MN-700 with more than 1 IP address

Just bought the MN-700 router. I currently have road
runner with 3 IP addresses coming in on the cable.
Should I drop 2 of these addresses before connecting the
MN-700 router or can I drop them later without confusing
the hardware?

One presumes that you mean that you are allowed by RoadRunner to request up
to 3 IP addresses (via DHCP). If this is the case, then you need not do
anything. The MN-700 will normally get it's WAN address via DHCP and will
simply get one of the 3. The other 2 will eventually expire from the DHCP
lease and remain available for you (the 3 are reserved for you by
RoadRunner).

Your Router hands out internal network addresses to the machines behind it
(192.168.x.x) - the idea of "multiple IP addresses from the ISP" was to
accommodate folks who don't want to mess with a router and just use a
(dumb+cheaper) hub instead...
Not all ISPs implemented the multiple IP address accommodation - some, like
mine (Rogers.com in Canada) even CHARGE $9.95/month for extra IP
addresses... yeah right.

HTH



"Greg" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:17dc201c44979$bb600880$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Just bought the MN-700 router. I currently have road
> runner with 3 IP addresses coming in on the cable.
> Should I drop 2 of these addresses before connecting the
> MN-700 router or can I drop them later without confusing
> the hardware?

I would call RR and cancel the extra IP's -- if your RR
is like here they charge extra for the IP's.

>-----Original Message-----
>One presumes that you mean that you are allowed by
RoadRunner to request up
>to 3 IP addresses (via DHCP). If this is the case, then
you need not do
>anything. The MN-700 will normally get it's WAN address
via DHCP and will
>simply get one of the 3. The other 2 will eventually
expire from the DHCP
>lease and remain available for you (the 3 are reserved
for you by
>RoadRunner).
>
>Your Router hands out internal network addresses to the
machines behind it
>(192.168.x.x) - the idea of "multiple IP addresses from
the ISP" was to
>accommodate folks who don't want to mess with a router
and just use a
>(dumb+cheaper) hub instead...
>Not all ISPs implemented the multiple IP address
accommodation - some, like
>mine (Rogers.com in Canada) even CHARGE $9.95/month for
extra IP
>addresses... yeah right.
>
>HTH
>
>
>
>"Greg" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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>news:17dc201c44979$bb600880$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Just bought the MN-700 router. I currently have road
>> runner with 3 IP addresses coming in on the cable.
>> Should I drop 2 of these addresses before connecting
the
>> MN-700 router or can I drop them later without
confusing
>> the hardware?
>
>
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