Linksys and static IP

[DRGrim]

I have Linksys Cable/DSL router, and want to set up an FTP server on my computer. For that I need port forwarding, and for port forwarding to work, it would be a good idea to have a static IP. When I give my computer a static IP, I can see my network, but not the Internet. I have tried it with DHCP both enabled and disabled. Are there any other settings that I have forgotten to put in?
Any help would be much appriciated.
Thanks in advance

 

[DRGrim]

I'm sure someone else has tried this. Please help?

 

[flashbone]

If you can see your local network, but not the internet, you probably don't have the default route set up (more than likely to be your DSL router, or a gateway assigned to you by your ISP).

 

[DRGrim]

Can you explain this in further detail, flashbone? Like what it is, how do I fix it, etc.
Thanks!

 

[pdo]

In order to use port forwarding you'd have to disable DHCP which means that you need to enter IP address, DNS and all that good stuff. Too bad I sold my Linksys a while back otherwise I might be able to guide you thru it. It shouldn't be that hard.

 

[DRGrim]

Yes, I know. I was wondering how to do that. Port forwarding seems to work with DHCP enabled, you just have to make sure to turn on one computer before the other. When I set up the static IP, I put in the IP, the subnet mask, and the gateway, which I assume is my routers LAN IP address (192.168.1.1). Are there other settings that I am missing? Thanks

 

[Engineer]

Have you manually plugged in the DNS server IP numbers from your ISP into the DNS section of the PC's network section?

Also, are the IP numbers you assigned of the same type and submask (192.168.1.xxx) and same subnet mask as the router? If not, you could try that.

I also don't have a Linksys anymore, so I don't remember everything about it.

Good Luck

 

[photodudetx]

Ok.. here's how you do it.

Login to the router
go to the tab that says DHCP and disable it.

Now if you are setting up an FTP server I'm going to assume that you are running a server OS.
If you are using NT server 4.0 you can set that to do DHCP for you.

Ok then go to the Tab that says advanced. Then go to the tab that says Forwarding

Then in the Service Port field type in 21 and in the I.P. address enter the host address for the server. for example if your server I.P. address is 192.168.1.16 enter 16. Save changes and close the browser window.. Now whenever anything comes to your WAN I.P. on port 21 it will automatically be forwarded to the internal static I.P.

 

[photodudetx]

You don't have to enable DHCP to use Port Forwarding. Setup the DHCP scope on the DHCP server. If you don't have a Server OS then just pick a Static from the same subnet as the Internal I.P. set. On the LinkSys the factory default is 192.168.1.xxx so try to pick like 192.168.1.12 and then for your default gateway enter 192.168.1.1. You subnet mask should be 255.255.255.0. For your DNS you can enter the DNS server address for your ISP. That should be it.

Once you have done this you need to restart your system. Once you have done that.. try to ping an address like www.yahoo.com and see if that works.

 

[DRGrim]

Figured it out!
Thanks guys!