Networking issue
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@Danp You have to update your router to know what to do with the traffic.
So what is simpler depends on what router you have.
Also it depends on how many guest VMs you have.
If you do not have any test VMs yet, just change the server to match your existing network.
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@jaredbusch Can you explain why changing the wireless network so that everything is on 192.168.1.x won't work?
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@danp said in Networking issue:
@jaredbusch Can you explain why changing the wireless network so that everything is on 192.168.1.x won't work?
If you change the wireless but do not change your router, then how will your wireless even get to the internet?
Sure it will let you connect to the XS box, but nothing else.
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@jaredbusch Sorry if I wasn't clear. I meant to update the wireless router to start handing out the matching IPs for 192.168.1.x instead of 192.168.169.x.
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@danp said in Networking issue:
@jaredbusch Sorry if I wasn't clear. I meant to update the wireless router to start handing out the matching IPs for 192.168.1.x instead of 192.168.169.x.
Well, that is one of the options I said to do. So yes, do that.
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I would like some of the VMs to have internet access. My PC has access to the VMs and the internet. The traffic will be minimal, so is there any way to use my PC as the gateway for the VMs?
Suggestions on how to make this happen without running a cable between the wireless router and the switch?
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@danp said in Networking issue:
I would like some of the VMs to have internet access. My PC has access to the VMs and the internet. The traffic will be minimal, so is there any way to use my PC as the gateway for the VMs?
Suggestions on how to make this happen without running a cable between the wireless router and the switch?
I don't understand what you want here. Why would you want your PC to be a gateway instead of the router? What's the goal?
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@danp said in Networking issue:
I would like some of the VMs to have internet access. My PC has access to the VMs and the internet. The traffic will be minimal, so is there any way to use my PC as the gateway for the VMs?
Suggestions on how to make this happen without running a cable between the wireless router and the switch?
Just WTF? How can you not have a cable to your switch? Does it connect on fucking magic?
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@danp said in Networking issue:
I would like some of the VMs to have internet access. My PC has access to the VMs and the internet. The traffic will be minimal, so is there any way to use my PC as the gateway for the VMs?
Suggestions on how to make this happen without running a cable between the wireless router and the switch?
When you change the ip addresses, you will just need to do something like:
Setup reservations in your dhcp server for your devices.
You then could then set the devices you dont want to have internet access to with a static address without a gateway. The devices will still register as active reservations on the dhcp server.
But surely your router and switch can handle vlans? Ah i just checked while writing this, that wifi router you have supports vlan tagging on only the WAN port.
To keep the networks separate, you would have to buy something like
TPLink switch60 bucks to your door.
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This is a rental home, so don't want to run cable throughout the house to connect the switch to the router. Resolved the issue by putting in a couple of powerline ethernet adapters.
Glad I could help JB in keeping his blood pressure in check.
