Hi there all... I'm looking for some quick help. I'm trying to do something I thought would be fairly simple, but I can't seem to figure out exactly how to make it happen.
Heres a quick description of what I'm trying to do and my system setup. I have a RC cable modem connected to my Cisco 2620 Router. The router gets its IP address from the cable modem through DHCP, and runs NAT/PAT for the connected workstations. The router and six workstations are connected to a Catallyst 2924 switch. I'm looking to run various game servers and a file server on the internet.
Now I know I could/may be able to use port forwarding on the router, but things will work better if I don't I'm sure. So... what I'd like to do is segment the 2924 into two seperate LANS. I'd like to connect the cable modem, the 2620, and the server to say, the 1st three ports. And then connect the workstations to the last 6 ports. The end result would hopefully be that the cable modem assigns DHCP addresses to the 2620 and the server on one LAN. And then the 2620 assigns DHCP addresses and does the NAT work on the other LAN.
This would save me the trouble of having 2 switches running. Is it possible to do this on a 2924?
Heres the show version on the 2924:
show version
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) C2900XL Software (C2900XL-C3H2S-M), Version 12.0(5)WC3b, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright (c) 1986-2002 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Fri 15-Feb-02 10:14 by antonino
Image text-base: 0x00003000, data-base: 0x00337600
ROM: Bootstrap program is C2900XL boot loader
speedys2924 uptime is 34 minutes
System returned to ROM by power-on
System image file is "flash:c2900XL-c3h2s-mz-120.5-XU.bin"
cisco WS-C2924C-XL (PowerPC403GA) processor (revision 0x11) with 8192K/1024K bytes of memory.
Last reset from power-on
Processor is running Enterprise Edition Software
Cluster command switch capable
Cluster member switch capable
24 FastEthernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
32K bytes of flash-simulated non-volatile configuration memory.
Base ethernet MAC Address: 00:02:4B:6D:9B:00
Configuration register is 0xF
speedys2924>
If anyone has any questions, I'd be more than happy to answer. Thanks everyone!
Chris