Can anyone provide tips for settings static ips for all computers?

[ManBearPig]

In conjunction with a linksys router? Seems like DCHP is not the way to go.

thanks

 

[HerbalTylenol]

Hey,

Try this site: http://www.portforward.com/networking/static-xp.htm

That's for XP.

http://www.portforward.com/networking/static-vista.htm

That's for Vista.

Very easy to follow. You don't need to understand any of it, just follow the directions, and it will work.

 

[networkman]

Originally posted by: Kazaam
In conjunction with a linksys router? Seems like DCHP is not the way to go.

Seems a little vague.. why is DHCP not the way to go?

Reservations might be a way to go.

Another idea would be to set the DHCP range from say 1 to 50, and then set static IPs on your fixed machines from 51 on up. That's what I do at home so that any of my friends coming over can still get an IP address without having to mess with setting one.

 

[jlazzaro]

its a lot easier to use DHCP with really high lease times...you wont be running out of private addresses anytime soon.

 

[JackMDS]

Check if your Router support IP reservation within the DHCP (AKA Static DHCP).

If it does, use it and benefit from both DHCP, and static IP.

 

[ManBearPig]

okay, this is what i did:

went to network connections, and then manually entered in our info. i basically just entered the same thing for each computer, except for the IP address i kept on going up 1 from .102. We only have one DNS server i guess.

I don't change any of the other info from computer to computer? Also, should i do anything in my router? Also, will a range expander affect any of this? It shouldn't as long as we don't use the range expanders IP, right?

 

[kevnich2]

All linksys router I've seen with stock firmware don't do DHCP reservations. Why I don't know, it's not like it's something super secret. Other vendors (dlink, zyxel) have it built into the the interface. I know DDWRT has it as well.