Setting up Network Question

triplebenc

Hey all, I'm trying to configure a network in my apartment. I have 3 computers, a 1710 cisco Router and 2950 switch. I get my internet through a cable company. So I was wondering if this would work:

- first, connect the coaxial cable from wall to modem
- second, run a cat 5 cable from the modem to the e0 on the router
- third, run a cat 5 from the routers fa 0/1 interface to the switch
- fourth, set up nat port overload with the IP address givin to me by the cable company. Set up the e0 as ip nat outside and then set fa0/1 as ip nat inside.
- fifth, configure the router and switch so that my 3 computers connected to the switch will use the address i assign them w/ nat (probable 192.168.1.0 network)

Is this possible to do with a cable company rather than a telco or isdn?
Thanks!

Webmaster

Well, if the cable modem doesn't perform NAT for you already, then yes, you'd have to perform it on the Cisco router.

triplebenc

Well right now i have them running on a linksys router, which I'm pretty sure does nat automatically, it's pretty much just plug it in and it works. So I guess I'll just have to try and see what happens when I use the cisco router.

wildfire

Well right now i have them running on a linksys router, which I'm pretty sure does nat automatically, it's pretty much just plug it in and it works. So I guess I'll just have to try and see what happens when I use the cisco router

The 1720 isnt plug and go by no means at all,

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk648/tk361/tk438/tsd_technology_support_sub-protocol_home.html

Heres a whole load of config examples for NAT for your network.

triplebenc

I also have 2501 router, and was wondering if I used an ethernet tranceiever and put a cat 5 cable in it's serial 0 or 1. Think it'd work or not because it's not a serial cable

Deadmaster200

Dude,

Forget about trying to set up ur network for now.
You need to some basic reading on basic networking first.

Once/if you do that, you will be embarrased with yourself when rereading this thread.

Deadmaster200

Disregard!!!

The previous post was supposed to be in the

"Noob question regarding lab setup" thread.

Sorry