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Using 2 routers and IP Address
I am posting this wondering how anyone who puts a switch between their ONT and routers manage to get around the issue of only having 1 IP Address? I have internet 150/150 and there's only 1 IP Addres...
Can you check the subnet of the ip address that telus gave you? Another thing you can do, if you are not concern about having two separate public ip address, you can use your own router by connecting it to the router that telus provided to you.
linuxgeek What should I look for in the subnet ip address?
I also just switch my setup to the one you mentioned. I see 2 separate IP Addresses on my actiontec and my own router. Would that be consider as 2 IP Addresses? Telus mention they only provide 1 for home users.
The sub-net mask look like this 255.255.XXX.XXX, you can check it in the router where the WAN ip address is, or if it is not called WAN in the router it is called "internet". Check it from there and post it here.
Am I not correct that a 255.255.252.0 is a /22 network and should be able to issue 4 IP under a Class C addressing structure? There for we should be able to get a second public IP by putting the Telus modem in bridged mode and utilizing 2 of our own routers behind the Telus modem?
I the actiontec and your router has 2 different public ip address then you have 2 ip's.
Telus support told me they only issue 1 ip for home services. Would this mean my 2nd router shouldn't work?
As long as both the routers have 2 separate public ip addresses it should work, unless they blocke the other ip address. Another way to check if how many use-able ip addresses they assigned to you is by checking the sub-net mask of the ip address assigned to you. Check the WAN ip address in the router and see what the subnet is, it should look like this 255.255.XXX.XXX. Post it here so that we can check it.
