It will be easier to change the router to the 199 range of the existing
PCs, than changing the PCs to the 192 range.

HTH,

Jose

Jim Besse wrote:

> My customer currently has a private LAN with ip addresses in the range
> of 199.199.199.xxx accessing a UNIX server.  All the workstations are
> WIN9X PCs.  They now need an Internet connection and I recommended a
> Linksys BEFSR41 to connect to a DSL line.  Do I have to change all the
> existing addresses to the 192.168.1.xxx  or 192.168.0.xxx range or can
> I keep the existing addresses?  They have no idea why the 199 addresses
> were used rather than the 10. or 192. private address.

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