On 10/04/18 01:20, E James wrote: > I've just had my broadband upgraded and now I need to use a vdsl modem. The > new "super" router provided with the upgrade is unsatisfactory as a dhcp > server. It only allows a maximum of 8 reserved IP addresses and I want more. > If I'm counting correctly I have 11 devices connected to my home network via > ethernet and another 8 via wi-fi. In most cases I need a known IP address for > network shares and remote desktop operation. Almost all of them need to > connect to the internet. > > I have a Zyxel 16 port gigabit switch connected to a TP-Link router which > connects to a Dynamode router which now connects to my new Huawei HG633 > (Talktalk) vdsl router. The TP-Link router acts only as a switch - the > ethernet connection between the Zyxel and the Dynamode won't work properly > without it. I have turned off the wireless and dhcp functions in the Talktalk > router. The Dynamode wireless and dhcp functions work well. The Huawei > broadband connection is about as good as I can expect it to be, but I can't > get any of my devices to connect to the internet. I'm writing this message on > my laptop which is tethered to my phone. I can probably get the system to > work by assigning fixed addresses to most of my devices, but I would prefer > to avoid that much work. > > Any suggestions and / or explanations would be much appreciated. >
Problem solved thanks to some advice on another forum. What is now obvious with hindsight is that I needed to fill in dns and gateway addresses on the Dynamode router. -- Lubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
