Is it possible to run DHCP and a static address at the same time

[Clocker]

I have a belking 54g router and I dont see an option to run dhcp for other computers and static for others. The reason why I want to run a static if for server usage.

Is there a work around?

clocker

 

[spidey07]

set the range of the DHCP address pool to something outside of your statically assigned addresses. As long as nodes don't have the same IP address you're all good.

 

[Clocker]

Thanks spidey I did do that and it kinda works. But I cant set up the virtual servers to allow my torrent and vnc programs to work properly. the only way i can get the static to work and have the proper ports open is to enable dmz, which i dont think is safe., Last could this be a limitatin of the router itself?

 

[cleverhandle]

Originally posted by: Clocker
The only way i can get the static to work and have the proper ports open is to enable dmz, which i dont think is safe., Last could this be a limitatin of the router itself?

It's not a limitation of anything - just the way that TCP/IP works. You can set a PC behind your router to have a static address like 192.168.0.1, but that doesn't make it a routable address. It's still a private address, just one that doesn't change, so nothing else on the Internet knows how to reach it. Unless you're paying your ISP for a block of static, routable addresses you'll still need to forward ports at your router regardless of your choice of DHCP or static addressing on the inside.