On 4/15/19 1:08 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
Initially the ISP feed was into the WAN port on my dd-wrt router a [a
system I have been using for 13 years] and nothing was reaching the LAN,
wired or wifi. Normally the router feeds a 16 port switch that connects
What IP range are you using on your router? If you're going to use the
192.168.0.0/16 range, then it's a good idea to pick a random higher
subnet to avoid conflicting with ISP provided equipment or other sites
if you use VPN. If the modem is providing the same subnet that your
router is, then the routing will get confused.
the equipment on my wired LAN, to workaround the problem I have moved
the ISP input from the WAN jack to one of the Ethernet output ports, the
router is doing nothing but acting as a "switch" or hub, a straight
through Ethernet adapter does about the same thing. That bypasses all
the logging features that I must have to regulate usage ...
Since this is working, that suggests that the previous theory is
correct. Unless you disabled dhcp on your router, it will be providing
IP addresses still and since things are working, the addresses must be
compatible.
If you find out that this is the case, then change the dhcp range on
your router and you should be able to go back to using the WAN port.