[Discussion] Router installation

[Julian Thomas]

On Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:22:38 -0700 Chuck McKinnis wrote:
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>I prefer to use DHCP for all addresses in my network except for items 
>that I need to get to directly (like my printers and a separate access 
>point).  If you are not going to use DHCP, you will need to set the base 
>address of your router to the same subnet as the rest of your network 
>(currently 192.168.0.xxx).

Agree with this unless you need to access computers on the net using basic TCP tools like ftp, 
ping, etc.  In this case, do what I did and assign the computers fixed IP addresses and put them 
all in a hosts file on all systems.

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>The firewall in the router is probably all you need to protect the 
>network behind the router.

Yes.

>Joyce E. Clarke wrote:
>> Finally getting around to installing the router I bought
>> ages ago, a D-Link 655.
>> 
>> It has wireless but we prefer wired connections so no
>> problem there.
>> 
>> System now has firewall/router computer eCS 1.2R
>> 192.168.1.1, new router has 192.168.0.1.  If all I do is
>> change the router's address, will the system work as it
>> does now?  Currently has this eCS 2.0RC5 system and a WinXP
>> system or two on the network.  Considering adding a Mac but
>> that's next month <G>.

It would help if we knew more about the systems on the network and how it's currently set up.
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