[ale] [OT] router question

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

If Comcast owns "24" and his dlink is getting a 24 wan address, then maybe it's working fine and that stuff about 192.168 ... is lying to him or that part is inactive.

Ron


Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:

>ComCast owns net-24, too:
>
>whois 24.0.0.0
>[Querying whois.arin.net]
>[whois.arin.net]
>...
>Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. EASTERNSHORE-1 (NET-24-0-0-0-1)
>24.0.0.0 - 24.15.255.255
>Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. PA-34 (NET-24-0-0-0-2) 24.0.0.0 -
>24.0.255.255
>
>
>-derek
>
>
>On Sun, August 25, 2013 11:14 am, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
>> Somebody mentioned Comcast.  You didn't say who your provider is, but
>if
>> it's Comcast, a 24. address doesn't sound like Comcast.  My Comcast
>WAN ip
>> currently starts with 76.
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>
>>
>> "Ron Frazier (ALE)" <atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi John,
>>>
>>>Here are some random thoughts:
>>>
>>>I'm assuming you meant 100.42 on that last ip address.
>>>
>>>I've had similar problems with a small Linksys print server.
>>>
>>>* Make sure the WAN port on the dlink is wired to the LAN port on the
>>>Motorola, if it has multiple ports.
>>>* If the Dlink has a setting where you can set it to a specific
>>>address, check if those numbers are empty.  You could set it to "use
>>>specific address", empty the numbers or set to an ip that will never
>>>exist on your network, save it, then reset it to dhcp.
>>>* You could try resetting the dlink to factory defaults then
>resetting
>>>the settings you need.
>>>* You could try reflashing the firmware of the dlink.
>>>* If you have other switches, pc's, or routers that serve dhcp, make
>>>sure it's not talking to them.
>>>* You could use another pc or router to see if those devices can get
>a
>>>proper dhcp address from the Motorola.
>>>* Power cycle the Motorola.
>>>
>>>Sincerely,
>>>
>>>Ron
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>John Pilman <jcpilman at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>I need a reality check on what I am seeing at home.  I have a
>Motorola
>>>>Surfboard Modem that says it is setup to provide DHCP addressing in
>>>the
>>>>range 192.168.100.11 - 192.168.10.42.
>>>>Downstream I have a Dlink wireless router that says its connection
>>>type
>>>>is
>>>>DHCP and its WAN address is 24.99.228.229.
>>>>
>>>>I expected the Dlink router to have a WAN address in the above
>range.
>>>I
>>>>tried a few things, like releasing and renewing the connection on
>the
>>>>router using the HTML menus, but I came back to the same thing.  The
>>>>Surfboard does not look like it provides anything for me to
>configure.
>>>>I
>>>>can only get status information for it.
>>>>
>>>>Any thoughts?
>>>>
>>>>...John
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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