HomeGroup - Just minding my own business and there it was - gone !

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@VileReynard - For one you were bleating about not being able to read the article so I was merely trying to help you out having read it myself, not have my cookie policy questioned. But for the record my browser is set to delete everything when it closes as @shermans says and has done for some considerable time.

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Sorry @Anonymous - but it's such a bad example of a "cookie monster" web site.

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Yes, I agree and on checking it again it sets a total of 14 cookies just for that one article, and add to that the 77 'adverts' that ABP blocked on that single page!

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And another thing ....

While I have got the attention of both of you !, could one of you explain something about IP addresses, please?!  Going back to piggy-backing routers, a subject on which you both commented before on another topic, I had my three routers set up as 192.168.1.251, 192.168.1.252, 192.168.1.253, and 192.168.1.254.  When I went to add 192.168.1.255, it would not let me.  Eventually I managed to get away with 198.162.1.2.   I am missing something and I guess that somewhere a range may have been set ending with 192.168.1.254, but if so, where?  Not vitally important but it would be nice to understand what I am doing rather than just bodging it!

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@shermans - .255 is used as the broadcast address and therefore cannot be used. If you want to keep within that range simply move their IPs down by 1 (250...254).

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192.168.1.255 is not normally used for a device address as it is used as a broadcast address to enquire about other devices on the network using ARP. Many devices will not allow it to be configured but some will and it can lead to unreliable network behaviour. So best not to use it at all. 

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Thanks so much for that.  I will do as you say and move the router down one, even though it works fine on 192.168.1.2.  But I pefer to be logical, so 250 would suit me better.

What amuses me is that my Plusnet Forum "score" ironically defines me as an "Aspiring Pro" because I have asked so many questions !  I think it would be more appropriate to describe me as an "Aspiring Novice" !