eltremendo wrote:thanks for the help. for instance i set up a wan to have a static ip address undelying the ethernet/coax but i get confused on what type of ip distribution to use. i have 3 options dchp server ( disable , server, relay ) . i changed from time warner and their router was providing me a static ip on each different ethernet port , not sure how they did it.
Time Warner probably had your modem bridged. In essence, it's what is being proposed by the other poster in this thread since bridging a modem makes it act either as a pass-through, or a switch in the case you saw with Time Warner.
Hope this helps.
