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Setup for Static IPs in W2K

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JPS

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I spent the better part of last night trying to get a desktop PC which is misbehaving going. I still cannot get it to find the DHCP server on the RT314 and get an IP in the 192.168.000.*** range. It keeps crapping out and taking an internal IP in the range of 169.***.***.***. So I then tried to set a static IP. I set the RT314 to dynamically assign IPs via DHCP above 192.168.0.10 thereby giving me 192.168.0.2 through 192.168.0.9 available for static connections. That works great for the laptops using DHCP, they all connect and work fine. However my main desktop still cannot get onto the net, see the other laptops, or ping the RT314 when I assign it a static IP of 192.168.0.2.

I am using Windows 2000 Pro and removed all networking protocols, clients, etc, then shutdown, and rebooted. I then installed TCP/IP, client for MS networks, and file/print sharing. I manually assigned the IP address, set the subnet mask at 255.255.255.0 and the default gateway at 192.168.0.1. I did not assign DNS servers as I was unsure which to use (192.168.0.1 or 24.10.70.49 [@HOME's], if I used any. I did not change any properties under the Advanced button. At one point I discovered that the system was using the 255.255.0.0 subnet mask when I ran the ipconfig /all command.

After reading that explanation, is there something that I am obviously missing or should change to allow my desktop to not only see the other PCs, but ping the RT314 and access the net?

Thanks...(again)
 
make sure your desktop has the same subnet as your router. I do not have the router you have, but i would assume it is 255.255.255.0 and not 255.255.0.0 as your desktop has. Change your subnet on your desktop to match that of your router. The gateway should be the internal ip of your router (192.168.0.1), and the DNS entries for your desktop would be your @home dns servers. Mine for example are 24.1.160.33 and 24.1.160.34 set your primary and secondary to use that.
 
Marqui-

Thanks for the feedback. I did set the subnet to 255.255.255.0 under TCP/IP properties but it did not seem to stick. Running ipconfig /all showed the subnet as 255.255.0.0. I am guesing I have a corrupted TCT/IP stack so I will probably unload, shutdown, reload and set er up again.

-JPS-
 
its best to remove all the network protocols and reinstall them...that's what i had to do as well in order to get my static addresses to take.
 
Need & Junior,

Thanks for the tips. I will give all of those a try tonight ot tomorrow to see if they take. I have famil;y in for the week/weekend so I will have limited time to work on this and other things.

-JPS-
 
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