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Ok I have been given the task of updating our current ISP from a shared T1 where we get 1MBS download if we are lucky to a Roadrunner account. No problems here. Our network for the office runs on Novell. I know that when we switch to the new ISP we will get a new subnet and gateway IP. I have no idea how to log into Novell and configure the IP address for the new ISP. Is that all I have to do? Will I have to reconfigure all of the IP addresses for the printers?

I am very web savy, understand DHCP, etc. Just have not worked with Novell before. Is this something I can do comfortably or is this an incredible challenge in Novell that should only be done by a Novell expert?

Any help and advice is appreciated.

Carl

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You can get into it by typing inetcfg at the command prompt in novell.



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Almost forgot, this is really easy to change on the novell server. I forget which sub menu it is under, but if you look through each option, you will find where the default gateway is specified.

Actually, shouldn't you have a router in front of your roadrunner connections? If you dont, I highly recommend you get one as the default gateway would be your router and thus the internal gateways would never change unless you re-did the ip addressing scheme.

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Thats correct. If your gateway points to your router you should be good to go. If the gateway is something else, ie lets say a DSL modem or a cable modem from another ISP, then you will have to change it.

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Roadruner is going to supply me with 5 static IP addresses. I can use either one of those as my gateway IP correct?

So this is what I am going to do.

Have Roadrunner come in and switch out the modem.

Restart the Novell and see if we can get online
(Assuming the gatway IP is for the router not the modem)

If so then great, If not I browse through Novells submenu's to see where the gateway is specified. Change the gateway to one of the 5 IP adresses given.

Will there be a specific one tied to the new high speed modem or will any of those 5 work you think?

Thanks for your help so far Mark. Flying blind here so it's very much appreciated!


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If by RoadRunner you are refering to "rr.com" as the provider, they supply a cable connection using an ethernet type modem. You need a device on you network (router or firewall) which will have two connections. The first connection is to the Internet, which is assigned a public IP (one of the five). The second connection is to your internal network and is given a private ip (this would be the IP of your default gateway as you have currently setup - 192.168.x.x maybe). If you are already running with your own thernet router in place the only change is to the public (internet) facing port which gets assigned one of the new IPs from Roadrunner.
 
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Yes by Roadrunner I mean Brighthouse Networks Broadband Cable 5/down 2/up coax.

We do have a router in place. So when Roadrunner replaces the modem (IP to the outside world) we shouldnt have to change anything in the Novell correct? The router is the gateway IP?

This is what I'm hearing over here from you guys.

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Yeah, you should be fine, just update your router config to point to its new default gateway and you will be good to go.

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You are being assigned 5 'static' IPs. Hence you will have to set one of then to be for your routers external port.
 
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Ok guys an update:

Added the cable modem, shut down the office (novell, all desktops, etc) and rebooted. Everything seems to be working fine.

Problem is when the Cable company came they gave me a new Gateway IP, Subnet, etc. So I go to browse to the router to make sure it picked up on the new stuff, sure it did because its working but just wanted to check. Now I can browse to the routers IP that the old IT guys gave us. I know it worked because I browsed to it earlier. Now I can't get to it.

My question is I know everything is working but shouldnt I have to change something so it knows the new gateway IP? And why can't I browse to that router now?

Thanks,
Carl

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So you have the cable modem connected to the external port of the router. You have the internal port of the router connected to a hub/switch and all internal devices hang off that hub/switch (or cascaded hub/switches). Your internal pcs have their default gateway set as the address of the routers internal port (192.x.x.x/10.x.x.x/172.x.x.x?). The Gateway details that the cableco gave you would be for the external port of the router (not the pcs). If you haven't been into the router config and set this and you can still browse the internet, the router must be using DHCP to get its details after all. The router could get a different external IP after a reset. Have you tried to access the router config via the internal IP through web browser, or TELNET (or are you trying an external IP from the cableco? - should use internal IP to get in)
 
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The IP i was using was provided by the previous IT guy. I think it is an internal one, only now I cant browse to it. How can i browse to it now? Is there something I can do to look it up through the network to get to the router?

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Carl, If you are able to get to the internet, your pc's default gateway is the IP address of the routers internal port. Is your default gateway the same IP as you have been given. If not try that IP instead of the one from the IT guy.
 
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