dominic58
join:2008-04-15
Madison Heights, MI
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May 5th, @07:16AM
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Re: [Wired] using a BEFW11S4 as a switch
thanks fellas,
i did some googling and found out some more info.
i have the cable from the sr41 in the basement connected to the wan/internet port on the befw. in the set up screen of the befw i still have it set to obtain an ip automatically, set the ip address to 10.10.10.1 and set the dhcp server to start serving at 10.10.10.105 and all seems to be working right now.
i tried running this without the dhcp server and it didnt work by the way. |
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jza80
join:2005-10-29
Sacramento, CA
| The way you have it setup right now, your double NAT'ing.
Do not use the WAN/internet port on the befw. Cable both routers together, LAN port to LAN port.
Disable dhcp on the befw, you don't need it. If you need dhcp on your LAN, enable it on the sr41.
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dominic58
join:2008-04-15
Madison Heights, MI | what does double nating mean and what negative effects does it cause since all is working well? |
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jza80
join:2005-10-29
Sacramento, CA
| NAT = network address translation.
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_ad···nslation
Both of your devices (sr41 and befw) do NAT. Theres exceptions to this, firewall on or off and device set to router or gateway mode. Regardless of this, the WAN port on the befw should not be used.
This is not a problem for computers connected to the first router/gateway (SR41), but computers connected to the befw have to go thru 2 devices (SR41 and befw). So computers connected to the befw are double NAT'ed.
Other problems are port forwarding or file/printer sharing. If you need to port forward to a computer behind the befw, port forwarding has to be set on both routers/gateways (sr41 and befw).
With file/printer sharing, computers behind the befw can access computers behind the sr41, but not vise versa. |
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