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MrPheer, it doesn't matter that your connection allows for 8 IP addresses, you don't need any more than one to do what your trying... your router will take the single needed IP served from your internet provider via DHCP, and all of the machines on your network will use the IP address of the router itself (often 192.168.1.0 or similar non-routable IP's) as the "default gateway". each of your computers connected to your switches will have there own IP address on the same subnet as the router, and will all have internet access through the gateway (router).
there is no need to try to split the 8 available IP addresses between your machines, there would be no benefit from doing this whatsoever, performance or security-wise); and while possible, would require the purchase of multiple routers (or creating discreet VPN's needlessly)..
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