A. Mahendra Rajah presented these words - circa 9/22/08 8:33 PM->
> Hello:
>
> I have an Alpha 3400 system running OVMS 6.2 and Multinet
> v4.4 A-X.
>
> I am trying to connect this server to the Internet through a
> DSL modem provided by my ISP.
>
> This setup (A) does not work:
>
>
> +-----------------+ +-----------+
> | Alpha using ISP | ---> | DSL modem | ---> Internet
> | supplied IP# | +-----------+
> +-----------------+
>
> 'Multinet trace' command won't even see the default route
> supplied by the ISP. Why doesn't this work?
>
>
> But, this setup (B) does work:
>
> +--------------------+
> | Alpha using IP# | +--------------+ +-----------+
> | provided by the | ---> | DI524 router | ---> | DSL modem |
> | router 192.168.x.x | +--------------+ +-----------+
> +--------------------+ |
> |
> V
> Internet
>
>
> A few PCs and Laptops (both wireless and wired) use the
> DI524 router to connect to the Internet. They all use the
> same IP# on the WAN side that the router obtained from my
> ISP.
>
> And so, I would like to have a dedicated IP# and DNS name
> for the Alpha and that was why I would prefer to have setup
> A functional.
>
> Am I doing something wrong? Is this possible to achieve?
> Is there a better way of achieving this?
>
> Thanks in advance for any and all assistance,
>

It depends on a number of factors:

1) What is the configuration of the DI524?
2) What is it's WAN ip address(the side connected to the DSL modem)?
3) Is it using some type of authentication?

4) On the second configuration about what does the output of traceroute
show?

Depending on what you want to use the Alpha for, the DI524 can probably
be configured to let through certain services (see the Virtual Servers
configuration on the D-Link device).


Patrick

> -- mahendra
>
>

How is the default route being specified? As part of MultiNet
Configure/Net? Or does it come from a routing protocol that might be
handled by GateD?

-----Original Message-----
From: A. Mahendra Rajah
[mailto:MAHENDRA@static24-72-72-85.regina.accesscomm.ca]
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 11:33 PM
To: info-multinet@process.com
Subject: Alpha with Multinet 4.4 and ISP provided modem

Hello:

I have an Alpha 3400 system running OVMS 6.2 and Multinet
v4.4 A-X.

I am trying to connect this server to the Internet through a
DSL modem provided by my ISP.

This setup (A) does not work:


+-----------------+ +-----------+
| Alpha using ISP | ---> | DSL modem | ---> Internet
| supplied IP# | +-----------+
+-----------------+

'Multinet trace' command won't even see the default route
supplied by the ISP. Why doesn't this work?


But, this setup (B) does work:

+--------------------+
| Alpha using IP# | +--------------+ +-----------+
| provided by the | ---> | DI524 router | ---> | DSL modem |
| router 192.168.x.x | +--------------+ +-----------+
+--------------------+ |
|
V
Internet


A few PCs and Laptops (both wireless and wired) use the
DI524 router to connect to the Internet. They all use the
same IP# on the WAN side that the router obtained from my
ISP.

And so, I would like to have a dedicated IP# and DNS name
for the Alpha and that was why I would prefer to have setup
A functional.

Am I doing something wrong? Is this possible to achieve?
Is there a better way of achieving this?

Thanks in advance for any and all assistance,

-- mahendra

In article <01MZVL04DI4K00004E@static24-72-72-85.regina.accesscomm.ca>, "A. Mahendra Rajah" writes:
> Hello:
>
> I have an Alpha 3400 system running OVMS 6.2 and Multinet
> v4.4 A-X.
>
> I am trying to connect this server to the Internet through a
> DSL modem provided by my ISP.
>
> This setup (A) does not work:
>
>
> +-----------------+ +-----------+
> | Alpha using ISP | ---> | DSL modem | ---> Internet
> | supplied IP# | +-----------+
> +-----------------+
>
> 'Multinet trace' command won't even see the default route
> supplied by the ISP. Why doesn't this work?
>
>
> But, this setup (B) does work:
>
> +--------------------+
> | Alpha using IP# | +--------------+ +-----------+
> | provided by the | ---> | DI524 router | ---> | DSL modem |
> | router 192.168.x.x | +--------------+ +-----------+
> +--------------------+ |
> |
> V
> Internet
>
>
> A few PCs and Laptops (both wireless and wired) use the
> DI524 router to connect to the Internet. They all use the
> same IP# on the WAN side that the router obtained from my
> ISP.
>

If the ISP is dynamically assigning IP addresses, they may match
sometimes and not others. Generally ISPs assume you are using DHCP
unless you pay extra. Multinet can be configured t ouse DHCP.