[lug] Little Network problem

David L. Anselmi anselmi at anselmi.us
Wed Sep 10 18:34:53 MDT 2008


Nate Duehr wrote:
> 
> On Sep 10, 2008, at 10:18 AM, gordon.golding at colorado.edu wrote:
> 
>>
>> I have DSL.  As I understand it, I only have 1 IP because the mask 
>> limits me to 4: network, broadcast, .1 for the modem, .2 for ONE PC.
> 
> Can you provide the full IP's, and not just the final octet?  It should 
> shed some light on what's going on for you there.

And it might help to know the model of DSL modem.  It would be annoying 
if your ISP gave you one that doesn't do NAT.  But you can either 
replace it (or if that isn't allowed replace your ISP) or add a "DSL 
router" behind it.

Dave



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