hylobates@jlai.lu to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoIPv4 is hardjlai.luimagemessage-square174fedilinkarrow-up1716arrow-down17
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minus-squareMartianSands@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up37·3 days agoI’ve had modems from my ISP which assigned themselves 192.168.0.254 for some reason. I have no idea why
minus-squarecynar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoMy guess is that enough people were buying routers and using them as access points. They all tend to be on 192.168.0.1 .254 means you don’t get as bad collisions when that happens. It would cut down on technical support calls.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoMy new fibre modem is .254. It was a bitch to get into (whatever the mode’s called that makes it a simple gateway).
I’ve had modems from my ISP which assigned themselves 192.168.0.254 for some reason. I have no idea why
My guess is that enough people were buying routers and using them as access points. They all tend to be on 192.168.0.1 .254 means you don’t get as bad collisions when that happens. It would cut down on technical support calls.
My new fibre modem is .254. It was a bitch to get into (whatever the mode’s called that makes it a simple gateway).
Bridge mode?