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On 30/11/2011 10:58, Jason Irwin wrote:
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cite="mid:CAL8DSQ=COAeLk7bkB+A9Yrs_F0_qVEK8qzWMzOGBqgp+EH1Krg@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Had a minor victory today in that I got my ancient
Belkin DSL modem/router to act a switch when plugged into the
Virgin Superhub - even if it was just a case of "guess the option"
and making random changes until it worked. I'll have to use this
until the new switch arrives (Netgear G608, Gigabit, 8 port jobby
- any opinions?). I'd just like to check that I've not done
anything monumentally stupid with my kludge.
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<div>I've left the Superhub alone (it runs the DHCP, wireless
etc). The Belkin is connected to the Superhub via one of its
Ethernet ports. On the Belkin I have disabled DHCP, Firewall,
Wireless etc and told it to use the Internet WAN in "Dynamic IP
(1438 bridged)" mode, all DNS settings left at "Auto from ISP".
I also changed its LAN IP to be in the range used by the
Superhub, subnets are the same. Prior to this it was refusing to
even acknowledge the the Superhub.</div>
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<div>Laptops plugged into the Belkin are getting IPs assigned from
the Superhub OK and access to the Internet is working
(obviously, otherwise I wouldn't be writing this). I can also
access the set-up pages of both routers.</div>
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<div>Does all this seem sensible enough for an interim solution?</div>
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<div>J.</div>
<div>ps This reminds me just how much I need to go back and
complete that HP networking course I signed up for.</div>
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Bit of a long way round, I think (once I got my groggy noggin round
it). All I did to my gear (Netgear 4+W+C and Busybox 4+1) was set
the Busybox to a different subnet, connected its WAN port to one of
the LAN ports on the Netgear which in turn ran the internet
connection, and ran with two networks - one for server use and one
for gaming/transient hardware. I think, I might be reading it wrong,
that you've used one of the LAN ports on your slave router rather
than the WAN port to connect to the other? Dunno, seems a bit of a
waste of a perfectly usable port...<br>
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