Help whith home network

[Skanepagen]

Im trying to help a friend whith her home network so all of ther's computers have internet accses. There was a DHCP server in the Zyxel 645mp ADSL modem they use,, but it gave the netmask of 255.255.255.252. That only makes it posible to have one computer on the net. I tried to change the settings in the modem but the Zyxel support said I coudnt do it becource is a single user router. I still tried to manully set the ip adresses bu it is only one who can comunicate whit the modem. can anyone help me.

 

[Doylestown-IT]

Ask them if you could use that one address for a router, which is a DCHP server, to assign the network its addresses and internet access.
It would be set up this way:
Internet to DSL modem to the router to the computers, and back again.

 

[bla!!]

The Zyxel Prestige 645mp is a modem only, not a router. You're going to need to buy a router to accomplish what you want.

If you want a bit more depth, it cannot assign more than 1 ip because it doesn't have a built in DHCP server or a NAT server. It only has a DHCP client.