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

[Marc Ferguson]

On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Marc Ferguson <marcferguson at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 5:12 AM, Marc Ferguson <marcferguson at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 11:15 PM, Brian Pitts <brian at polibyte.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> --
>>> All the best,
>>> Brian Pitts
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>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> --
>> Marc F.
>>
>> "When life gives me lemons... I make Linuxaide, hmm good stuff!"
>>
>>
> Hi Brian,
>
> I quickly looked at my modem this morning before going to work and I saw
> that my modem, was in PPPOE mode.  When I changed it to "Bridge", I got
> sorely confused.  All the text boxes for username/password was hidden.  If I
> put my modem in bridge mode, how does it connect to my ISP?  And what
> exactly is the difference between the two modes.  Thanks.
>
>
> --
> Marc F.
>
> "When life gives me lemons... I make Linuxaide, hmm good stuff!"
>
>
Whoops, sorry Brian. I just remembered you said to search the archives for a
detailed discussion of this. :)

-- 
Marc F.

"When life gives me lemons... I make Linuxaide, hmm good stuff!"
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