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Wireless Help - Router assigning external IP posted in the Web & Networking forums; Hi, I just bought an EDIMAX BR-6424. Followed the instructions for setting it up and it work fine untill I connected the Internet (Directly from the ISP, uses a Wimax ...

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Old 08-11-2009   #1
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Hi, I just bought an EDIMAX BR-6424. Followed the instructions for setting it up and it work fine untill I connected the Internet (Directly from the ISP, uses a Wimax connection). The router now is giving my two computers external IPs.

Does anyone know the problem could be or what I can do to fix it? Thanks

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Hello Mer0v and welcome to the PCHF

I will open this thread so that our Tech's and or other members can address your problem....thanks for your patience..............Vger
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Hi,

I don't know how WiMax works but are you sure you are getting two working IP's? And if you have two computers on the internet then there is no real problem. Except for an aesthetic one; it is showing the true IP instead of the internal IP.

It could be how the router works...

ISP's only give one IP to each subscriber and it is up to the router to 'share' the IP with each member of the network.

The only time I saw this was when the 'Modem' (incoming) connection and the 'Ethernet' ports were connected wrong (Modem in the Ethernet port and vice versa).

However, at that time there was only One PC with a true IP and all other PC's had no IP because the router was not 'sharing' the IP address.

So it appears that your internet is working fine. Maybe the router's default behaviour is to display the true IP? Could also be a slip up on your ISP's part. Since you should only be able to obtain one external IP and not two. You should check the router's manual or perhaps contact your ISP.
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