In reply to a post by GeeTee:

But I guess if you are serving 1mill+ customers every few pennies saved on hardware adds up - 99.99% of customers won't encounter the problem.

That's the whole point- consumer grade kit will handle what the vast majority of users require and no more- there's no need and it keeps the price down.

If you want a bit more functionality then pay a bit more and go for SOHO grade kit, it's not really expensive.

It's simply another instance of what I've said many times on this bbs (but it's never made any difference )- you get what you pay for.

Pretty much all routers can do what is required. I don't know Netgears or Linksys well enough to advise how to configure them to do what you want.

What devices are using the static (public) and master (private / NAT'd IP) range?

You've only got the vast majority of the UK public to convince that cheap does not necessarily mean good value.

Best of luck with that

There are 4 IP phones and one laptop using it.

Thanks!

In reply to a post by GeeTee:

You've only got the vast majority of the UK public to convince that cheap does not necessarily mean good value.

Best of luck with that

You're right, of course

Maybe I shoulld re-register as Canute_the_2nd

Lost me there - Egyptian Pharoes (sp?) are not my speciality!

You are not on your own, Bill.

I get sick and tired of this "Cheap is Better" attitude, nowadays !

- Alex

Wrong sort of sand.

In reply to a post by GeeTee:

Lost me there - Egyptian Pharoes (sp?) are not my speciality!

Canute- ruler of England who demonstrated that even kings can't turn back the tide.

So.. your router gets one of your static IPs, most likely the first - it has to in order to route traffic. Your 4 phones get the other 4 public IP addresses.

Your laptop will have to exist on a 192.168.x.x address and have its internet access NATed (network address translation) through the router.

See my previous post on how to achieve it from an IP routing point of view - I can't help any more with how to configure your kit specifically as I've never been hands on with anything of the same make.

Good luck - it is possible and no doubt simple once you know how