[PLUG] HugesNet,

[Chuck Hast]

Folks,
The new place I have moved to only has internet access via Huges
Net (ugh!) I am using a router behind their router/radio. According
to the info I have googled, this thing is supposed to assign addresses
in the 192.168.0.x address range with the router being 192.168.0.1
It only allows for 5 IP assignments, so I have put a router running
OpenWRT behind it, I notice that it gives out a IP assignment of
100.119.170.x with the GW being 100.119.170.1, also when I plug
a linux box into the device it gets a assignment in that block of
addresses. BUT when the field service guy plugged his windows
box into the Huges box it gave him a 192.168.0.x address, what
goes here? I googled this and all indicates that the box is supposed
to hand out 192.168.0.x addresses, there are several admonitions
that you need to make sure (for obvious reasons) that your local
router does not use the 192.168.0.x subnet due to the HughesNet
device using it as the default (I always change those things to some
other subnet because .0.x and .1.x are the most common defaults.

Why does this device hand out 100.119.170.x addresses (looks like
routable addresses) to the linux box or the router but 192.168.0.x
addresses to the windows box?


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