Verizon DSL guy not much help, need yours please!

[reset]

Hi, I need help setting up DSL and networking it. Here's the scenario. Currently there are four computers. Computers A,B, and C are networked to each other via a hub. Computer Z is not networked but network ready. I have an old cisco router. I'd like to have DSL networked but have computer Z independent of ABC. I guess I would connect the DSL modem to the router which has two connections. One would be sent to computer Z. The other would be sent to computer A which can network the connection between itself and computers B and C.

Will this work to keep ABC's DSL connection independent from Z's?

The verizon guy came to install it on computer A, had me remove the IP settings and change it to Obtain IP Address Automatically (as the DSL required it). But everytime we rebooted the win2k machine, the ip settings returned and he couldn't finish the install.
Any advice as to how to change this? A B and C were networked to each other.

Any advice or help would be really, really appreciated. thank you guys.

 

[jsm]

Does you network look like this:

/--> hub --> PC's ABC
DSL Bridge --> router
\--> PC Z

If so, are you performing NAT on the router? If that is the case, then you need to set up a DHCP server somewhere within your network OR assign static IPs with a private class of some kind internally.

The router should be getting a dynamic IP from your ISP and then have a private network internally assigned.

In theory, the above layout COULD work. But, you would have to put the machines in ABC on a different subnet than computer Z. For instance, you could assign the ABC to a private class A and then put computer Z on a private class B.

Good luck!

 

[UnixFreak]

A good website for setting up the cisco is Randy Lutton's Homepage It gives specific settings, and detailed setup info, including NAT table modification.

 

[reset]

Thank you very much. I will check out the site.