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Mygamertagsucks
Apprentice
Aug 06, 2017
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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...
  • TheEther's avatar
    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.