How do, On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 16:32 -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > On Wed, 16 May 2007 14:47:59 -0600 > "David G. Miller" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > The WAN > > address of the gateway should be transparent to him. The gateway NATs > > the 192.168.0.0/24 or /16 addresses (depends on the router) to the WAN > > address. What you want is the address of the router/gateway. > > None of that information seems to be available. > > I look after several computers with static IP addresses issued by four > different ISP's around this continent. I even do contract work for one of those > ISP's. Every time I ask for a static IP address, I always get this: > > IP Address > Gateway > Subnet mask > DNS servers > > I tell a router that I have a static IP address, enter those values into the > fields provided, and plug 'er in and let 'er rip. I have never had to go any > further than that to get anything online with a static address before. > > This time, though, it seems that many pieces of the puzzle are missing and I > can't get the thing online using the information that Qwest's technical support > people make available. > > Which is what brings me here now. Given that the only information that is > available for this connection is as follows: > > Static IP 63.228.89.116 gateway 192.168.0.1, Sub net 255.255.255.255,NS > Primary Server 205.171.3.65---Secondary Server205.171.2.65 > > Does anyone have any idea for what values I would enter into a standard Dlink > router to get it online? DHCP doesn't work -- even though they said that it > uses "standard DHCP requests", there is no response whatsoever when I send one. Questions; 1.) Brand & model number of the Qwest DSL modem? 2.) Model number of the Dlink router? 3.) Exactly where in the U.S. is your client located? > > -- > MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com taharka Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.
