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WAN Port
Hello
Excuse the noob question.
We had a small 4 port router that plugged into the switch and provided internet access.
It was setup using dhcp for internal ip addresses.
We've upgraded to a dedicated fibre connection.
I have 12 public ip addresses. But I want all my workstations to use internal ip addresses like before.
How do I configure a port on the switch to use a static ip address with manual subnet and gateway info.
I'm assuming it's a wan port to access the internet?
I've used the netgear tool to access the switch.
But all I can do there is set the switch to dhcp or manual.
Don't know if I've made myself clear here.
But is there a step by step guide to get this to work.
We are a small company with 10 employees needing this resolved in the near future.
Much appreciate any help.
Thank you!
3 Replies
You need to add some NAT router...there is no such NAT and PAT support on any Netgear switch.
- Ok can you recommend a device that would make this work? If I understand you then this device would plug in between my netgear switch and the cisco router supplying the internet connection?
This reads like your ISP has configured an interface on this router providing a complete IPv4 subnet.
Do you have management control over this Cisco router? There might be a way to add some NAT routing and configure a DHCP server for a new LAN subnet.
As you have obviously no need for a complete network block, you should return this as public IPv4 addresses are a rare good. this might lower the monthly costs, too.
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