Business Service with 13 Public IP Addresses
20-08-2019, 14:27
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cf.member
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Re: Business Service with 13 Public IP Addresses
Glad I found this thread - I have been going round and round in circles with this for months on and off.
I've got 5 (usable) IP's with my setup, and HITRON currently in modem mode. I can access the Hitron admin screen directly using the first IP in my allocated range, and the modem behind it (LinkSys EA9500) using the 2nd, but can't get any of the remaining IP's configured.
If I take the HITRON _out_ of modem mode, do I still essentially connect LAN1 from HITRON into the EA9500 and run wifi etc through that?
Still not clear to me how I manage the static IP's as I can't use port forwarding if multiple devices / servers will all be using HTTPS/443
Am I thinking this the wrong way, or do I need a different router (Draytek?) behind the HITRON.
Waaaaaaay more difficult than the enterprise networking kit I work with!
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20-08-2019, 22:16
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cf.geek
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Re: Business Service with 13 Public IP Addresses
I have a similar setup. First thing to do for this to work correctly is to take the Hitron OUT of modem mode. Surprised you can even get it into modem mode when configured for fixed IP addressing, as that should remove the option.
Secondly - check under Admin - VMB IP service at the bottom of the screen that the GRE tunnel status shows CONNECTED.
After that connect your router to any of the LAN ports on the Hitron and configure it to use a static WAN IP address and use the next useable IP address from your IP block. Make sure the subnet mask matches your IP block size. on your LAN side use a range such as 192.168.1.0/24 and ensure your external router is configured to perform NAT, as the Hitron will not do that in this config. Also you will need to define the next hop address on your router to point to the Hitron's IP address - first one in your IP address block.
To use other IP addresses in your fixed IP block you have two options - connect other devices to the Hitron and configure them with other IP addresses in your fixed IP block. OR ensure you use a router behind the Hitron that can use multiple IP addresses on it's WAN port. I am not familiar with the EA9500 so not sure if that router can do it. Draytek routers definitely can and Cisco IOS based routers definitely can. I use a Draytek 2960 in this config with no problems at all. Draytek uses the term IP alias and Cisco IOS routers would use secondary interface addresses.
Give this a try and let us know how it goes - will help more if you need it.
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Originally Posted by WishvilleMik
Glad I found this thread - I have been going round and round in circles with this for months on and off.
I've got 5 (usable) IP's with my setup, and HITRON currently in modem mode. I can access the Hitron admin screen directly using the first IP in my allocated range, and the modem behind it (LinkSys EA9500) using the 2nd, but can't get any of the remaining IP's configured.
If I take the HITRON _out_ of modem mode, do I still essentially connect LAN1 from HITRON into the EA9500 and run wifi etc through that?
Still not clear to me how I manage the static IP's as I can't use port forwarding if multiple devices / servers will all be using HTTPS/443
Am I thinking this the wrong way, or do I need a different router (Draytek?) behind the HITRON.
Waaaaaaay more difficult than the enterprise networking kit I work with!
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21-08-2019, 14:21
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cf.member
Join Date: Apr 2019
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Re: Business Service with 13 Public IP Addresses
Away from home for the next couple of days but will give this a go over the long weekend. Many thanks
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25-08-2019, 15:48
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cf.addict
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Re: Business Service with 13 Public IP Addresses
Have they fixed the performance issues with the Static IP service?
Does the GRE tunnel have issues either connecting to an external VPN service from inside the network.
Does the GRE tunnel have issues with you running your own VPN service (openvpn or L2TP/IPSec)?
I’m considering the 13 IP service and want to make sure they’re are no issues around this.
Thanks
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25-08-2019, 17:59
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cf.geek
Join Date: Jun 2008
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Re: Business Service with 13 Public IP Addresses
Yes perforamcne issues with the static IP service was resolved a fair time ago... as an example - speed test I've just carried out:
I regularly use work VPN services via the GRE tunnel with no issues. This is connecting to both Cisco & Juniper VPN services. I have the 5 static IP address service.
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28-08-2019, 02:28
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cf.addict
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Re: Business Service with 13 Public IP Addresses
Quote:
Originally Posted by ccarmock
Yes perforamcne issues with the static IP service was resolved a fair time ago... as an example - speed test I've just carried out:
I regularly use work VPN services via the GRE tunnel with no issues. This is connecting to both Cisco & Juniper VPN services. I have the 5 static IP address service.
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Cheers, following your post I bit the bullet. I’ve just set it up after receiving the IP details earlier this evening.
As expected, L2TP IPSEC VPN server doesn’t work (I assume some GRE conflict), but outgoing connections to the external LT2P IPSEC servers work.
No biggie as I have OpenVPN on my network here, so I will use that going forward.
Took me a while to figure out that when the modem reprovisioned it stayed in modem mode rather than switching to router mode, but once I switched it back to router mode the GRE tunnel came up and the internet was working on my first static IP.
Thanks for your reply!
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28-08-2019, 15:29
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cf.addict
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Re: Business Service with 13 Public IP Addresses
Spoke too soon.....
I have issues playing media from home now, it just constantly buffers, before i switched to the static IP service it worked flawlessly, now its unusable.
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28-08-2019, 20:43
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cf.addict
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Re: Business Service with 13 Public IP Addresses
I’m not sure if something else is at play here, if I put the hitron back into modem mode I get the same IP I had previously on the dynamic service, so I assume it’s working exactly the same as it did before, is this a correct assumption?
If so, then something else has happened as streaming from my house behaves the same on the dynamic up as it does when it’s in router mode with the GRE tunnel enabled and a static IP assigned.
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28-08-2019, 22:24
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cf.geek
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Re: Business Service with 13 Public IP Addresses
I've experienced no issues with streaming, so don't think that is related to the static IP service - which I think you've confirmed when using a dynamic address.
Suspect the cause of that is something else.
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29-08-2019, 04:10
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cf.addict
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Re: Business Service with 13 Public IP Addresses
Quote:
Originally Posted by ccarmock
I've experienced no issues with streaming, so don't think that is related to the static IP service - which I think you've confirmed when using a dynamic address.
Suspect the cause of that is something else.
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Yep, can’t sleep tonight, think I’ve figured out the cause of the problem! Not sure why it was working before, maybe I had manually modified the offending value on the interface on my unraid server.
My unraid server has a 10G fibre connection, I have a 10G switch as the backbone of my network, when I was playing with getting the connection to max out iperf3 across my LAN I set the MTU to 9000, but never set it back to a sane value.
It seems this was the culprit, creating lots of fragmentation of packets when the WAN became involved, especially with the GRE encapsulation. I’d noticed that unless I carefully selected a Speedtest.net server I got results much lower than I expected, I have changed the MTU on the unraid server down to a better value (although not yet optimum) and I was able to stream from a web browser on my phone without buffering. Running a Speedtest on a VM on unraid now showed decent results on a random server as well.
Need to do a little more testing, by pretty sure I’ve discovered my issue.
Thanks for your responses again.
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29-08-2019, 11:59
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cf.addict
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Re: Business Service with 13 Public IP Addresses
Again, seems to be a placebo effect.
I'm really struggling here as to what the problem is, I'm back in modem mode with my dynamic IP and it just won't stream properly now.
The fact that it no longer works in dynamic ip mode seems to imply something else changed, but no configuration changed on the server or gateway barring manually setting the static IP or DHCP for dynamic mode.
The residential service status checker shows no issues for broadband in my area.
I'm clearly overlooking something, but for the life of me I cannot see it.
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29-08-2019, 20:40
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cf.addict
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Re: Business Service with 13 Public IP Addresses
ok, something very weird is happening.
i ran an iperf3 server on same host and forwarded the ports.
running in reverse mode from my office:
Code:
iperf3 -R -P 2 -c host.com
Connecting to host host.com, port 5201
Reverse mode, remote host host.com is sending
[ 4] local 10.5.0.24 port 59665 connected to 213.XX.XX.XX port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 885 KBytes 7.24 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 495 KBytes 4.06 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 464 KBytes 3.79 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 351 KBytes 2.87 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 187 KBytes 1.53 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 280 KBytes 2.30 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 300 KBytes 2.46 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 98.3 KBytes 806 Kbits/sec
[ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 173 KBytes 1.41 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 462 KBytes 3.78 Mbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 4.35 MBytes 3.65 Mbits/sec 12 sender
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 3.73 MBytes 3.13 Mbits/sec receiver
Abysmal single thread performance, so i tried 2 parallel and the connection maxed out.
Went back to single thread again and now see this:
Code:
iperf3 -R -c host.com
Connecting to host host.com, port 5201
Reverse mode, remote host host.com is sending
[ 4] local 10.5.0.24 port 60220 connected to 213.XX.XX.XX port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 3.59 MBytes 30.1 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 4.15 MBytes 34.8 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 4.22 MBytes 35.4 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 4.25 MBytes 35.7 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 4.22 MBytes 35.4 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 3.45 MBytes 28.9 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 2.00 MBytes 16.8 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 2.02 MBytes 17.0 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 2.36 MBytes 19.8 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 2.55 MBytes 21.3 Mbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 34.8 MBytes 29.2 Mbits/sec 10 sender
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 33.1 MBytes 27.7 Mbits/sec receiver
Seems to be fluctuating as well.
Edit:
Setting the bandwidth option results in a consistent maxed out upload.
Code:
iperf3 -R -c host.com -O 2 -b 35M
Connecting to host host.com, port 5201
Reverse mode, remote host host.com is sending
[ 4] local 10.5.0.24 port 61101 connected to 213.XX.XX.XX port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 3.69 MBytes 31.0 Mbits/sec (omitted)
[ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 4.16 MBytes 34.9 Mbits/sec (omitted)
[ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 4.22 MBytes 35.4 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 4.13 MBytes 34.6 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 4.22 MBytes 35.4 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 3.97 MBytes 33.3 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 4.24 MBytes 35.6 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 4.20 MBytes 35.2 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 4.23 MBytes 35.4 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 4.15 MBytes 34.8 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 4.24 MBytes 35.5 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 4.24 MBytes 35.6 Mbits/sec
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[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 41.9 MBytes 35.1 Mbits/sec 0 sender
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 42.1 MBytes 35.3 Mbits/sec receiver
Last edited by fizzyade; 29-08-2019 at 21:02.
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30-08-2019, 19:24
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cf.addict
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Re: Business Service with 13 Public IP Addresses
My local utilisation must have increased randomly with me switching to static IP’s.
I’ve been running tests on and off all day and the upload has been fine, just ran one now (peak time) and bang it’s not very good at all.
Code:
Connecting to host host.com, port 5201
Reverse mode, remote host host.com is sending
[ 14] local XX.XX.XX.XX port 61984 connected to 213.XX.XX.XX port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate
[ 14] 0.00-1.00 sec 879 KBytes 7.18 Mbits/sec
[ 14] 1.00-2.00 sec 766 KBytes 6.27 Mbits/sec
[ 14] 2.00-3.00 sec 442 KBytes 3.63 Mbits/sec
[ 14] 3.00-4.01 sec 289 KBytes 2.36 Mbits/sec
[ 14] 4.01-5.00 sec 143 KBytes 1.18 Mbits/sec
[ 14] 5.00-6.01 sec 72.3 KBytes 591 Kbits/sec
[ 14] 6.01-7.01 sec 63.1 KBytes 517 Kbits/sec
[ 14] 7.01-8.00 sec 122 KBytes 1.01 Mbits/sec
[ 14] 8.00-9.00 sec 125 KBytes 1.02 Mbits/sec
[ 14] 9.00-10.00 sec 163 KBytes 1.33 Mbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 14] 0.00-10.09 sec 4.56 MBytes 3.79 Mbits/sec 12 sender
[ 14] 0.00-10.00 sec 2.99 MBytes 2.51 Mbits/sec receiver
iperf Done.
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04-09-2019, 09:56
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cf.addict
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Re: Business Service with 13 Public IP Addresses
Is anybody able to run an iperf3 server on another machine and perform tests from their static IP service to it?
I'm running a server and using the following iperf3 command to test:
iperf3 -R -c host.com -O 2 -b 35M -t 62
I'm getting abysmal uploads:
Code:
[ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 3.11 MBytes 26.0 Mbits/sec (omitted)
[ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 2.14 MBytes 18.0 Mbits/sec (omitted)
[ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 1.13 MBytes 9.45 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 772 KBytes 6.33 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 602 KBytes 4.92 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 442 KBytes 3.63 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 689 KBytes 5.64 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 583 KBytes 4.78 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 368 KBytes 3.01 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 473 KBytes 3.87 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 567 KBytes 4.64 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 780 KBytes 6.39 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 10.00-11.00 sec 760 KBytes 6.22 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 11.00-12.00 sec 474 KBytes 3.89 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 12.00-13.00 sec 414 KBytes 3.39 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 13.00-14.00 sec 271 KBytes 2.22 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 14.00-15.00 sec 308 KBytes 2.52 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 15.00-16.00 sec 340 KBytes 2.78 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 16.00-17.00 sec 320 KBytes 2.62 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 17.00-18.00 sec 278 KBytes 2.27 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 18.00-19.00 sec 425 KBytes 3.49 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 19.00-20.00 sec 396 KBytes 3.24 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 20.00-21.00 sec 572 KBytes 4.69 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 21.00-22.00 sec 348 KBytes 2.85 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 22.00-23.00 sec 316 KBytes 2.59 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 23.00-24.00 sec 251 KBytes 2.06 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 24.00-25.00 sec 260 KBytes 2.13 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 25.00-26.00 sec 299 KBytes 2.45 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 26.00-27.00 sec 602 KBytes 4.93 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 27.00-28.00 sec 404 KBytes 3.30 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 28.00-29.00 sec 303 KBytes 2.48 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 29.00-30.00 sec 294 KBytes 2.40 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 30.00-31.00 sec 502 KBytes 4.11 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 31.00-32.00 sec 733 KBytes 6.01 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 32.00-33.00 sec 703 KBytes 5.76 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 33.00-34.00 sec 677 KBytes 5.55 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 34.00-35.00 sec 685 KBytes 5.62 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 35.00-36.00 sec 776 KBytes 6.35 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 36.00-37.00 sec 819 KBytes 6.71 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 37.00-38.00 sec 1.04 MBytes 8.77 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 38.00-39.00 sec 846 KBytes 6.92 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 39.00-40.00 sec 355 KBytes 2.91 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 40.00-41.00 sec 227 KBytes 1.86 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 41.00-42.00 sec 445 KBytes 3.64 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 42.00-43.00 sec 434 KBytes 3.56 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 43.00-44.00 sec 305 KBytes 2.50 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 44.00-45.00 sec 219 KBytes 1.80 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 45.00-46.00 sec 345 KBytes 2.82 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 46.00-47.00 sec 458 KBytes 3.76 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 47.00-48.00 sec 397 KBytes 3.25 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 48.00-49.00 sec 348 KBytes 2.85 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 49.00-50.00 sec 506 KBytes 4.15 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 50.00-51.00 sec 821 KBytes 6.73 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 51.00-52.00 sec 914 KBytes 7.48 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 52.00-53.00 sec 792 KBytes 6.49 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 53.00-54.00 sec 720 KBytes 5.90 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 54.00-55.00 sec 802 KBytes 6.57 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 55.00-56.00 sec 772 KBytes 6.32 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 56.00-57.00 sec 598 KBytes 4.89 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 57.00-58.00 sec 424 KBytes 3.47 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 58.00-59.00 sec 315 KBytes 2.58 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 59.00-60.00 sec 364 KBytes 2.98 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 60.00-61.00 sec 372 KBytes 3.05 Mbits/sec
[ 4] 61.00-62.00 sec 408 KBytes 3.34 Mbits/sec
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[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr
[ 4] 0.00-62.00 sec 31.8 MBytes 4.30 Mbits/sec 29 sender
[ 4] 0.00-62.00 sec 31.6 MBytes 4.27 Mbits/sec receiver
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04-09-2019, 15:47
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cf.member
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Re: Business Service with 13 Public IP Addresses
Am I overthinking this?
I have an assigned range from Virgin: Start: 80.nnn.nnn.24 / End 80.nnn.nnn.31
First USABLE IP auto assigned (?) to the Hitron is 80.nnn.nnn.25
In my modem mode I have managed to get a fixed IP Address on the LinkSys as 80.nnn.nnn.26 coning from LAN1 into WAN port.
Rather than trying to figure out how to configure multiple WAN IP's within LinkSys, and seeing as I have to have the HITRON powered on and active, am I better off taking it out of modem mode, leaving LAN1 connected to WAN but then using LAN2, LAN3 and LAN4 to handle three other fixed IP addresses to e.g. Web / File / LDAP ?
All LAN activity and wireless would be handled via the LinkSys so no need to add or change this part of the network?
Assume I would have to take the HITRON out of DHCP mode and manage the fixed IP routing there, but think this may be preferable.
Thoughts?
Last edited by WishvilleMik; 04-09-2019 at 15:50.
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