[ale] Internet Routing is Slow on my Linux-box?

[Brian Pitts]

Marc Ferguson wrote:
> My guess is it's my router. Before we moved into our new home, the Cable
> modem and my router both had the same IP scheme (192.168.1.x). We've
> moved into a town house and we have DSL with AT&T. When I did the
> initial setup, my modem as the IP Address of 192.168.1.254, but my
> router has an internet port of 192.168.1.2, but a lan port as 10.0.0.1.
> The router is also acting as a DCHP, so the other computers have a
> 10.0.0.x scheme.
> 
> I found that extremely odd. So; I tried to give the lan port a
> 192.168.1.x scheme and it killed everything. I could no longer gain
> access to the router. I had to reset it and start over.  I think there's
> a serious lag with the router having to convert 10.0.0.x packets to
> 192.168.0.x packets in Linux. Can anyone shed some light?  Thanks.

First off, this isn't the problem. You can see this by plugging your
"clone machine" directly into your modem.

However, being behind two layers of NAT is a pain. You need to put your
modem in bridge mode. Search the ALE archive for extensive discussion of
this.

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All the best,
Brian Pitts