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[lucrioual]

Alright, im sure this almost exact post has been posted before, but I don't really have the time to search for it.
When im at my work, I use XP remote desktop to connect to my computer at home. I am able to do it as long as the IP I chose in port fowarding is the the one that the router gave my computer computer when I started it up. Normally when I wake up and turn on my computer I would just go in and run ipconfig and just change it if needed, but sometimes it resets itself and I can't connect to finish up the work I would be doing.

I was wondering if someone would be able to walk me through making the router assign my computer a static ip that would never change. The problem with it is that it doesn't allow me to assign internal LAN IPs by a MAC address so thats out of the question. I tried setting it up the other day by setting a static ip and stuff but later that afternoon I restarted and it wouldn't connect to the internet. I'm not sure what the problem was but I had to go back to my network card TCP/IP settings and take off the static ip settings and allow it to assign via DHCP again. If some one could post the settings that I need to use to make it work correctly and not give me such problems that would be great

Thanks,
Luc

 

[lucrioual]

bump
someone please help!

 

[imported_Paladin]

Originally posted by: lucrioual...When im at my work, I use XP remote desktop to connect to my computer at home. I am able to do it as long as the IP I chose in port fowarding is the the one that the router gave my computer computer when I started it up. Normally when I wake up and turn on my computer I would just go in and run ipconfig and just change it if needed, but sometimes it resets itself and I can't connect to finish up the work I would be doing.

I was wondering if someone would be able to walk me through making the router assign my computer a static ip that would never change.

That would depend on your make and model router -- they are all different.

The problem with it is that it doesn't allow me to assign internal LAN IPs by a MAC address so thats out of the question. I tried setting it up the other day by setting a static ip and stuff but later that afternoon I restarted and it wouldn't connect to the internet. I'm not sure what the problem was but I had to go back to my network card TCP/IP settings and take off the static ip settings and allow it to assign via DHCP again. If some one could post the settings that I need to use to make it work correctly and not give me such problems that would be great

Can't give you settings as I do not know what router you have. However I can give you the basics and you should be able to work from there.

First, your computer needs a static IP in the same range as those assigned by your router. Example, your router assigns addresses 192.168.1.1 thru 192.168.1.100. You can use a static IP of 192.168.1.150 for your computer. The DNS address can be the address of your router or the addresses of your ISP's DNS servers.

In your router set port forwarding to this now fixed IP address.

Is your public IP static?

p.s. you do not need to bump a message hourly. If you want good fast service you have to pay for it.

 

[lucrioual]

Yea, I realized that i didn't need to bump it, hahaha, i was bored and just felt like it. Thanks for your help though.

I'll see if what you said works
thanks.