DHCP is enabled but its ip address range is not in the range of my internet providers range. What can I do to fix this?
From my previous question I am responding to
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AljLVOkjKm5GxWi09XC_Uuzsy6IX?qid=20070316194357AAfywZB
2007-03-16 16:11:21 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Your last answer on your previous question is correct. Don't get your ips confused.
2007-03-16 16:18:13 · answer #1 · answered by snvffy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok you really need to get your thinking straight.
WAN - Wide area network. Outside your house to the internet.
LAN - Local area network. Inside your house
The wan connection is your ISP range.
The lan connection is your "private range"
The routers job.. determine if this is lan or wan traffic and ROUTE it properly.
By doing this the router does a couple of things. It keeps outside traffic headed inbound without any internal source asking for it from going anywhere. It takes internal traffic and sends it to the correct place either inside or outside and then lets response go to the correct destination within the lan.
This is called "Net Address Translation" thus your internal ips are all different than the external.
Hope that helps.
2007-03-17 03:09:24 · answer #2 · answered by Tracy L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not supposed to be in their range, so there is nothing to fix.
2007-03-16 16:17:11 · answer #3 · answered by headmaster382005 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋