gperry@peoplescom.net hath wroth:

>It's not the ISP. The last modem/router we had could be set for
>4-to-unlimited connections. Once properly set for "unlimited" we had
>no probs. But that router went belly-up and was replaced by the cable
>co. Unfortunately we didn't have enough computers present that day to
>see if it would support more than 4 machines. The tech said that it
>should support as many connections as we needed but we have since had
>some problems when more than 4 people try to connect.

See if there's anything you missed on the installation here:
<http://www.timewarnercable.com/centralny/customer/internet/netgear.html>
I believe it's the same breed of modem/router/wireless. I have no
clue about what page has the DHCP settings, but it's in there
somewhere. If your ISP set a limit of 4 users, you may have to disarm
this limit, exactly like you did your old modem/router/wireless.

>I haven't had a chance to check this yet but how few connections would
>it limit you to? and haw wlould you correct that?

Tell me what you get with IPCONFIG. I don't want to speculate or
offer a huge list of possible solutions without some basic info on
what it's doing. I want to know if you're getting routable or
non-routable (192.168.xxx.xxx) IP's.

>I believe the range was 192.168.0.01-.19 or something close.

I believe you might be right. However, I also believe it might be
best if you would exert some effort to find out. Assuming you're
using Windoze 2000, XP, or Vista:
Start -> run -> cmd <enter>
IPCONFIG <enter>
What do you get for an IP address?

>I appreciate your input and if you have any more ideas about what I
>could check I would appreciate it. Please note that I am rather
>un-savy about much of this wifi stuff so if you have other suggestions
>please dummy them down!

No, I don't want to do that. I don't have the patience and time to do
that. You also didn't answer two very basic questions I asked in the
previous postings. I suggest you hire a local consultant, who can
either fix the problem, show you how to fix it, or act as intermediary
between you and your ISP in case they created the problem.

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