On Sun, 10 Jul 2011, Scott Howell wrote:
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.
The best thing to do if you can is bridge the SMC and let the airport deal with everything. Now, I don't know anything about airport routers, so I don't know if they know anything about PPPoE/PPPoA, etc. So I don't know if this would work. But it's the optimal solution for this situation.
Usually, the best way to connect two routers together is to use LAN ports on both of them. But this works better when it's the one which talks to the world which should control everything. I recently set this up - I connected two 4-port routers together which got me two more ports.
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