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

[Marc Ferguson]

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.

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