Re: [cobalt-users] Bringing it home

[David Lucas <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:19 PM 2/26/2003, you wrote:
> I would like to maintain a server (RAQ2) on my DSL service at home.  I have
> business class DSL (512/256) with a single static IP address (65.73.31.82).
> The service provider (Frontier) supply an Efficient 5861 router, and their
> installer connected my PC and confirmed internet connectivity (this was an
> upgrade today from residential service with a dynamic IP address).  Frontier
> will not release the admin password for the router, so I have no access to
> the router.
>
> I connected my Dell 1184 Wireless router, and on rebooting the Efficient
> router have a working 802.11 wireless network for my laptops and PDAs.
>
> The Efficient router's private IP address is 192.168.254.254, subnet
> 255.255.255.0, and the installer advised that it was NAT enabled and DNS
> enabled, with "obtain IP automatically" (DHCP?) selected.

If it is obtaining an IP automatically, it is dynamic, not static!
Your address should have been set.

Get ip2 from keir.net and see what your ip really is.
or try mywanip from tzo.com

> Frontier say they can access and program the router if I tell them exactly
> what I need.  This is the limit of their support.
>
> I want to add the RAQ2 to the Efficient Router and map it to the outside
> world for web, mail, ftp and dns!  I am assuming that I can do this using
> NAT, but don't know what to tell Frontier!
>
> On running IPCONFIG on my main PC (A Dell P4 running XP), I get...
>
> Windows IP Configuration
>
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>
>         Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : Searcher
>         IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.254.2
>         Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>         Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.254.254
>
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 5:
>
>         Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
>
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 4:
>
>         Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
>         Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 5.0.1.0
>         Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
>         Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
>
> (Connection 5 is an unused NIC port on the PC, and I'm not sure what
> Connection 4 is!)
>
> My questions are...
>
> 1)  What settings should I enter on the RAQ2 for IP address, netmask and
> gateway?
>
> 2)  Do I need to request additional IP addresses from Frontier, or can I do
> everything with one?
>
> 3)  What settings do I need to ask Frontier to program on the router?
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Drew
>
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