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Message started by hazelnut on Oct 4th, 2009 at 2:13pm

Title: Re: Iberbanda Connection Problems
Post by Nigel on Oct 7th, 2009 at 6:28pm
It appears that Iberbanda have either made a change or have a problem in the El Perello and Deltebre repeaters - I don't know if the same applies to the Tortosa one or any others, but possibly..

Sorry if the following is a bit technical but it may help someone trying to sort out a problem..

Up until now the Iberbanda DHCP server has been providing multiple IP addresses on the single links that people have - this would allow you to connect a basic ethernet hub or wireless access point that does not provide NAT or DHCP and then each connected device would get a public IP address.

It seems that this has now been stopped and they are restricting each link to a single public IP address.

This means if you connect 2 computers or devices (VOIP SIP or whatever) then only one will work, the second will report an IP conflict with another device on the network and won't get internet connectivity.

The solution to this is a router/access point that provides NAT and a DHCP server. Ensure the DHCP server is enabled and that each device you connect picks up a local IP address (typically by default in the 192.168.xx.xx range), the NAT should not need anything to configure it as it is not a configurable 'thing', just a function of the router.

If your device doesn't pick up an IP from the DHCP server then you may need to pre-assign an IP address using the MAC address of the network adaptor.

This shouldn't affect anything you do/use on the pc unless you are running a web server/mail server/ ftp server etc. in which case you may need to set up port forwarding on the router.

Nigel

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