ClearFoundation

I've added some imgs for you to see.....

This is one...

and this is the second step... Hope this helps...

Hopefully the pictures show you what I mean...

It doesn't matter what you put in your router External settings - you are only connecting ClearOS to a LAN port on the router, so it simply becomes a wireless switch, transparently sending traffic between the LAN ports and the wireless

You do need to configure the local IP of the router so that it is in the same subnet as the network you are creating on ClearOS LAN. I.e if ClearOS is 192.168.1.1 then set your router to 192.168.1.2 or similar. Make sure subnet masks are both 255.255.255.0

As already mentioned make sure you can PING the IP's from each machine, ping the router and ping ClearOS, this tests basic connectivity

Now the end result. Your client will connect with your wireless router network. Get an IP from the DHCP server on ClearOS, which sets the gateway to point to ClearOS

You may need to reboot your wireless switch after config changes.

It seems my luck with this install is not as I had hoped. I have my router set to 192.168.1.2 and the server is set to 192.168.1.1. My DHCP is running on my server and not on my router but when I check the IP address of my computer It's registering an external IP address. Did I miss something. I can browse the web with a static IP set on my computer just not with a dynamic.

edit: I'm going to try restarting the server later on tonight. For now, my brain needs a small break.

O.K
Lets start from scratch...
Here's a complete HOWTO for network... in my own opinion
ONLY FOR GATEWAY MODE

You have TWO NIC cards. The setup should be like....
eth0 - DHCP
eth1 - STATIC

UPON installation you would have told the server what kind of INTERNET you have and what IP address you want to assign the other NIC card..

**** IF YOU ARE USING A WIRELESS ROUTER AS A SWITCH ******
DON'T plug an ethernet cable into WAN port.. instead use the LAN ports..
log into your router and go to the LAN Configuration... Set the router's IP to 192.168.1.2
Turn OFF the DHCP ability...

UPDATE/SAVE/REBOOT your router...

The router is now set for 192.168.1.2 - you can verify this by trying to log in at the IP Address in your browser..."192.168.1.2"

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Plug ETH1 into one of the LAN ports of the router....

Your wireless PC should now be configured for the sub-network you've created. * 192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0 *

Just in case for some who are learning.......
WIN XP HOME/PRO
Go to
START => CONTROL PANEL => NETWORK CONNECTIONS

RIGHT click on your wireless connection and click on PROPERTIES
Select " INTERNET PROTOCOL (TCP/IP)" and click on "PROPERTIES"

Select "USE THE FOLLOWING IP ADDRESS"
Input the following...

IP ADDRESS: 192.168.1.50
SUBNET MASK: 255.255.255.0
DEFAULT GATEWAY: 192.168.1.1
PREFERRED DNS SERVER: 192.168.1.1 (This is for now)

Hit " OK " to save your configuration...

Do this ** START => RUN and type " CMD "

Command window will open.. type " ping 192.168.1.1 "
If a response is there then you've done it.


Log in to the webconfig.
Go to NETWORK -> IP SETTINGS

You should have the following

MODE: GATEWAY MODE
HOSTNAME: ns1.whatever.com <- what ever you want your host name to be...

DNS Server #1 This is provided for you by ISP
DNS Server #2 This is provided for you by ISP
DNS Server #3 This is provided for you by ISP

INTERFACE ROLE TYPE IP ADDRESS LINK
eth0 external dhcp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx yes
eth1 lan static 192.168.1.1 no

If this is good then ONE more thing to do in order for everything to work nicely.

In the webconfig
NETWORK => DHCP SERVER

Make it looks something like this...

AUTHORITATIVE: ENABLED
DOMAIN NAME: whatever.com

NETWORK STATUS IP RANGE LOW IP RANGE HIGH
eth0 XX.XXX.XXX.XXX DISABLED
eth1 192.168.1.0 ENABLED 192.168.100 192.168.1.254

If not then make sure it does by clicking EDIT to configure your NICs.
UPDATE AND START THE SERVER - YOU'RE NOW DONE.
Just a note... In this section I did find that my server had my LAN IP on BOTH eth0 and eth1..
it's kind of weird but an easy fix...

Hope this helps anyone out there....

And don't forget the reset your wireless connection on your PC to DHCP...

Is the Router connected to eth1?????

When you find the solution... let me know..

You really didn't have to go to all the trouble. That's basically I set up I had. My problem is not when using a static IP on my Macbook. I get a perfect connection then. It's when I switch to DHCP it loads an external IP address. In my house there are 6 computers (two desktops which are set to Static, four laptops set in DHCP because of traveling) Since I do have a DHCP server enabled on my server and not on my router/switch it should work. Here's my network stats below.

INTERNET:
Cable w/ Dynamic IP

SERVER:
eth0: 192.168.10.1 (internal)
DHCP enabled

eth1: 192.168.1.1 (internal)
DHCP enabled

eth2 (external)

SWITCH:
192.168.1.2 (internal)
DHCP disabled

THANK GOD IT"S FINALLY WORKING!!!

so apparently a simple restart after setting all the settings goes a long way. DHCP is now working on all levels.

Thanks to all who replied.