said by ILpt4U:Did you get a Static IP Block with U-Verse, or do you have the single "dynamic"/sticky IP?
If you have a Static Block, you will want to use the Cascaded Router option to pass the entire block to your Cisco
If you have the single "dynamic"/sticky IP, then you want to put the Cisco into the IP Passthru mode, and then hardcode the single WAN IP info into the Cisco
Thank you for your quick reply. I do have a block (because that is how it was sold to me), and that's what I had on the DSL line as well.
I believe that only one static IP address is required for our setup (I am not super technical, so I will explain). If that is the case, do we have to use Cascaded Router setup...seems that the IP Passthrough is simpler -- if I'm wrong in that please advise/explain.
Meanwhile, here is our story:
We have a database running on our system that is accessed by our clients (and our independent contractors) via a vendor's website. In other words, our clients (or contractors) go to: ourname.vendorsname.com and get a login screen that accesses our data (and once signed in, they can see various components of data relevant to them in our database).
Currently, our router has a static WAN IP address and the computer upon which the database is located has a fixed IP within the LAN. Other computers within the LAN utilize DHCP-assigned addresses from the Cisco router.
Do you have a recommendation on whether or not to cascade. Again, if it is as simple as the IP Passthrough, then I guess I might as well, since I could then theoretically address some of the devices from off-site (i.e., printer, for example, or NAS).
One more question...I know the options in Cascade Router, but don't know what the I would use for the Cascaded Router address, nor what to do about Subnet mask (I do know how I want the range of network addresses available to the client of the Cisco); also don't know what other information needs to be entered on the Subnets & DHCP page of the Home Networking tab of the setup...if you could suggest some reference material on how to specifically set up a Cascaded Router, I would appreciate. Cascaded Router just looks more difficult, but maybe I'm not understanding.