Router with multiple Static IP Addresses?

[Beeker25]

I need a Router that can be used with 5 or more Static IP Addresses, here is my situation: I have DSL and have recently upgraded my service to Static IP addresses, I now have 5 Static IP addresses on my single DSL line for my 5 PC's that are all networked. I plan on running multiple servers from home, but need to keep all of my systems networked. I want to stay with a Router with hardware firewall if possible. I currently have a SMC 8port Router, but cannot use it because NAT cannot be disabled and it can only be used with 1 Static IP address. I also have a SMC 8port 10/100 Auto Switch which I haven't hooked up yet, I am better off using the Switch and a software firewall-I have Norton Firewall-? If anyone knows of a Router that can support more than a single Static IP address, please let me know, or if anyone has any other ideas. I also may have an additionl 5 Static IP addresses to assign to the same 5 PC's. I am also getting Sprint Wireless Broadband hooked up on Saturday and plan on Bridging the 2 Broadband connections and adding an addition NIC to each system.

 

[Ace69]

Just get you a cheap 5 port hub and hook all of your PCs up to that.

 

[TunaBoo]

They have professionaly level equip. out there to do that. Your standard netgear/linkSYS router will not work, but a bigger router will. But we are talking a LOT of cash.

 

[jmcoreymv]

The Netgear will allow you to turn off nat. Go find the "Single User Mode" and set it to No.

 

[Hender]

I'm not sure about the model of router you have, but I eventually figured out how to do that with my Linksys firewall/router, so a similar procedure may work for you. I disabled DHCP, assigned IP addresses to all my machines, then opened port forwarding for specific ports to those machines only. Now when anyone accesses my IP address with a web browser, they get my web server, and if I started up a mail server or FTP server, I could do the same. The only problem I've found so far is that multiple servers cannot be set up, so only one port 80 can be open. Can you do anything similar to that on your firewall?

 

[vi edit]

Maybe I'm missing something here, but why don't you just run a line from the router to the switch, and then plug all the machines into the switch. Change the networking configs of the machines to the static IP's, plug in your DNS numbers on the local machines, and then assign the routers IP address as a gateway on the other machines.

Shouldn't have to worry about DHCP if none of the machines are looking for a DHCP server since they are now static.

 

[stevel114]

The router you have won't work. If you need to have all the IP's open to the internet you are going to need 2 nic's in each machine and set them up as a router. That way you are protected from the internet the same way the router protects you. Depending on your exact needs another way would be to have one machine with 6 nic's in it. You would assign the the static internet ip's and one internal ip to the machine and have some software firewall running on it. Your other machines would run what ever apps you want and just route them toward the correct ip to get out. Your setup would be DSL - switch - firewall machine - switch - apps machines.

SL

 

[Zach]

Build a Linux box to do routing and you'll be safe. How many IP's can a single card have? More than you'll ever need anyway.