WOT: need computer help...., need to assign an IP address to a particular computer.... Options

[scottb]

on my network.

i have a linksys BEFSR41 and have 2 IP addresses through comcast (at least that is what they tell me).

i need to do the following:

find out my IP addresses

assign one of these addresses to my wifes work computer, and let the rest of the house use the other.


i have messed around within the router but as i don't know my ip addresses. i do an ipconfig and only get one ip address.

so any suggestions oh wise ones? my wife an i both work for the same company and the security system is such that only one log in per ip address is allowed (hence the need for 2).

hope this is clear enough....

thanks,

scott

[scottb]

ok, resurrecting this for some input. was not able to get things organized before and then work got busy among other excuses.but now i can work from home even more so i want this VPN issue resolved once and for all.

just got off the phone with comcast tech and the latest information i received is that in order to have IP addresses assigned, i will need a gateway modem. the IP addresses i have are not static so per the tech person, they cannot be assigned to a particular router port. i asked for a static IP address but they will not give them to residential accounts.

the reasoning for the gateway modem is that it will grab the first IP address for the first log on, then the second for the next. most of these that i have found on line look a lot like a router. i would set up a router and/or switch on a couple of the remaining ethernet connections so i can have use of more than one log in on one of the IP addresses.


ok, so there is the story and here are my questions:

1) does this reasoning sound plausible?

2) any suggestions for a gateway router?



as always, thanks in advance.

scott