[Cialug] Qwest Actiontec M1000 + Netgear WGR614 Router = Double NAT :-(

[Dave Weis]

Aaron Korver wrote:
> The reason that I want to use "Bridged" mode is so I can open up ports 
> through the router to the outside world.  If I leave things as-is, my 
> modem gives my router an internal IP Address 192.168.0.2 
> <http://192.168.0.2>, and then my router hands out IP addresses to my 
> computers on a different subnet.  Thus my computers get assigned 
> 192.168.1.X.  The Modem can't see the computers, only the router, and my 
> ports only get opened on the router, not the modem.
> 
> This becomes problematic when you want to do things like VoIP, torrents, 
> WoW, etc :-)

The easiest thing to do is just use a modem with wireless built and and 
not use the second level of NAT.