Maybe anal but I like to assign static >IPs to my LAN clients. >I recall using DHCP back in 1999/2000 w/last router and xdsl and the automatic >lease release/ >renew business was problematic. Perhaps I give it a try again for S&G's.... :) > >Maybe it matters little whatever the internal IP addy of the new xdsl modem >may be. Was lead >to believe that a router is also a "bridge" via its' WAN side port. Am I >wrong? >Best, >Duncan > >At 06:30 10/10/2007 -0400, Wayne wrote: > >>No because 192.168.*.* is also a private address & more routers seem to be >>using that instead of the 10.0.0.* ip addies these days but either should >>work just fine of course if you should happen to have to call TS you'll >>royally screw with their heads. ;-) >> >>At 17:06 10-09-2007, DHSinclair typed: >>>Can I assume that as I RTFM and see reference to an internal IP addy for the >>>modem in the 192.168.x.x series that this is just for discussion? >> >> >> ---------------+-------------- >>I'm a geek that loves to tweak. > > >This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- A deluge of words and drop of sense.
