From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 13 12:52:33 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92DFE16A4CE for ; Fri, 13 Aug 2004 12:52:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lorna.circlesquared.com (host217-45-219-85.in-addr.btopenworld.com [217.45.219.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB56043D1D for ; Fri, 13 Aug 2004 12:52:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from peter@circlesquared.com) Received: from circlesquared.com (localhost.circlesquared.com [127.0.0.1]) i7DCpgx0033492; Fri, 13 Aug 2004 13:51:43 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from peter@circlesquared.com) Message-ID: <411CB95E.3050903@circlesquared.com> Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 13:51:42 +0100 From: Peter Risdon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040611 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: mfcardenas@prodigy.net.mx References: <200408122027.04031.mfcardenas@prodigy.net.mx> In-Reply-To: <200408122027.04031.mfcardenas@prodigy.net.mx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ADSL internet + router X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 12:52:33 -0000 Miguel Cardenas wrote: > Hello list > > Am about to get an ADSL internet connection... there are two devices > available, an ADSL modem and a router... the modem should not have a problem > to work (I have one at office), but have a doubt with the router and don't > know which device aquire... Assuming it's a modem/router with a web management interface, I'd recommend using that. > > I have my local network configured with private addresses in the range > 192.168.0.* and GATEWAY=192.168.0.x (the ip of the server with firewall)... > My question is... would I be able with the router to use it as gateway > without assigning dynamic addresses via DHCP? I want to preserve my static > private addresses 192.168.0.* with a GATEWAY=... configuration, is that > possible? Shouldn't be a problem. Just turn off dhcp on the router and make sure the LAN interface is set to the right network. Alternatively, keep dhcp on, set to the right network, but set the pool of available addresses to exclude the ones you are using at the moment. That way, you have the option of using dhcp for any new additions to your network. Peter.