[Novalug] actiontec router problem

Jay Hart jhart@kevla.org
Fri Mar 8 18:50:40 EST 2013


^^^^^^
WHAT HE SAID!!!!

Jay

> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 10:56 AM,  <covici@ccs.covici.com> wrote:
>> Hi.  I am stumped here as to a problem with my actiontec router, or
>> maybe its just a dumb network  problem.
>
> Instead of having different subnets and trying to route through the
> Actiontec, it's probably easier to just add the WAN ethernet port to
> the Actiontec's LAN ethernet/LAN coax/wireless bridge.  Follow the
> instructions here:
>
> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r17679150-Howto-make-ActionTec-MI424WR-a-network-bridge
>
> but instead of adding the WAN/broadband coax interface to the bridge,
> add the WAN/broadband ethernet interface instead.  Make sure you turn
> off the DHCP server on the Actiontec, because once you've bridged the
> interfaces, anything "behind" the Actiontec should be able to get an
> address from Linux DHCP server, and you don't want two DHCP servers on
> the same subnet.
>
> --
> Soren Harward
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