Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Multi-Networking in Linux - Multiple Subnets Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:00:27 +0200 Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <114fdad$1trk7$1@news1.tnib.de> <114gf3s$24ndu$5@dont-email.me> <114i264$2ktba$11@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net r0Zg23a5aaGdSzUeQsvskgiZWgmleFsqCmPk3FHSeUALRi9l2J Cancel-Lock: sha1:PNcnsLfK2IPiiJtbP/FtknFpJ18= sha256:jDzd7zbEFL/y91av8MpN8dQNziVLTnXN++m7/yUDuRM= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <114i264$2ktba$11@dont-email.me> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:89333 On 2026-07-31 13:50, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 31/07/2026 12:43, Carlos E. R. wrote: >> On 2026-07-30 23:18, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: >>> On Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:58:28 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote: >>> >>>> The ISP configures the router so that it is mandatory to use >>>> 192.168.1.*, and they take a good chunk of it for their own usage. I >>>> have no recourse but using this non standard network. >>> >>> I remember seeing one setup -- I think in the house of a friend of a >>> friend -- where there, not one, but *two* routers between the house >>> LAN and the Internet. The outer one specified one private LAN, while >>> the inner one put the house machines on an entirely different one. >> >> Problem for me, is that the TV set expects the router to be on >> 192.168.1.*. I would have to connect any TV on the house to the first >> router, and have two wires. >> > You use a second dhcp server on the second router > ] > Sure, the goal being having 255*255 addresses, it can not be the 192.168.1.* range. So I have to connect all TV sets to the first router, it is special. And then I need two cables. -- Cheers, Carlos E.R. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;