how many ips can a typical cable/dsl router handle?

[stratusfear]

im looking into getting a dsl package with speakeasy.net which includes 4 static ips. will a typical router be able to handle this many?
i say "typical" because i haven't purchased one yet.

thanks in advance!

 

[n0cmonkey]

Well the router should be able to handle atleast 1 + 3 in the DMZ

Not sure, but why do you want a router? A switch will allow you to put 4 machines out there without problems.

 

[JackMDS]

The Idea of the Cable/DSL Home Routers is to take one external IP (that is he IP of the ISP), and ?Route? the Internet service to many computers, that are on internal Network.

If you have 4 IP, and no more then 4 computers, you don?t need a Router. You set the Network with a Regular Hub/Switch, and you assign each computer with the IP given to you by your ISP.

 

[stratusfear]

I want a router so I dont have to use ICS. I also plan to host a website from my pc so I need.

1 IP for workstation.
2 IP's for DNS.
1 IP for webserver, etc.

I currently have a netgear fs 105 5 port switch.

 

[stratusfear]

So, JackMDS, what I would do is plug the ethernet cable coming from my dsl modem to my switch and the 4 cables going out from the switch to each individual pc. Then assign the given ip's to their respective pc?

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< So, JackMDS, what I would do is plug the ethernet cable coming from my dsl modem to my switch and the 4 cables going out from the switch to each individual pc. Then assign the given ip's to their respective pc? >>



Should work just fine.

 

[Quad]

yea stratus, that should work.

 

[stratusfear]

Ok thanks. But I want to share 1 IP amongst 2, possibly 3, workstations. So what I would do there is from the switch (assuming the given setup as stated before) , plug it into a router and connect all pcs to the router which would share that same IP. Correct?

Also, do I plug the cable from my dsl modem into the uplink port of the switch or just into a regular port? Might be a dumb q, but I just had to ask!

 

[n0cmonkey]

DSL line -- switch -pc's 1-3
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx|
pc2.1-router-pc2.2
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx|
pc2.3

Kind of like that? It should work.

EDIT: Added x's because the forum messed up the spacing

 

[n0cmonkey]

double post

 

[stratusfear]

That's pretty much it! Thank you all for your help!

 

[stratusfear]

That's pretty much it! Thank you all for your help!

 

[Garion]

If you want a total count.. I don't think most have real limits. I've got a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 on my router - 255 hosts. Granted, I only use six or seven, but there's nothing stopping me from loading it up as far as I wanted. So, unless your router software ships with a limited number of users (as a few do) there's no real maximum. There's performance issues - How many computers can really share a DSL/Cable line??

- G

 

[blstriker]

Your network might look something like this: Multiple IP addresses with Router

 

[stratusfear]

thanks blstriker - that's what i was looking for. i love that site

 

[Cenalian]

Ummmmm... mebbe its just me being an a$$ here, but won't most conventional routers also act as a switch?

 

[Wik]

Cenalian, you just dont't get it do you? Follow blstriker's link and maybe you will understand why there is a switch involded as well as the router.

 

[Cenalian]

Buddy, I don't get much these days....

This is the main thing that I read:


<< I want a router so I dont have to use ICS >>



Well, based on that I made my reply.... I should have followed the link, but that would have taken effort.... and frankly, I don't have any to spare.