All, Here is the situation. I recently switched to Comcast business class. I was provided with a SMC Network cable modem. THis box is actually a switch consisting of four ports. Currently I have my AirPort router plugged into the SMC and thus I have a double nat situation. THe SMC is configured to handout DHCP addresses, which is how my AirPort gets its address, but I also am handing out addresses using DHCP to the devices on my private network. I actually am using DHCP reservations and for a specific reason. I have setup mac address filtering to control certain machines on the network. Unfortunately the SMC lacks some of the features for controlling machines that are found in the Apple router. However, this double nat situation can and has created some issues for me. I could of course just bridge the AirPort and give up the whole deal on controlling machines on the network. That may very well end up being necessary in the end; however, before I do so, I wanted to ask if anyone had any thoughts. I did a little searching around on Google, but unfortunately I'm not sure exactly what to look for either. I don't think Google would take my message as a search term either. :) Although I do not have any plans to do this, the advantage of double nat in this case is I could strap three more routers onto the gateway (SMC) and have some fun. Now maybe there is a way around all of this, but seems the current issue is IP6 tunneling, but I am more concerned if this could pose problems with other services. So, thoughts welcome and I'll keep poking around and see what I can learn. The good thing is that all seems to be working for the most part, so this is not a critical need situation. Just need to make sure I can vpn into the network at the office. :)
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