Getting more ip address

Hi

I have a network behind a managed router (that runs a vpn) with a limited amount of static ip's, which limits the number of machines that can get web access. Is it possible to get around this limit by adding another (NAT enabled) router to the network?

Regards,

Andy

simply expand the ip range available on the lan side of the router. This is what NAT is all about. You don't need to add an additional router to do this.

The router is a managed router - ie. controlled by a third party company. I don't have access to the router config -If I ask them for more IP's, they'll ask me for more money.

Thats what I'm trying to avoid

Are you running with global IP addresses now? If yes, your idea should work. You can just assign one of the IP addresses you are now using to one interface on the router and enable NAT. You would then need to assign your PCs to the address range in use on the 'inside' interface on the router. You could expand the range of available addresses a lot in this manner.

All of this assumes that the managed router you referred to is not doing anything other than routing global traffic to your addresses.

If this is the case, you might consider a firewall, which could do the NAT function, and also offer you some additional protection.

Thanks woodlander - thats one more option to look into it....