Best Network Config for 5-Static IPs via Cable Modem/Router

[Mel_3]

- We have 5 static ip addresses provided via the local cable company.
- They installed a modem/router at our location...
- a single device connected to the cable with 4 network ports on the back.

- We want the office computers to share one static ip
- We want another set of computers to share another static ip

Will the configuration below work for us?

- We install two routers... one for each static ip address.

- We connect Router-1 to a port on the cable modem/router and assign it one of the 5 static ip's...
- then connect the office computers to the ports on Router-1

- We connect Router-2 to another port on the cable modem/router and assign it another of the 5 static ip addresses
- then connect our other computers to the ports on Router 2

Kinda like this...

Cable -->Cable Modem/Router-->
--> Port 1-->Router-1 ip-1--> Network-1
--> Port 2-->Router 2 ip-2--> Network-2

Thanks for any help.

 

[Vipernitrox]

Should work fine if the static ip's you're talking about are public ip's and the modem/router provided by the cable company doesn't come with any nat setup.

 

[thesam101]

Hi Mel_3

Yes, that should work fine, assuming of course you have enough ports on your 2 routers for the computers, and/or you use a switch