I like to game online with my Nintendo DS and a Linksys Wireless Router. The only problem is that when I invite friends over for them to play online as well, my ISP doesn't give me enough IPs for all of them and we lose the connection. I would like to know how to set up my router so that it will give out the IPs and not the ISP so I can have as many connections as I want and the DSL line will sustain. Can anyone help?
2006-07-07 09:00:51 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
linksys or dlink home routers typically give you a range of ip addresses on your LAN. All you need to do is turn on DHCP on the LAN side and everyone will be able to get IP addresses from the LAN in. The only IP address the ISP gives you is the outside IP address of your router. I hope this helps...
2006-07-07 09:05:07 · answer #1 · answered by Fredo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have a router, the ISP does not assign IP's at all. From the ISP perspective you are only using 1 ip, and the router has assigned internal IP's to your devices. The sure fire way to tell is if your ip addreses all start with 192.168. If this is the case, then your router is working properly. If not, then you don't have a router and instead have a hub or switch (the ports are the same).
I suspect the problem is not IP related but instead related to the number of devices sharing the same TCP/IP ports and protocols. At some point the router doesn't know where to route traffic and hence you lose connections.
2006-07-07 16:07:59 · answer #2 · answered by Nick N 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As mentioned above, most routers allow you to turn on DHCP and provide internal addresses to a large number of devices, while keeping the ISP-assigned IP address for the router itself. Some routers come with DHCP already enabled, and some with it disabled. Also, some have a larger range of addresses allowed for DHCP - you may need to increase the number it can use. Last, make sure that MAC address filtering is not on - this would keep others from using it. Or, if you want the added security, add the MAC addresses of your friends' consoles so that they can connect.
Make sure that you actually have a router, though, and not just a cable modem or dsl modem. If it's a cable or dsl modem, they usually don't provide router capabilities, so you'd then need to buy a router.
2006-07-07 16:32:49 · answer #3 · answered by Andy M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your router should take the one IP assigned by the ISP and route all your traffic through it. Computers in your house (DS units included) should be assigned a private IP (10.x.y.z, 172.20.y.z, etc.) by the router and that private IP shouldn't be used outside your house.
Make sure DHCP is enabled on the router, and that it's acting as a router and not just a hub. Consider making more IP addresses available for assignment by the router if you have problems when many people are on your wireless LAN. Without particulars on model number, it's hard to give you a click-here-then-here set of directions to do what you want.
2006-07-07 16:09:34 · answer #4 · answered by lacrosseref 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just like multiple computers in your house can do stuff on the internet simultaneously, your friends' DSs should be able to do the same.
There have been reported compatibility issues with some wireless routers and DSs. I included a link with this response for Nintendo's router compatibility list. If you know the range of IPs that your router is assigning, along with SSID, etc., you can try manually setting up the DSs.
Sorry I am of no more help.
2006-07-08 00:49:48 · answer #5 · answered by Nelson G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem you describe has nothing to do with your ISP. You simply need to enable NAT on your router. It will be in the advanced settings portion of your router. Also, if you have any type of encryption on your network, you will need to disable it.
2006-07-07 16:06:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋