On Sat, 2010-08-28 at 12:42 +0530, Raja Subramanian wrote: > IP conflict! Change wifi router's LAN IP to 192.168.1.2. > > Your Linux system is probably using WiFi router's ARP > entry so it's unable to reach the web. Windows computers > are using ARP entry of your DSL modem and are able to > get online.
When I previously used a separate modem and router this was what I did (have two separate IP addresses) because it seemed logical. However, this time it was the Airtel tech who set it up so I assumed he knew what he was doing. Thanks for the explanation of why this happened. > > Clean up your IP addresses. Use the following scheme: > > 192.168.1.1-9 for network appliances (DSL/Wifi router, switches, VPN server) > 192.168.1.10-19 for network printers, scanners, etc > 192.168.1.20-49 for servers > 192.168.1.50-99 for static IP assignment > 192.168.1.100-199 for DHCP assignment > 192.168.1.250-254 for testing/temporary assignment > > If you have 2 DHCP servers, split the DHCP scope accordingly > eg. 192.168.100-149 on DHCP server 1 and rest on the other > DHCP server. But ensure default gateway assignment is always > set correctly to 192.168.1.1. Thanks for the advice, Raja. I've since replaced the two devices with another single device that does both functions. However, I didn't think of assigning the IP addresses in the way you've described. Your method does seem overly comprehensive for a home network but I'll follow it because it seems carefully thought out. Thank you, -- Roshan George _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
