On Sat, Sep 1, 2018 at 4:39 PM, Iznogoud <iznogoud at nobelware.com> wrote: > This may help picture the situation in series. Trace the route to umn.edu from > my home desktop: > > iznogoud at bigpapa:~> traceroute umn.edu This I found quite interesting so I asked my box - - -grin (I hope I'm trying the right things!!!) I picked on google.com (26 hops to get there!!!!) 1. router.asus.com (192.168.1.1) 2. host###-###.xxxxxxxxxxx.com (ip address) 3. out of IP to something else! > > The first 192.168.0.1 is the D-Link WAN. The second is the 192.1.0.1, which is > the modem+router LAN, and this is also the gateway address of the D-Link's WAN. > The D-Link's WAN has an IP like 192.1.0.2 or something like that. > > Say the WAN of the DSL-model+router dies. The D-Link will have the 192.0.1.* > link dead, but the 192.168.0.* network will work just fine. All your computers > will live in that network and will work fine. > I hadn't tried this procedure before - - - thanks for the 'education'! Thanking you for your assistance!!!!!!!!!! Dee