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tweetiepooh · 12-05-2008, 10:06

If the router doesn't have the modem built in so you are using an external modem, why should the router know about the public IP address.

My guess is that in ADSL the modem is also routing so hiding the outside from the Belkin router. In your case the Belkin WAN address is the IP given by the modem.

12-05-2008, 10:06	#7
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