Anthony wrote: > On 25/04/11 04:15, Timothy Murphy wrote: >> Do you have a LinkSys router with an IP address other than 192.168.1.1 , >> or even better with an address other than 192.168.1.* ? >> If you have, could you tell me _how_ you did it, please. >> I don't really care _why_ you did it. >> >> The instructions on the router only explain >> how to set it up (with address 192.168.1.1) >> attached directly to an ADSL modem. >> I could do that, but I don't want to ... >> > > The reason you might want to stick with the 192.168.1.* IP address is > because when you have a need to reset to factory defaults, you'll find > it takes some extra steps to reconnect to it (can be done by adding a > slave IP address to the NIC attached to your AP; ip addr add > 192.168.1.x/24 dev ethx) to reconfigure. In my case, I simply changed > my internal network to suit the Linksys and never looked back. > > I have my set up as follows: > > (Pardon my ASCII art if it fails to render properly once I hit send) > > ------------ ----------------- ---------------- ----------------- > | Internet |----| 5-port switch |----| CentOS 5 Box |----| 8-port switch | > ------------ ----------------- ---------------- ----------------- > | > V > <<<----------------------------------------------------<<< > | > V ---------------- > >>>--|Linksys WRT54G| > ---------------- > > My internal devices (192.168.1.x/24) are attached to the 8-port switch. > I use only 2-ports on the 5 port switch to connect the ADSL modem to the > server. All DHCP, DNS, Firewalling, is done on the CentOS box. I know > most will cringe on the next few words, but I happen to like the way it > is setup. On the ADSL modem, I've set the CentOS box as the DMZ so that > I can control all Nating on the server. It has not failed me for the > last 6 years I've been doing this. The key is to have a deny,allow > firewall policy - meaning the policy on all chains is DROP, then I > puunch the holes I need. > > Hopefully not too much verbiage. > > Cheers, > Ak. His ADSL modem is already on 192.168.1.x subnet, so CentOS WAN NIC already uses it. And I do not expect resetting router to defaults every week. Maybe never. Ljubomir