satellite internet connecting to modem through router, confused

BearRM

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I just got set up with Satellite Internet through SkyDSL and their provided modem only has one ethernet connection and no wifi, so I hooked up my old netgear wgr614 router so as all computers can now have wired or wifi connection. Now what brought me to finding this was i wanted to connect to the actual modem to check the internet connection, well since it has its own ip 192.168.1.1 my router is set up (because i found this info online) to be 192.168.10.1 everything was working fine until i needed to actually check the connectivity and couldnt figure out how to go to the modem ip. so i did a tracert and this is what i saw.. and im worried about hops 3 and 4

tracert google.com

Tracing route to google.com [173.194.45.66]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.10.1
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 1912 ms 719 ms 679 ms 10.130.130.13
4 657 ms 799 ms 719 ms 10.130.130.163
5 721 ms 719 ms 719 ms 88-202-127-98.ip.skylogicnet.com [88.202.127.98]

6 718 ms 719 ms 721 ms 10.130.134.185
7 720 ms 719 ms 718 ms ae0-0.r01.trn.ip.skylogicnet.com [88.202.127.5]

8 717 ms 719 ms 718 ms 88-202-120-5.ip.skylogicnet.com [88.202.120.5]
9 737 ms 717 ms 708 ms mars2.skydsl.eu [37.247.95.3]
10 732 ms 718 ms 731 ms ip-80-243-41-17.enviatel.net [80.243.41.17]
11 717 ms 719 ms 799 ms te7-1-28.rb1-tau.envia-tel.net [77.235.191.37]
12 728 ms 759 ms 759 ms de-cix10.net.google.com [80.81.192.108]
13 756 ms 1159 ms 719 ms 209.85.241.110
14 686 ms 718 ms 720 ms 209.85.251.180
15 716 ms 718 ms 718 ms 72.14.235.17
16 754 ms 1197 ms 759 ms 209.85.245.71
17 733 ms 758 ms 759 ms 66.249.94.77
18 758 ms 719 ms 719 ms par03s13-in-f2.1e100.net [173.194.45.66]

Trace complete.


now i remember that ip addresses starting with 10.x.x.x are just like 192.x.x.x they are only for private networks.. so why am i connected to this 10.x.x.x group? im hoping its just the skydsl satellite thats causing it. any info would greatly be appreceated.. also, how would i connect to the modem through my router? is there a better way to set up my router?
 
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HI, at the moment Im assuming if you look at the DHCP settings on your router then the subnet mask by default will be 255.255.255.0. this means the modem and router are currently on different networks.
If the modem is connected to the lan ports, (not the wan port) on your router you should tweak the subnet mask of your network to 255.255.0.0. this will put all devices on the same network. You will want to turn off DHCP on the router or modem if this exists on both devices, as running 2 conflicting DHCP servers on the same lan segment wont work..

Yeah it sounds like the satelite IP have all of there customers connecting in through a private network, then they will have a big net/gateway somewhere to connect you to the wider world.. i...

Urumiko

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HI, at the moment Im assuming if you look at the DHCP settings on your router then the subnet mask by default will be 255.255.255.0. this means the modem and router are currently on different networks.
If the modem is connected to the lan ports, (not the wan port) on your router you should tweak the subnet mask of your network to 255.255.0.0. this will put all devices on the same network. You will want to turn off DHCP on the router or modem if this exists on both devices, as running 2 conflicting DHCP servers on the same lan segment wont work..

Yeah it sounds like the satelite IP have all of there customers connecting in through a private network, then they will have a big net/gateway somewhere to connect you to the wider world.. i wouldnt worry.
 
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