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Can't see server after switching to static IP

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larciel

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Here's the situation.

4 pc with win7
1 with windows home server (name 'server')

I switched from local private 192 to static ip starting with 108.201 (att u-verse)

as soon as I switched to static on my computer I wasn't able to access the server using \\server command. I can access by typing \\(IP_address of server)

but the problem is the server does not appear under my network place and whenever I try to access file from a program (i.e. open an .iso file from server using Daemon_tools) I can't locate the server unless I map the location folder ( I can't do all of them because there are so many folders that I need access to)

is there a way to show the server under my network while every pc has public static IP address?
 
You are paying for public static IPs for all of your machines? You should have an assigned domain suffix for those IPs.

The way that the "server" name works on a local LAN, is that it registers that name with the local DNS (local LAN router). I have no idea what happens with public DNS. What if there is another customer that also has a home server named "server", and is also in the same subnet as your public IPs?
 
sorry, I'm not an expert so I don't understand your question completely but I paid for extra to get 5 static iP from ATT. I went into the att router and it had 5 of the ip listed and I just assign each one to each PCs. It was real simple compared to 5-6 years ago.

Anyways, subnet mask is same, default gateway is same. what if I change the server name to different ones?
 
larciel said:
sorry, I'm not an expert so I don't understand your question completely but I paid for extra to get 5 static iP from ATT. I went into the att router and it had 5 of the ip listed and I just assign each one to each PCs. It was real simple compared to 5-6 years ago.

Anyways, subnet mask is same, default gateway is same. what if I change the server name to different ones?
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Why 5 static IPs? Is there a specific need for them?

IPv4 addressing has not changed at all in 5 - 6 years.

Are the 5 addresses consecutive 108.201.xxx.10, through 108.201.xxx.15 and what is the subnet mask?
 
You'll likely need something more 'enterprisey' to handle that type of traffic.

Once you change your internal LAN IP to a public routable one, you no longer have a route to/from your default gateway. The typical solution will be to 1:1 NAT on your firewall which will map an external IP into one of your private ones.
 
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