Hi Peter! On 2017-04-21 13:53, Peter Humphrey wrote:
Have you considered spending a little money, ditching the router and substituting one that you can control? Reasonably capable routers aren't expensive.
Yes, I have considered this. But this is a router by my internet provider, especially configured to work at my place. It uses optical fibers instead of RJ11. I don't even have dial-in or log-in data, since it was already pre-configured.
I guess I cannot simply "ditch" the router. But yes, if I am out of options, I could always buy another router, connect it to my main router and just use this new one for connecting my devices.
But I also want to think about situations, where I need static IP addresses and I cannot access the router configuration. For example, if I need to configure a certain embedded device, which is only accessible via an IP in another subnet, then I could dedicate a NIC for the sole purpose to receive a static IP in this particular subnet, but only if I am connected in my home network.
I prefer general solutions over quickfixes which just work for one particular case.
But nevertheless, thanks for your suggestion! -- Kind regards Flo
