Static IP's

[LAURENU2]

I was thinking of changing to a business class INTERNET 22Mb down 5Mb up
And it can have up to 5 static IP's
I am not sure how to configure them Do I need 5 router to do it ?
Or can it be done though 1 router like a RVS4000

[LAURENU2]

Help Please

[ChertseyAl]

I'm not a network expert, but I assume you'll need a non-NAT router.

Obvious question, but are you going to use the static IPs? As you say 'up to 5' I'd guess you can just use one with a standard NAT router.

You could ask in the forums over at http://www.whatismyip.com/ as there are a couple of guys there that know their stuff

Oh, is this cable? Which network? Have you checked their support forums/newsgroups?

Al.

[Bok]

Lauren,

unless you want to set up completely separate networks or you want to have more than one outside facing machine it's just not really worth the extra trouble of configuring a modem to handle more than one ip address.

Bok

[ChertseyAl]

it's just not really worth the extra trouble of configuring a modem to handle more than one ip address

Agree. If bandwidth saturation is the problem another option might be multiple modems and channel bonding within the router.

OT: I find it quite surprising that the (i.e. our only) UK cable company now offer 50MB and are now rolling out 100MB and the USA seems to be lagging :/

Al.

[Bok]

Slightly larger country to cover with fibre

[ChertseyAl]

Slightly larger country to cover with fibre

Hehe

Cable coverage in the UK is actually terrible. The technology is great. And the marketing is awful

These days in the UK internet access is just sold as an add-on to TV services. Content is king as they say, and our only cable supplier doesn't have it. ADSL is laughable. Lucky to get 2MB on a good day. The new game is "Quad Play" - i.e. sucker the punter into buying TV, phone, net, mobile from one supplier. As stupid as it sounds, people fall for it

Al.

[LAURENU2]

haha Thanks Bigred
But with 5mb up I should not have a backup

Lauren,

unless you want to set up completely separate networks or you want to have more than one outside facing machine it's just not really worth the extra trouble of configuring a modem to handle more than one ip address.

Bok

I guess your right Bok I will just let my friend fend for himself
And only get 1 static IP

[Bok]

Not necessarily, you can have MANY domains pointing to a single ip address, that's simple enough. I'm doing that here. In your case it would be the only website yes? All you would need to do is configure your firewall to route all traffic on port 80/443 to your webserver.

[LAURENU2]

Well I got the business class INTERNET 22Mb down 5Mb up installed and running
It clocks in better then promised I get 24 Mb D/L and 7Mb U/L
And it has a Fast 10Ms ping at 50 Miles
The old DSL pinged at 42 MS at 50 Miles
So I'm ready to conquer the world now

[ChertseyAl]

OK, I did a bit more research. Looks like the awesome Linksys WRT54G might do the job (I use one myself, running DD-WRT SE). A friend who knows this stuff thinks that the Tomato firmware will do what you need. But I think DD-WRT will do it also. Both of those are free, open source firmwares. However, you do need to be a few steps above 'newbie' to easily upgrade the firmware (sorry if I've unintentionally insulted you!).

Actually, this link looks like it might give you some ideas:

http://www.techsupportforum.com/netw...le-router.html

In case that wraps around, here's a short version:

http://bit.ly/aYsD2J

HTH, and like I said, I'm not an expert on this stuff

Cheers,

Al.