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Howdy All,
Hoping someone know this, cos I kinda need it.
I have bout 7 devices that connect to my network at home, I've always used Netgear routers, and they had a LAN IP Setup option, where you could assign specific IP addresses to MAC addresses on your network, so if my Win2003 server connects to the router I would always assign it to 192.168.0.4.
However, I cannot see a similar option in the WAG160N options? Does it have a similar option?
There is an option on the initial page that has 3 sets of textfields (to enter a IP) called Static DNS 1, Static DNS 2 and Static DNS3, and the help manual says:
This sounds like what I want, but it don't make sense, if I enter a IP address in the 3 sets of boxes, how does the router know what device I want that IP assigned to? If there where four sets of Static DNS box I may think it would mean assign that box 1 ip to whatever is in ethernet port 1 and so on, but that still wouldn't work for multiple devices on a switch... not to mention the wireless.
Now I need to setup a lot of devices on my network to have specific IP addresses cos I have external DNS looking at these, and I have told the devices themselves to assign that ip when it connects, but if the device isnt connected and I have something else that the router has automatically assigned that ip, im gonna get conflicts when that server boots?
Anyone know what I can do here? Its quite important for me this!
ta
Steve M
Hoping someone know this, cos I kinda need it.
I have bout 7 devices that connect to my network at home, I've always used Netgear routers, and they had a LAN IP Setup option, where you could assign specific IP addresses to MAC addresses on your network, so if my Win2003 server connects to the router I would always assign it to 192.168.0.4.
However, I cannot see a similar option in the WAG160N options? Does it have a similar option?
There is an option on the initial page that has 3 sets of textfields (to enter a IP) called Static DNS 1, Static DNS 2 and Static DNS3, and the help manual says:
Static DNS (Domain Name Server) 1-3
Every time a computer reboots, it is assigned a new local IP address by the device. If you want a computer to be assigned the same IP address every time it reboots, then enter the Static DNS IP address.
This sounds like what I want, but it don't make sense, if I enter a IP address in the 3 sets of boxes, how does the router know what device I want that IP assigned to? If there where four sets of Static DNS box I may think it would mean assign that box 1 ip to whatever is in ethernet port 1 and so on, but that still wouldn't work for multiple devices on a switch... not to mention the wireless.
Now I need to setup a lot of devices on my network to have specific IP addresses cos I have external DNS looking at these, and I have told the devices themselves to assign that ip when it connects, but if the device isnt connected and I have something else that the router has automatically assigned that ip, im gonna get conflicts when that server boots?
Anyone know what I can do here? Its quite important for me this!
ta
Steve M