Home Network

[SilentPassenger]

Network diagram :
http://s9.imagehosting.us/uploadpoint/imagehosting_upload_storage/nou...


Hi everybody,


Im having some problems setting up my home network and im hoping
someone can help me out.


My set up as descibred in the diagram : One Windows XP pc and an Ubuntu

server connected to a switch, a cable modem/router with dhcp also
connected to the same switch, providing both the PC and the Server with

an internet IP adrress.


i can reach the router via the local ip adrress 192.168.100.1 but there

is not much i can configure on it.


On the server i have ftp server running and if i connect to it via the
pc it takes the route via the internet. (the long way obviosly), Now my

question is how can i set it up that it takes the shortest
route.(directly through the switch)


can anyone help me?

 

[Frankster]

Link doesn't work and not enough information provided.

-Frank

 

[SilentPassenger]

good link :
http://s9.imagehosting.us/uploadpoint/imagehosting_upload_storage/nouser_1648/T0_-1_1648836.jpg

 

[Frankster]

http://s9.imagehosting.us/uploadpoint/imagehosting_upload_storage/nouser_1648/T0_-1_1648836.jpg

This link works, but your diagram leaves much to the imagination. Mine at
least.

Q: You have a router you say is running DHCP and is routing between the
public IP network of 83.86.0.1 and the private IP network of 192.168.100.1.
Where did the "other network" public IPs of 83.86.100.1 and .2 come from? I
would expect your Windows PC and your Linux Server to have a 192.168.100.x
IP (either static or assigned via DHCP). Are these boxes dual homed? (two
NICs each?)

Q: You say "i can reach the router via the local ip adrress 192.168.100.1
but there is not much i can configure on it." What does that mean? Can you
configure the outside interface IP, the inside interface IP and the DHCP
services to pass out a range of IPs? What range is DHCP configure to pass
out to the clients (your PC and Unix box, presumably). If you want static
IPs on your Windows and Unix box, why are you running DHCP?

Q: How are you "connecting" to your ftp server, exactly. By IP? By name? Is
you Linux box running DNS? Are you using host files for name resolution?

Q: How do you know your ftp is taking the Internet route? What are you
viewing that tells you that?

You ask: "how can i set it up that it takes the shortest route.(directly
through the switch)"

Hard to tell without knowing more. But I would offer that you should try
putting the local address of your machines into each of their hosts files so
you can use the host file as the name server. FTPing by IP should already be
taking the shortest route (if they are on the same network - which I can't
tell by your diagram).

Also, I recommend providing the exact IP config of your two machines here.
You can do this on your Windows machine by going to a command line and
typing ipconfig /all > ipconfig.txt. This will write the output to a text
file you can post here. I forget what the command for the same info is on
the Linux box, but you should be able to find it (or know it I guess).

-Frank

 

[Guest]

I have yet to see a cable modem with router function built in that worked
properly. Ditch the Switch Get a Cable/DSL Router and disable dhcp on your
cable modem. Everything will be hunky dory and no headaches. Good Luck

Joe

Kemco IT Tech

 

[Frankster]

Also, something wrong here. I can't reach your public IP of 83.86.0.1.

------------------------
Pinging 83.86.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 83.86.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

 

[SilentPassenger]

Hi,

Thank you for your responds.

You cannot reach the IP address because its one i made up.

now to awnser your questions:

A: My router is running DHCP but my machines don't get a private IP
address, they get an IP address from the provider. I don't know why.
So the public ips 83.86.*.* come from the provider. I expected that
would get a private ip address, but they both get a public ip from the
provider

A: the only thing I can configure is the enabling and disabling of the
DHCP on the modem/router

A: I'm connecting using the 83.86.*.* ip address, the Linux box is
not running DNS.

A: I have done a trace route, and the transfer speed is slow.

 

[Frankster]

You cannot reach the IP address because its one i made up.

Well, with the "made up" IP addresses throughout your network diagram, there
is no way I know to help you. I can't be sure what machines are on what
network.

-Frank