Networks

Ask something
Discussion Locked

setting up network with roadrunner

0 helpful
2 replies

by bubba

Closed to new repliesThis discussion is closed. It stays readable, but it takes no new replies.

this is probably easy but my brain wont function.
i just started a new job and they have a small network running. they set it up with a domain and assigned ip's to get an application to function correctly. they have roadrunner and want the remainigmachines that are using this application with assined ip's to have internet access. they have a linksys router and the remaining machines and server are running dhcp.whats the easiset way to setup the network to have internet access.i attempted to put the routers gateway in tcpip and no go. what would be the easiest and correct way to set it up even if i should reconfigure everything. thanks

2 replies

by joseph moore

Network Address Translation (NAT).
You need to enable NAT on the router (if it CAN do NAT).
The router has a static IP address assigned by the ISP; the internal office is (probably) using DHCP-assigned IP addresses from a DHCP pool. The DHCP addresses are probably 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x range, right? Those addresses are not routable; they are not valid IP addresses on the Internet.
You can't connect to the Internet from one of those machines UNLESS its IP address is changed at the router. That is what NAT does; it replaces the IP address for an internal machine going external.
Check if your router supports NAT. YOu can set it up there.
If not, you could get a small firewall that supports NAT and run it from there.

hope this helps

This discussion is closed to new replies.