on my router's box it came in, it says on it "Shared Internet access for up to 253 PCs using one IP address" what does this mean, does it mean i can link 253PCs together?
What router is it? If its wireless, then yes it is possible, although the speed would be remarkably slow due to the huge demand.
ah, so basicly to have 253 computer on that i would have to buy a hell of alot more routers, or some wireless router, ah i wont have that many, the maximum i will ever have is 4
Actually, you'd have to buy more switches to physically connect all 253 machines to the router (see our Networking FAQ). Even then, a low-end router like that would probably choke on that much throughput. In any case, they get the 253 number from a single subnet; in other words, there are 255 addresses in a subnet, 0 and 255 are broadcast addresses which can't be used by network devices. 1 is the default address of your router itself, so that leaves you with 253 addresses to work with. -AT
hey are you trying to say my computer is a pile of crap, or that you would need a server for that much computers, also, an amd-64 4000+ would choke on that much throughput
willhub it's not so much the computer that's the problem, it's the amount of bandwith available. If your looking at 253 computers sharing a 10/100 connection there's not that much bandwith open for each computer in a LAN enviroment, and much less when your talking a broadband connection which may go up to 7-10MB. Also the other problem comes into play with the routers, unless your going with a high end Cisco, Nortel or similar companies your going to find the hardware inside is really only meant for connecting maybe at most 25 systems.
