WAP public IP?

[dalgard]

Dear forum,

I am trying to make a very open, transparent network that is also available from the outside (with security on each device respectively). My ISP assigns me 5 public IPs (static but assigned via DHCP) and my router-modem is in bridge mode, which I suppose means that my devices are communicating directly with my ISP's router/DHCP server.

I have connected a Linksys E2000 router to my router-modem and am using it as a wireless access point - it doesn't have a particular AP-mode but I think I have set it up correctly.


Now, my question is: In such an operation mode, does my router-modem and my WAP get assigned a public IP each from my ISP? Or do they function without IPs at all? Or do they have private IPs that somehow give them their own little neighborhood?


Since installing the Linksys router (i.e. AP) I have been experiencing drop-outs in the internet connection on my machines and running the auto-repair tool tells me that they have somehow lost track of the DNS servers. This was never a problem before. After a while the connection usually comes on again with no problem.

Do you see some hints in this behavior?

Thank you!

 

[dalgard]

Please, anyone?

I have updated info on the last part of my post, by the way. It seems that for some reason a couple of minutes after my computer wakes up from sleep mode I am unable to use DNS. My internet connection works perfectly for two minutes, then all of a sudden I can't access any websites but the connection seems fine. Then after 30-60 seconds it comes on again.

Anyone know this problem?

 

[stevech]

So your cable or DSL modem is in bridge mode. That means you could have 5 devices each using a different WAN IP address. Given the modem's speed/capacity is finite, why bother paying extra for the WAN addresses? Would this be for a business? A call center at home? Gambling? Telemarketing? Running servers at home? I can't imagine a use case for 5 IPs where you DO NOT have an IP professional to help architect this.

Paying a premium price for 5 IPs for simple residential or SOHO Internet acess makes no sense other than the above. But I may ill-informed.

I encountered this long ago for a guy running a not for profit neighborhood WiFi access for a rural area with no DSL. Or cable. We built it and this shamed the phone company into putting in a DSLAM in the area to make DSL finally happen.