Re: Cable and Router AARGH!!!!

Candace Sparks wrote:

We are running a windows 2003 server network with a Linksys router and cable modem. A few days ago, the Internet went down, we were able to get it online again, but it dropped again. We decided to get a static ip address from our provider. We have not been able to get on the Internet since. I talked with Linksys, and they said it was a DNS problem with the provider. The provider thinks it is the router. I tried another router with the same results. I can ping the static IP address and teh gateway, but cannot ping the ISP's DNS servers or any ip addresses on the Internet. I am very frustrated!!!
The ISP can see the Cable Modem, and if I connect directly to the Modem with my laptop, I am able to get on the Internet. If I try to get out with my laptop going through either router, no Internet. Help!!!!

The server is running DNS and DHCP!

Does anyone have any ideas!

Thank you for your help in advance!!!

Candace Sparks


It sounds like you have the router(s) set up wrong. You probably want
the router to have the fixed address as its WAN address (why you decided
to go with a fixed address is beyond me -- it's probably not worth
whatever extra you're paying for it unless you have a specialized need,
and if you did, you'd know about all this), and then provide local
addresses to the laptop, etc. via LAN-side DHCP. You also need to
figure out who is responsible for login protocols (e.g. the cable modem,
the router, or the laptop) and make sure all the devices honor that
decision.

If you've set your laptop to the fixed address when the router is in
the tree, that's your problem -- you don't understand what a router is
for.

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