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Originally Posted by BigV
The crux of the problem is that I am unable to get a public IP address for both routers through my DSL modem, Cisco 678. I have a small block of public addresses reserved through my ISP (Yay Blarg! Online Services One plug, seriously--I chose them because they only charged me *ONCE* to provision the block of IP addresses, instead of a monthly charge. I find this very honest, since the addresses are not the property of a given isp, to charge me a monthly rental, like it's their property! Don't get me started.)
Any-damn-way. I can't get both routers to co-exist. I'm open to suggestions. I expect I'll get some in the daytime. (the corollary to a small local isp is that they don't have 24*7 phone support. boo hoo.)
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Problem solved. Well, identified. I was able to contact tech support, a live human, not a phone tree hell. Joe, senior technician, and slayer of numerous technical monsters, observed that my account
was configured for a block of static IP addresses, but when it was provisioned in mid 2000, the block of addresses I got was not the 8 address block that is offered today. Instead, I got a block of 2 addresses (subnet mask 255.255.255.252). Which explains why when I setup the network thus: Cisco 678, switch, DLink and Linksys, then devices, that only the linksys would work, since I was using my *whole* block of addresses (all two of them) already, one for the Cisco and one for the Linksys. I confirmed this when I substituted the DLink in the place of the Linksys, and it worked fine. The gear was solid, but I just didn't have the addresses I thought I had.
Joe said he'd enter a trouble ticket for me to have my account re-provisioned with the current offering of a block of 8 IP addresses (subnet mask 255.255.255.248) and email me with the new addresses, since the chances that they'll be adjacent to my existing addresses are vanishingly small.
I'll have to reconfigure the public side of both routers with their new IP addresses and subnet masks and gateway address, then it *should* fire right up!
Next challenge will be to reach his videophone via webcam on my laptop. Someday.