Hi, I can't see the problem with the router for a LAN. You do not need a static address for the LAN server going out, you only need one, or rather it is easier, within the LAN. YOu only need a static IP address if your server is to be visible from outside, but then it is not a LAN server. You should be able to set up the router, soft or hard, to connect to the ISP thru THEIR static IP address, and they assigning YOU an dynamic address each time. That is what the router does going out. The rouyter itself will need a static address within the LAN just like all the other machines. I have exactly the same situation here. The ISP gives you a static address only if you have an open connection, but they don't give a hoot what is behind the connection, open or not. I use IPNetRouter on the server machine with two enet cards, one going to the cable modem and one to the LAN hub. One TCP/IP config is set to the card going to the modem, and it is set to connect via PPP server to the IP address of the ISP. The active config on the server is set to use the other card and connect manually to the static address of the provider. All he other machines are set to connect thru the LAN server address (192.168.1.1) to the static address of the ISP. no problems at all.
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