An ISP Drop from a Wifi Modem (Nanostation5) IP address 192.168.50.247 (I have the password)
A Netgear WRG 614v6 router
A PPPoe connection via the network.
My goal is to share this PPPoe connection with other clients on my home network.
The computer when set to DHCP will establish a PPPoe connection just fine.
The computer will establish a connection when being assigned an IP address OR having an IP address in the 192.168.50.X range.
After doing some ping requests for open IPs I found this to be 192.168.50.50
My problems - The router will not establish a PPPoe connection. I tried giving the router a 192.168.50.50 IP, still will not. Perhaps an old version...something. I tried the WAN port. Nothing.
My current solution (not elegant IMO)
I have plugged in the drop from the ISP (Modem-Bridged mode) into one of the router LAN side ports.
I have set up an XP box with an IP of 192.168.50.50 as and ICS machine.
I have configured one client (my laptop) with an 192.168.50.6 IP as it's the only way it will connect with the XP box (192.168.50.50) as the gateway.
This is the only way I have been able to get the client online. With ICS, the XP box has to be static.
The disadvantage is, that there are a lot of IPs on the ISPs network with .50.X IP range and only a few open IPs. At some point, I will get conflicts. I also don't want to sit on the same network as the ISPs infrastructure as fun as that may be. (Just wait till I find a gateway LOL).
The other problem, is that the clients can't DHCP and have to set-up manually with DNS, IPs, Gateways and the IPs I have to check to make sure the ISP doesn't have one on the network. If it does and I set it up wrong, the ICS stops functioning because of the conflict. It's fine for the one-off case, but if there are several users this can be a hassle.
Is there an ICS alternative? How can I set up the XP box as a server?
I have 2 NIC cards in the XP box that I can use one to connect to the Modem and run the PPPoe session, and the other to serve as a gateway WAN drop for the router which would serve all the clients like any other. I have tried this but without success using ICS and pointing it to the LAN with the router.
Should I have bridged the NICs and turned off ICS? What would then be the gateway for the router? I'm a bit overwhelmed with how to tackle this.
It's fine right now, but I know that it could be better. I also want to eventually set up bandwidth management via Bandwidth Controller to limit and prioritize client usage.
What am I doing wrong. You know what I'm trying to accomplish, how would you go about it knowing the above?
Thanks a bunch!
