SB4200 Works As A Gateway/Router?

[ViRGE]

From one of the pages on the SurfBoard 4200 diagnostic section:

The SURFboard cable modem can be used as a gateway to the Internet by a maximum of 32 users on a Local Area Network (LAN). When the Cable Modem is disconnected from the Internet, users on the LAN can be dynamically assigned IP Addresses by the Cable Modem DHCP Server. These addresses are assigned from an address pool which begins with 192.168.100.11 and ends with 192.168.100.42. Statically assigned IP addresses for other devices on the LAN should be chosen from outside of this range.

Am I reading in to it too much, or does this say that this thing functions as a router too?:Q

 

[Adul]

it can but I think most ISP disable this ability

 

[oldfart]

No, its just a DHCP server, not a router. If you paid for extra IP's, the cable provider would send a config to your modem that would allow it to assign IP addresses to multiple hosts. The routing is done farther into the network.