Can someone explain this to me? about routers...

[gingo]

My cable ISP gives me an IP address I suppose. But my router requires an IP of 192.168.2.X. How do I get an IP in that range when I need the one my ISP gives me to connect to the net?

 

[The_Jizzler]

192.168.2.x is the routers lan ip. the one your isp assigns is the wan ip. the router will retrieve the wan ip just like a modem does. unless you got a static ip, then it never changes.

 

[b0bby]

192.168.2.x is the routers lan ip. the one your isp assigns is the wan ip. the router will retrieve the wan ip just like a modem does. unless you got a static ip, then it never changes.

yeh the router will retrieve the same ip your isp assigned your real ip as he mentioned above. 192.168.2.x is your network ip and will appear on all the puters on your network. a good tool to find this info out for every puter you have is IP2. download link at bottom.

-b0bby

http://www.keir.net/ip2.html

 

[Kendan]

Wan IP >>> Router (router has an Internal IP you use to configure it 192.168.2.1 or whatever itis by default) >>> all the inner local IPs (192.168.2.x) Each device you have inside your network will recieve an inner IP (192.168.2.x) from the router.