single to doudle nic!!

[pw44]

It has an option to enable one of the Ethernet Ports as the WAN which is what I have done and connected an ethernet cable from eth1 to the Wan port.

Make this a network port, not a wan. Have all ports as lan, no dhcp, no gateway or whatever enabled.
In simple words: it shall behave as a switch with a wireless access point. All the work will be done by lmce (dhcp, routing, firewall, etc.....)

[l3mce]

If your router, or any other device on the network (connected eth1) has DHCP on, that is probably your issue.

[dcubox1]

ok so i think i cant use the router as just a switch with a wireless accesss point :-( i turned the wan port off, so now all ports are lan and disables dchp... The windows pc gets a proper ip address and gateway when i run ipconfig.. However the only issue is when tryin to run a web page it redirects to the routers diagnostics page :-( so so close.!! Thanks for the comments

[pw44]

See if you have the a choice disable the gateway. Please inform the brand and model.... maybe i can get it's manual and see what is to be done.

[dcubox1]

Ok so here is a link to the router that I have, Not at home right now so donk know if I can disable the gateway!!

http://www.superwarehouse.com/Netopia_2246N-VGx_Router_and_4_port_Switch/2246N-VGX/p/708632

Do you think this is the issue? If so it looks like the last step we need to get it working!

[l3mce]

The router has NAT enabled. disable that, and you should be clear... however the routers firewall is tied up in the NAT... not a huge deal if you are firewalled before hitting eth0.

http://www.netopia.com/support/hardware/technotes/CQG_015.html

[Zaerc]

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It has an option to enable one of the Ethernet Ports as the WAN which is what I have done and connected an ethernet cable from eth1 to the Wan port.
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And there is your problem.  Undo that, make sure the DHCP is turned off and connect the core's eth1 to a normal LAN port.

[dcubox1]

The router has NAT enabled. disable that, and you should be clear... however the routers firewall is tied up in the NAT... not a huge deal if you are firewalled before hitting eth0.

http://www.netopia.com/support/hardware/technotes/CQG_015.html

Bang on l3mce I turned NAT off and hey presto Everything worked
Thanks alot and a big thanks to pw44 as well as everyone else!!

Im off to try out PXE boot...