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 I connect to the internet through one of these. I connect to the internet through one of these.
  
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 It is a modem/router (I will just use the word “router” from here on) with a firewall and DHCP server built into it. I like to call it a POS router (POS=Piece of Shit) because it’s always giving trouble. It is a modem/router (I will just use the word “router” from here on) with a firewall and DHCP server built into it. I like to call it a POS router (POS=Piece of Shit) because it’s always giving trouble.
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 (Yours might be different) (Yours might be different)
  
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 This brings up the POS router’s web GUI. This brings up the POS router’s web GUI.
  
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 Now log in to your router. Now log in to your router.
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 |192.168.0.5 |NIC Of The FreeNAS Server | |192.168.0.5 |NIC Of The FreeNAS Server |
 |192.168.0.6 – 192.168.0.49 |Reserved For Future Use (Jails, etc) | |192.168.0.6 – 192.168.0.49 |Reserved For Future Use (Jails, etc) |
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 I then reserved the first 50 IP addresses for the server by altering the IP address range of the DHCP Server in the POS router accordingly. I then reserved the first 50 IP addresses for the server by altering the IP address range of the DHCP Server in the POS router accordingly.
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 This is a slightly backwards way of doing things, but due to the limited options of the POS router this was the only practical way to do it. Your router might offer a more elegant solution than this. This is a slightly backwards way of doing things, but due to the limited options of the POS router this was the only practical way to do it. Your router might offer a more elegant solution than this.
  
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 The value in the little box was changed from 0 to 50. The value in the little box was changed from 0 to 50.
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 But what if you don’t know your router’s web GUI IP address? But what if you don’t know your router’s web GUI IP address?
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 Click on the “Start” button and go into the “Control Panel” in Windows and select “Network and Sharing Centre” (this was on a Windows 7 machine). Click on the “Start” button and go into the “Control Panel” in Windows and select “Network and Sharing Centre” (this was on a Windows 7 machine).
  
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 A new window will now pop-up. Click on the blue text next to “Connections”. A new window will now pop-up. Click on the blue text next to “Connections”.
  
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 Another window will now pop-up. Click on the “Details” button. Another window will now pop-up. Click on the “Details” button.
  
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 Yet another window will now pop-up. The IP address listed by the “IPv4 Default Gateway” is the one you want. Yet another window will now pop-up. The IP address listed by the “IPv4 Default Gateway” is the one you want.
  
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 If you don’t mind a CLI (Command Line Interface) here is a faster way. If you don’t mind a CLI (Command Line Interface) here is a faster way.
  
-Click on the START button in Windows (1) and type **cmd**  in the “Search programs and files” text box (2) and press return, or click on the cmd icon at the top (3).+Click on the START button in Windows (1) and type **cmd** in the “Search programs and files” text box (2) and press return, or click on the cmd icon at the top (3).
  
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 This should bring up the Windows default command-line interpreter, which is basically a window you can type commands into. This should bring up the Windows default command-line interpreter, which is basically a window you can type commands into.
  
-Type in **ipconfig**  at the command prompt (1) and then note down the Default Gateway IP address (2), you should get something like this.+Type in **ipconfig** at the command prompt (1) and then note down the Default Gateway IP address (2), you should get something like this.
  
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 Also make a note of the subnet mask value, it will be needed later (it’s just above the Default Gateway). Also make a note of the subnet mask value, it will be needed later (it’s just above the Default Gateway).
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