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Questions about bridging my ISP's Pace Gateway
Hi. I'd search this, but I'm not sure what to search for. I am by no means a networking guru. So this might make me sound like an idiot. I bought the R7000 to solve a problem with having two xbox ...
Your setup looks fine. Like I said, leave DHCP enabled on the Pace. Even though you have nothing else plugged into it besides the R7000, if you turn off DHCP on the Pace, your R7000 won't get an Internet IP address and it will stop working.
The Pace's DHCP assigns addresses to devices directly connected to it. Likewise with the R7000. They are independent and do not conflict with each other.
I guess I should have included the details as to just how our network is set up.
Most devices are wireless. 3 cell phones, a couple of laptops, and an iPad.
Wired devices are the two consoles and one PC.
There is nothing plugged into the Pace except the R7000. As mentioned previously, all wired connections are on the R7000. (3 devices)
We got rid of our landline phone, so the Pace isn't even being used for that. So I guess what you're saying is that it doesn't matter if DHCP is enabled on the Pace or not, because there's nothing connected to it outside of the DMZ.
Wifi is being handled by the R7000. (the Pace has pathetic wifi. R7000 is far far better.)
Your setup looks fine. Like I said, leave DHCP enabled on the Pace. Even though you have nothing else plugged into it besides the R7000, if you turn off DHCP on the Pace, your R7000 won't get an Internet IP address and it will stop working.
The Pace's DHCP assigns addresses to devices directly connected to it. Likewise with the R7000. They are independent and do not conflict with each other.
Thank you!
I think I screwed up. I wanted to give you creds for the solution, so I clicked your last response. Then got a popup notifying me that I had accepted my own reply as "solution".
Hope it doesn't matter, but you both helped me sort this out. Thanks again.Looks like I got credit. Thanks and I'm glad to be of help.