Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 0:51 Post subject: Obtain ISP IP on Both device and Port 1 on WRT54GS
I Have a Linksys WRT54GS running DD-WRT v23 and I was wondering if it is possible to get this device to obtain an ISP IP (24.x.x.x) on both the device, and port 1 of the switch. The other ports of the router should give out local addresses (192.168.x.x)
Joined: 27 Aug 2006 Posts: 146 Location: Pineville, North Carolina - USA
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 1:03 Post subject:
Nope can't do that. What you can do is port forward traffic to your ISP IP to the PC on port 1's 192.168.x.x address. For best results use a static address for Port 1.
I am no networking genius but I am using the same concept on my older Belkin router and am in the process of migrating all to the newly acquired WRT54GS version 1.0 running DD-WRT v23 Standard.
Thanks dvpatal, I am aware of port forwarding, but that is not how I would like to do it. I want this one box (my actual router) to have a an IP from my ISP. The wireless router is just there so I can have wireless clients connect and still be outside of my network. I could configure the router to not use DHCP, and operate as a switch, but then every client would get an IP from my ISP, which is a problem.
Well, if it can't be done, I'll have to come up with another idea... Maybe I'll just use the spare NIC in my server with some strict shorewall rules to secure the wireless segment.
what you asking is possible with some creative IP tables rules, but the problem is you don't have two IP addresses. Your ISP only will allow you to grab one, as soon as you grab the second the first will die so it won't work.
My ISP will allow me to use as many as I want, but I am only supposed to use a max of 2. It is part of my bundle. I was using 5+ at one point. That is when I got a phone call from them and they told me to either stop using so many, or to pay an extra $10 each for them. Naturally I just stopped using them as I was only testing things.
Currently I have a 10/100 switch plugged into my cable modem, and it works, but I would prefer to have a router where port 1 on the public side, and the rest of the ports are routed with private addresses...
The reason why I thought DD-WRT may be able to do it is because somewhere on this website I found instructions on how to make the WAN port to work as a regular LAN port (essentially making it a 5 port wireless router)