Bridge or Router?
Netgear modem port connected to WAN port of a Netgear router. Router DHSC is set to on. Seems to me that "Bridge" woyld be correct. (modem default setting is Router). Should I change it?
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dhcp is allowing both devices to determine the address to use automatically, instead of you having to program it manually
for surfing the web, email, youtube, it doesn't much matter what address your device has, or how many hops it has to get through. your setup is what's called double NAT - network address translation. The modem is taking the ISP provided address and translating it into a range of addresses (192.168.x.x in the example above). The router takes one of those addresses and then does another translation into a new range (10.10.x.x for example).
this only becomes a problem if you're trying to setup outside access to something, or apps that are very sensitive to timing (twitchy shooters)
for surfing the web, email, youtube, it doesn't much matter what address your device has, or how many hops it has to get through. your setup is what's called double NAT - network address translation. The modem is taking the ISP provided address and translating it into a range of addresses (192.168.x.x in the example above). The router takes one of those addresses and then does another translation into a new range (10.10.x.x for example).
this only becomes a problem if you're trying to setup outside access to something, or apps that are very sensitive to timing (twitchy shooters)
