Quote from: BeakerShrinking the IP pool down to what is needed, and then using the IP Address reservation table will work fine.  

Quote from: soopahflyDisable DHCP and change the IP range?

if I even touch the IP tables.... the router goes tits up..... and I have to start again.... last time I did that it took me 2 hours go get it going again.... 2 hours of constant work...  its a total pos !   i just ignored it, because the way it is... worked.... (kindof)


Im defenatly no network guru... but Ive been networking computers since my P133 was top of the range and a game of red alert (over the network) could last for 7 hours because of cpu lag

Quote from: DeltaZeroDefeating that security setup would be trivial.

for you, or anyone else who knows networking, certainly. But hes not trying to keep you off his connection.

I can hop over the fence at the bottom of my parents garden in a second or so, but the sheep the fence is designed to keep in cant and thats what matters in practice.