Yes, changing the netmask from .252 to 0 should give you 254 *useable*
addresses (1 "gateway" IP and one "broadcast" IP on top of 254 "useable" IPs
for a total of 256.) Now, whether or not your ISP will allow you to do that
is another question. 

-----Original Message-----
From: PicaRules [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 5:23 PM
To: Alan Watchorn; [email protected]
Subject: RE: Getting past *two* NAT routers


Alan,

You are helping me describe the problem! I don't *want* two NAT routers in
the chain; but the DSL -- thingie -- is set up as a router that can't assign
more than one LAN address. Therefore a hub wouldn't help--unless there is a
way to *make* it allow more than one address! To repeat: it has a setting
for Client IP Pool Starting Address, one for Size of Client IP Pool, one for
(LAN) IP address, and one for (LAN) Subnet Mask. The subnet mask is
255.255.255.252; I haven't tried it, but maybe reducing the last octet is
necessary in order to increase the size of the client IP pool?

I'm only using the Mac's Internet Sharing for fear of incurring my ISP's
wrath by venturing into their territory; but I'm still curious whether it's
possible to shed the thingie's routing altogether and do it all from the Mac
instead. I *can* set the Mac up to handle the PPPoE login. But then, how
would I get back into the thingie if it no longer had a LAN IP? Go into the
WAN IP? 

Fun and games!
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