Re: Home LAN/WAN network problem

Philip Rhoades <[email protected]> writes:
> On 2010-07-12 23:29, Daniel Pittman wrote:
>> Philip Rhoades<[email protected]>  writes:
>>> On 2010-07-12 16:28, Daniel Pittman wrote:
>>>> Philip Rhoades<[email protected]>   writes:

[...]

>>>> then plugging a *LAN* port on it into the switch providing the internal
>>>> network.
>>>
>>> Not sure what you mean - can you draw it?
>>
>> No, but I can perhaps explain:
>>
>> You know how you have the printer plugged in to the "LAN" side of the
>> wireless router?  If you take the cable plugged into the "WAN" port and
>> plug it, instead, into a spare port on the same "LAN" side as the printer
>> you will have done what I was talking about.
>>
>> Aw, heck, lemme draw it anyway:
>>
>>   unplug the ADSL modem here
>>             |
>>             |
>>    +-----| wan |-----+
>>    |                 |
>>    | wireless router |
>>    |                 |
>>    |-| |-| |-| |-| |-+
>>       |           |
>>       |           \----<- plug the ADSL modem in here instead
>>     printer
>
>
> Right - that is how I had it previously before the re-arrangement and the
> printer did indeed work with no problems but I still couldn't ssh from the
> netbook to the server even though everything was on the 192.168.0 range of IP
> addresses.

Well, in that configuration your problem /should/ at least have been different
to this one.  In this case the "WAN" port should be effectively one way: you
can connect out, but not in, through it.

[...]

>>>> That makes it a wireless bridge, with DHCP served by the server on the LAN,
>>>> and no protection at all between wired or wireless clients.  For my set of
>>>> risks this was great.
>>>
>>> Sounds OK for me too but I still can't visualise it . .
>>
>> Hopefully the picture and description help there. :)
>
> Yep but that means all the dynamic addresses will be on the 10.1.1 range as
> well?

Uh-huh.  (Well, it means that DHCP will come from the ADSL modem, not the
Wireless router, so whatever the ADSL modem gives out will be used on both the
wired and wireless networks. :)


Anyway, I would suggest test out that configuration, and if you still have
communication problems come back and we can poke at them a bit more. :)

        Daniel
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