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Mygamertagsucks
Aug 06, 2017Apprentice
IP Subnet different in Router
I noticed today that my IP Subnet mask, when viewed from my router's page, lists the IPsubnet mask as 255.255.240.0 When I use ipconfig /all, the subnet mask shows 255.255.255.0 Is there a reason fo...
- Aug 06, 2017
A router has 2 subnet masks. One for the Internet/WAN port and one for the LAN ports. You may have been looking at the mask for the Internet/WAN port.
TheEther
Aug 06, 2017Guru
A router has 2 subnet masks. One for the Internet/WAN port and one for the LAN ports. You may have been looking at the mask for the Internet/WAN port.