RE: FN-FORUM: Internet Access to hosts on a fixed IP network

date posted 1st October 2005 19:28

look for a WAN port on your router, u should be able to connect to the
inter net through taht, it has been known to be labeled other things like a
witha little picture of a world hope it helps, alternaitvely, hcheck the
specs list of your router online!!! :)

Peter



>From: Robert Keight [EMAIL REMOVED]
>Reply-To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
>To: "FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED]
>Subject: FN-FORUM: Internet Access to hosts on a fixed IP network
>Date: 1 Oct 2005 13:03:47 -0000
>
>
>Hi All,
>
>Possibly a dumb question but here goes:
>A friend asked me the other day how to go about connecting a fixed IP
>network (operating through a single gigabit/T ethernet router) to the the
>internet as broadband has just become available in the area. As I
>understand
>it they have been connecting only a single computer to the internet on
>narrowband up to now - but want all the hosts on the network to share a
>common gateway.
>
>Is there any way the existing router can be "internet enabled" - or would
>this mean buying a new product entirely? Or can a broadband router be
>connected into one of the ports on the router and somehow be locatable as
>an
>internet gateway to the rest if the hosts on the network?
>
>I know the answer is probably obvious, but I'm not too hot on network
>architecture;)
>
>Cheers
>
>Rob
>
>
>
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