Re: Mixed network question

What does the documentation say? What do Linksys support say?

Yours, VB.

Yes. I believe the Linksys can provide DHCP addresses within the same network of static IP's. However if your employer has provided you with a laptop that must use a DHCP assigned address, how do (did) they expect you to connect to their LAN over the Internet? Certainly they didn't just toss a laptop to you, tell you it uses DHCP and expect you to figure it out on your own, or did they? Something is missing from the scenario you've described, perhaps the implementation of a VPN?

"Don Kelloway" wrote in news:R6N_f.3108$ snipped-for-privacy@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net:

I will dig further into the Linksys documentation to try and uncover the configuration I need to support both connection methods. Your correct, they expect that the connection will be made through a VPN tunnel and that the average "home network" is configured to support DHCP addressing (I asked). The access methods to their network is quite generous, dial-up or broadband using either wireless (starbucks etc.) or hard-wired (personal network). However, the expectation is that it will orginate from a laptop that is configured internally by them without administrative priviledges, so I have little control over settings of this box. I my current system has a series of port-forwarding rules in place, thus my reason for static addressing.

FM

That explains it better. I don't think you'll have any problem.

On the Linksys there should be an option to assign IP's via DHCP. Simply allocate a small range for use and the laptop should acquire one from that pool. Once this is done, the VPN itself should do the rest.

Thank you kindly, FM