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FlipFluitketel
Jun 15, 2021Aspirant
Netgear GS724Tv4 vlan routing
Hi, I'm rather new to vlan's so I might have missed something simple but I don't get it working like I hoped it would. I've got a Genexis Platinum 7840 modem which hasn't got options for vlan...
FlipFluitketel
Jul 05, 2021Aspirant
Just called them again (did it before opening this thread) and still the answer is "No, you can't put it in bridge-mode" (or what name they would give it). But this person I was speaking to (had more knowledge then the first one I spoke about it) said it should be possible to put a device into DMZ. So maybe that could be an option.
tmittelstaedt
Jul 05, 2021Star
I noticed you refrained from mentioning what they said when you told them you needed a public IP address. :-) Sounds like there IS a solution for you. You just don't want to pay for it.
I've met many people who are leasing trucks because they will swear on a stack of Bibles that they need a big truck. Yet when I look in their truck bed it's pristine. I've never understood why the same principle is not in operation when it comes to Internet service. You tell someone they need business service and they ignore you. Apparently the goal is whoever dies with the cheapest Internet service wins. :-)
Let me just say that ISP's operate on the old Telephone Company principle that if you are a business you must pay more. In their eyes anyone who wants to do the slightest thing interesting with their Internet service - run a server, run IPv6, run a static IP, run multiple networks (like you) is a business. That may be unfair but it's the only thing they have come up with to fairly delineate between business and residential service. They USED to use addresses but the cheaters destroyed that when businesses called in pretending to be residences.
The fact is that people in general support this idea when it comes to taxes - businesses should pay more - and a great many other things. So don't blame the ISPs for this attitude since they are just echoing what people say about everthing else.
I come from the principle that if you pay a lot for something that isn't working, and you just need to pay more for it to work properly, it's false economy not to pay more since the lot you are paying for the non-working thing is money down the rathole. But I realize this isn't a popular attitude with the race to the bottom society we have today.
Just sayin!
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