How can I do this...?

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Giuseppe Carmine De Blasio

I hope I can explain myself, as english is not my mother tongue.

We made a small 8 machine network, connecting using fixed IP adresses.

We use a hardware router that provides the Internet connection, and it's set
up to work with 5 fixed adresses, 192.168.100.11 to 15, SubnetMask of
255.255.255.0, and the gateway is 193.168.100.10, plus the DNS primary and
secondary 214.149.2.12 and 213.140.2.21.

That means that only five of the eight machines connects to the internet.
I've tried to give the other machines internet access as well, so I've set
up another machine with W2k Server two NICs and NAT. If I set the client's
NICs with fixed IP adresses, the network works but not internet... and if i
set it in automatic, it doesn't see a damned thing...

I've followed step-by-step the instructions in both the help file and the MS
Help and Support site's instructions to no avail. The other machines see the
network but can't connect to the internet. I know some setting somewhere
isn't right, but I can't find it.

Can somebody help me? I'm going insane...

Pepe
Milano, Italy
 
Don't mess around with NAT on the W2K Server - too complex a solution for
such a simple problem. Either increase the client range on your hardware
router to allow the full Class C subnet (192.168.100.1 - 254), or replace
the hardware router with another device that will allow you to (LinkSys,
Netgear, SMC, etc.). Those items retail for under US$100.

Hope that helps!
-- Freedom


I hope I can explain myself, as english is not my mother tongue.

We made a small 8 machine network, connecting using fixed IP adresses.

We use a hardware router that provides the Internet connection, and it's set
up to work with 5 fixed adresses, 192.168.100.11 to 15, SubnetMask of
255.255.255.0, and the gateway is 193.168.100.10, plus the DNS primary and
secondary 214.149.2.12 and 213.140.2.21.

That means that only five of the eight machines connects to the internet.
I've tried to give the other machines internet access as well, so I've set
up another machine with W2k Server two NICs and NAT. If I set the client's
NICs with fixed IP adresses, the network works but not internet... and if i
set it in automatic, it doesn't see a damned thing...

I've followed step-by-step the instructions in both the help file and the MS
Help and Support site's instructions to no avail. The other machines see the
network but can't connect to the internet. I know some setting somewhere
isn't right, but I can't find it.

Can somebody help me? I'm going insane...

Pepe
Milano, Italy
 
(LinkSys,
Netgear, SMC, etc.). Those items retail for under US$100.
Click to expand...

Thank you, but the router is propietary and belongs to the ISP, I can't
change it.

It's a Optic Fiber 10Mbps cable connection; the Cisco Router costs in the
$5,000-8,000 range... not an "economic" option.

To expand the router range can only be made by the ISP; and it's gonna cost
me the double of the whole lot I'm paying now... so, setting a computer and
make NAT work is the only possible solution without breaking the already
suffering bank account.

Any other idea? Anybody?

Pepe
Milano, Italy
 
(LinkSys,

Thank you, but the router is propietary and belongs to the ISP, I
can't change it.

It's a Optic Fiber 10Mbps cable connection; the Cisco Router costs in
the $5,000-8,000 range... not an "economic" option.

To expand the router range can only be made by the ISP; and it's gonna
cost me the double of the whole lot I'm paying now... so, setting a
computer and make NAT work is the only possible solution without
breaking the already suffering bank account.

Any other idea? Anybody?

Pepe
Milano, Italy
Click to expand...

If your Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0, then your should be able to continue
your IP addressing beyond 192.168.100.15. From any computer that was
originally attached to the network, ping 192.168.100.16, 192.168.100.17,
and 192.168.100.18. If you do not get a response, go ahead and assign
those to the other computers. If you do get a reply, your ISP has those
used for other clients. Why he would not have subnetted those out is
anyones guess, but thats a subject for another post.

Mike
 
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