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Wireless router and linux with dhcp question by celticess 2004-12-06 12:12:37
My roommate is buying a wireless router *cringe*(I've warned him about warchalking, etc but he says it has a built in firewall... then I cringed and told him it might mess with functionality of some programs).

Anyways I use dhcpd in linux and dhcp in win2k. There is a cable modem here... and the way my current setup is that works fine is:

my computer & my sons into the 10/100 switch -> hub ->cable modem

my roommate ->hub ->cable modem

Now my roommate wants to:

my computer & my sons -> 10/100 switch -> hub -> router -> cable modem

My roommate -> router -> cable modem

He's getting a linksys router(It's on sale at LondonDrugs for $123cdn)

Now I'm wondering. In linux I had to setup resolv.conf(I did this using knoppix and doing cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf) which of course has nameservers listed in it. I also setup the host file with the most current ip the dhcp had given me via ifconfig at the time.

Anyways... What the heck do I do when we go to the router? I don't want to lose my linux net connect but I'm not sure the resolv.conf will be right anymore. I think I can leave the host file alone but I'm not sure.

Help please as he's planning on sticking this freaking thing on the system in the next 2 hrs.
[ Reply ]
  Disable dhcp on the router 1st by drummergeek2004-12-06 12:18:47
    Change the scopes to the new IP scheme by drummergeek2004-12-06 12:19:34
    I have no control over it by celticess2004-12-06 12:33:51
      If he wants to do that here is another option by drummergeek2004-12-06 12:53:27
        he wants to link his desktop to the laptop by celticess2004-12-06 13:02:45
          Set it up as a WAP instead of a router by drummergeek2004-12-06 13:05:35
            Doing so by drummergeek2004-12-06 13:06:33
            Well he wants me to use it instead of the hub by celticess2004-12-06 13:08:30
              You will actually see better performance and will by drummergeek2004-12-06 13:10:31
      mac addy and WPA_PSK by varikin2004-12-06 13:00:48
      You know by MikeCDN2004-12-06 13:11:36
        Yes that is what I was going to do by celticess2004-12-06 13:18:48
          That he is (n/t) by MikeCDN2004-12-06 13:20:29
  why can't he plug in his router into by shminux2004-12-06 12:21:14
    Well he's claiming my hub bottlenecks by celticess2004-12-06 12:57:00
  relax, you should be fine by pSYCHOi3OY2004-12-06 12:24:34
    Ok by celticess2006-11-19 12:55:59
      oops that wasn't the wireless one this is by celticess2006-11-19 12:55:59
        I own that same router. (n/t) by drummergeek2004-12-06 12:54:49
  Wireless Router, thank god by MikeCDN2004-12-06 13:10:22
    Linksys makes some of the best by drummergeek2004-12-06 13:12:58
      *cough* right... by MikeCDN2004-12-06 13:15:02
        I must have come with faulty antennas by drummergeek2004-12-06 13:31:36
          Well the Linksys card worked fine on the person's by MikeCDN2004-12-06 13:34:40
            Thats odd. by drummergeek2004-12-06 13:54:40
            I'm sitting here connecting to teh intarweb by wheresthefish2004-12-06 14:26:18
          Must have. by nin_man2004-12-06 13:34:59
        Yeah, D-Link. The Winmodems of wireless. by bwkaz2004-12-06 15:46:02
    Well I did warn him by celticess2004-12-06 13:17:11
      Anything with NAT will protect from a net virus by MikeCDN2004-12-06 13:19:41
        because you connected without it installed by celticess2004-12-06 13:21:40
          It wouldn't install off the memory stick by MikeCDN2004-12-06 13:22:53
            Well shaw has cruddy email protection by celticess2004-12-06 13:36:04
              I don't use shaw email by MikeCDN2004-12-06 13:40:02
                Question on telus and cellphones by celticess2004-12-06 13:44:34
                  doohickies you attatch to PDA? by MikeCDN2004-12-06 14:17:42
                    It plugs into the expansion slot & has an antenna by celticess2004-12-06 15:24:10
  uh yea... (back from getting it) by celticess2004-12-06 15:26:11
    Ok it works in linux and windows by Celticess2004-12-06 18:44:19

 

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