The first thing is to assign a new IP to the router (I think you can do this in the router setup pages), say 192.168.1.2, then disable all DHCP, then manually assign IPs to each computer (192.168.1.3,4,5,6 etc), and DNS servers. The Pipex DNS servers are: 158.43.240.4 and 158.43.240.3....but not sure what would then be the gateway, the router or the modem...?
Yeah, did that! In fact, I can still 'talk' (via a web page) to both the router and the modem individually - as long as they're on seperate LAN sockets
and they are assigned different IPs. So far so good... I even managed to manually assign IPs to all the computers on the net but, as you say, determining the gateway was too difficult.
As far as I can recall, I now have the router and modem on different IPs, with the modem doing the DHCP stuff for the desktop, and the router doing it for the network. I can usually get the WinXP laptop to talk to the desktop, but without access to the internet. The Win98 laptop and the Pocket PC? Forget it...!
When I can justify another £100 or so on the Great Wireless Network Project, I'll probably go for the Netgear integrated modem/router. After Christmas, perhaps!
Anyone want 2 Creative ADSL modems, an Alcatel Speedtouch 330 modem and a WRT54G router? Better be quick - they'll be in the bin in 5 minutes or so...
(No, this is not an advert - I already have a sucker - sorry,
mate - who'll take them off me. Poor, misguided fool!)