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Subnetting with a WAN/LAN

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by grignaak

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I have just been appointed the NetAdmin for an college dorm with this basic setup:

Nine apartments with up to 6 computers (LAN), each connected to a router which is in turn connected to a central router (WAN). Which is in turn connected to the Firewall/DHCP/etc Server that I have just set up that finally kicks it to the internet.

I have had no network experience, I was appointed just b/c I was tech-savvy and moved into the
"right dorm".

But any way the situation:
I have 1 tenant who has a download program that hogs all of the bandwidth (it makes all the other 53 really mad), but I cannot throttle his bandwidth b/c the only IP address I see is the address of his apartments router.

I wanted to get the whole network on 1 network with subnets. But the routers (at least the one in his apartment -which is a Belkin) wants to be a part of a different network. For example, the WAN router is 192.168.1.0/28 while apt. router wants its LAN to be 192.168.2.0 instead of 192.168.1.32/28 or something.

How can I achieve my goal? Either by subnetting or by some other way?

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by razz2

OK, lets assume that having the other 53 teach him the error of
his ways would be bad. So, That leaves subnet/rework the LAN,
or bandwidth control.

Lets do bandwidth control. When you say 'router' do you really
mean a "Router" or a consumer Cable/DSL Router & Gateway?

If the Belkin does not support it then replace the router with one
that supports QoS (Quality of Service). Find the application specs
and set QoS to low priority for that app. High for http, pop,
smtp, ftp etc.

razz

by dwiebles

or we can assume that is a no go, if possible see if the router has the ability to turn off router function and just act as a hub, then all your IP's will be assigned by the DHCP server/main router.

Cheers

-DJW

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