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										 Usually I use 1 node at each station/laptop to make it easy. Since they are cheap and plentiful.. Since the LAN is initially setup as a Class C network (255.255.255.0), and with 172.27.0.0, .1, and .255 unusable, I think 252 would be the max without changing the subnet range. Sorry, Im a smart@$$ sometimes :-) Jim K5KTF 
 
 
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