- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
Solved! Go to Correct Answer
Correct answers
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
viafax999 wrote:
Possibly, however I suspect the firmware won't allow you to do it.I have run /22 and /23 subnet masks (510 and 1022 addresses) with the Actiontec using a 172.16.x.x IP address range.
While I have not personally not run more than 253 devices, I know of nothing in the firmware that would prevent you from doing so.
The question is somewhat academic since the OP has never come back and clarified what he was asking.
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
What kind of devices are you asking about?
Thanks.
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
@ekelks wrote:
how many can be added?
As gs0b said, not clear what kind of devices you are asking about.
Do you mean STBs? Or do you mean devices connected to the router?
If you mean the router, the router can support up to 253 devices attached in any combination of wired or wireless without making configuration changes in the router.
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
@Anti-Phish wrote:
@ekelks wrote:
how many can be added?As gs0b said, not clear what kind of devices you are asking about.
Do you mean STBs? Or do you mean devices connected to the router?
If you mean the router, the router can support up to 253 devices attached in any combination of wired or wireless without making configuration changes in the router.
Of course the 253 device count can be exceeded if desired by adding extra routers on different subnets downstream of the verizon router. Each will add another 253 devices.
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
@viafax999 wrote:Of course the 253 device count can be exceeded if desired by adding extra routers on different subnets downstream of the verizon router. Each will add another 253 devices.It's not necessary to add additional routers to go over the 253 number, All you have to do is change the subnet mask. The 253 limit is only due to the default /24 subnet mask, which is why I stated "without making configuration changes".
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
@Anti-Phish wrote:
@viafax999 wrote:Of course the 253 device count can be exceeded if desired by adding extra routers on different subnets downstream of the verizon router. Each will add another 253 devices.It's not necessary to add additional routers to go over the 253 number, All you have to do is change the subnet mask. The 253 limit is only due to the default /24 subnet mask, which is why I stated "without making configuration changes".
Possibly, however I suspect the firmware won't allow you to do it.
As I only have 1 very ancient verizon router I'm not going to try it as I I kind of rely on my internet connection.
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
viafax999 wrote:
Possibly, however I suspect the firmware won't allow you to do it.I have run /22 and /23 subnet masks (510 and 1022 addresses) with the Actiontec using a 172.16.x.x IP address range.
While I have not personally not run more than 253 devices, I know of nothing in the firmware that would prevent you from doing so.
The question is somewhat academic since the OP has never come back and clarified what he was asking.
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
I suspect if the firmware allows you to mess with the subnet mask, the problem won't be due to a limitation in the firmware, but due to a limitation of the amount of RAM a device has. That's assuming you don't hit a bug in the firmware which causes race conditions or memory leaks (the most common cases of "reboot router" syndrome 😛 ). The newer ActionTecs have a ton of RAM and should handle the abuse, but the older Gen1 routers with 32MB of RAM may start to fill up once you start adding devices to the ARP Table, NAT Table, and DHCP list.
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
Thanks. all. I meant iPad, Kindle, Roku, computer 1 & 2...all done, all's well.