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Edizzle
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Posted: 15th Aug 2005 18:38
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I know most routers support 255 or 256 IPs one or the other but how many wireless connections can be made at a single time. If its brand specific how many can a linksys router dealwith. A regualar $60 one that is.

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IanG
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Posted: 15th Aug 2005 19:10
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pardon?

a router can route more than 255 at a time, what you need to do is look at the subnet mask, iirc the limit on wireless connections is the limit in the subnet mask


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JoelJ
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Posted: 15th Aug 2005 19:18
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from what i understand, the 255 limit you're talking about is that it can only assign computers from numbers 192.168.1.(1-256)
but you can choose what the second to last number is too (the 1), mine is a 0 (linksys' default is 1, Dlink's is 0), so my local ip is 192.168.0.100, so i'm sure you can have it change from a one to a zero once you have all 256 computers connected to support more. But, everything i know about routers is from toying with it, i've never had more than 5 computers on my network at once so i never worried about it

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Benjamin
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Posted: 15th Aug 2005 19:33
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This should explain it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_network

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CattleRustler
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Posted: 15th Aug 2005 21:44 Edited at: 15th Aug 2005 21:45
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Joel its 0-255 for IP addy's, not 1-256

if you mean wireless connections on the Linksys wrt54g its 255 wireless connections



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Phaelax
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Posted: 15th Aug 2005 22:38
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Well I doubt he has a router with 256 ports. Maybe you're talking about virtual servers? Redirecting incoming connections on certain ports?

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spooky
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Posted: 16th Aug 2005 00:05
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My old wireless Netgear router supports up to 32 wireless connections and up to 253 wired connections (less number of wireless users).

@Phaelax - most routers have a few normal rj45 ports - mine has 4, but you can plug in multiple hubs to get upto 253 limit.

For home use this will never be an issue. Currently in my shared flat, we only have 1 wired connection and 4 wireless users.

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JoelJ
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yeah, good point, i couldnt remember

Phaelax:
no, he's talking about how many COMPUTERs can connect to a single router at once.

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