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Valgiov7
@telecomitalia.it
| USR 9108A Static Lan IPs and other questions
US Robotics MAXg ADSL2+Gateway USR 9108A (OS Mac OS X)
My new USR 9108A router was easy enough to setup up and
get it to work. Basics stuff. But I need help in 1) setting up static LAN IP (so that the DHCP Server will assign the same IP 192.168.1.X to the any given MAC address every time) and 2) assigning an address to the interface so that the LAN clients are accessible from the public network.
I tried to do 2) by configuring "the second IP Address" (LAN -> DHCP Server settings), but I keep getting the message "The Subnet can not be the same for both LAN interfaces".
I need step-by-step instructions in a plainer language that the one used in the manual. Thank you for any help/ suggestions/pointers/links.
Valgiov7 | |
bruce33
@ameritech.net
| 1) I don't believe is supported. You can assign static IP address to your PCs. Example: 192.168.1.100/255.255.255.0, gateway: 192.168.1.1, DNS: 192.168.1.1; other PCs can have 192.168.1.101, 192.168.1.102 etc...
2) Depends what you intend to achieve: if ISP provided you another public IP address then you can use " Configure the second IP address for the LAN interface". In this case, the PC you want to connect through the secondary LAN IP needs to have static IP address, in the same subnet with the secondary LAN, gateway is the secondary LAN IP and DNS is the DNS provided by your ISP.
If ISP did not give you another public IP address, and you want your PC to be a public server (HTTP server, or FTP server, etc) then you have to use Virtual server settings.
Enter the IP address of your PC into virtual server settings and the ports you want to be allways opened.
If you want your PC to not use router's firewall, you can use DMZ settings, enter your PC address in the DMZ field. | |
valgiov7
@telecomitalia.it
| Thank you Bruce33.
Point 1) Static Lan Address. I’m afraid you are right. But then what do you make of this instruction:
====USRManual====================
Configure the second IP address and...
Use this feature to create a public network on your local LAN, accessible from the Internet. By assigning an address to this interface and then statically setting your LAN clients to the same network, the LAN clients are accessible from the public network (e.g. FTP or HTTP servers).
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What do they mean by “statically setting you LAN clients” ?
Quite disappointing, though. My 5 year old SMC Barracuda had this feature. Anyway, I tried your suggestion, but I could not find the right panel [I’m using Mac OS X Tiger] where I could enter all that information [your example: 192.168.1.100/255.255.255.0, gateway: 192.168.1.1, DNS: 192.168.1.1].
What did is the following (on the iMAC)
I opened the panel:
System Preferences -> Network -> AirPort tab
Configure IPV4 = Using DHCP with manual address [set by me]
IP address: 192.168.1.X [set by me]
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Router: 192.168.1.1
This seems to work, but I don’t know where the information resides: on my computer or inside the router? In the first case, if I switch on my DELL printer first (which also connected directly to a router Ethernet port), the router may assign an IP meant for one of my iMacs. Conflict may occur. Theoretically, of course. I don't have that many computers.
Point 2) I followed your suggestion.
Security -> Virtual Server
Ext. Port 8080
Protocol TCP
Internal port 8080
Server IP address 192.168.1.X
If I keep the default port 80, when I press APPLY I get the following message: “Since port 80 is used, the router WEB server port will be moved to 8080”.
A this point, when I type my Internet IP, the router page pops up, (the same as if I typed 192.168.1.1). My request doesn‘t get redirected to the LAN IP 192.168.1.X indicated by my. I tried both ways (Virtual server and DMZ). Same thing. On the other hand if I type my LAN IP: 192.168.2.X, I get my homepage. Maybe some settings in the Apache httpd.conf file need to be changed/added?
Sorry for this lengthy message, but the less one knows about things, the more verbose one gets. Thank for you help.
Valgiov7 | |
new4new
join:2006-12-23 | Point 1) I have same problem with this router
i have sent request for this feature to usr
all routers have this feature,it's software feature
i want ask Valgiov7 what is he do
software is pen source ,hope anybody help to add feature | |
valgiov7
@telecomitalia.it
| reply to Valgiov7
to New4New
Point 1. I don't think I understand your question. Anyway.
(I have 2 iMacs (wireless), 1 PC, and 1 Dell printer connected (cable) to the USR router.)
Point 1. Static local IP. I did not really solved the problem. I bypassed it by doing what I wrote in my previous message. I instructed the iMac to set the IP manually.
Configure IPV4 = Using DHCP with manual address [set by me]
IP address: 192.168.1.20X [set by me]
The local IP address dynamically set by the USR router starts at 192.168.1.02, so in practice no conflict ever occurs and my iMac always gets the same IP. This allows me to use this IP for accessing the server as configured in Point 2) of my previous message.
My Dell printer get its IP dynamically, but consistently the same IP (192.168.1.06). (How???) The PC and guest computers get their IP dynamically in sequence starting from 192.168.1.02. If enough computers get connected before the DELL printer gets turned on, DELL will get the first available IP.
Point 2) All I wrote in my previous message stands. However, I discovered that my homepage, although not accessible from within hy local net using the IP assigned by the provider to my USR router, it is perfectly accessible from outside. It seems that, when accessed from within the local net, the USR router recognizes itself immediately and responds accordingly. The result is that I cannot test my home page locally, but the server can be accessed from outside. Maybe there are settings that can be changed to modify this behavior. But I don't know how to do it.
valgiov7 | |
new4new
join:2006-12-23 | I mean i have sent request to usr support to add feature for static ip to MAC
i suggest to call them by phone 
to add feature quickly | |
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