how do i set up a static ip

[firestrike]

im a little bit new to this networking buisiness so bear with me . right im using a netgear dg834 router it is currently set up to us a dynamic ip adress. now to allow some of my games to be played i have to use port fowarding so i set up a static ip for my computer and setup the ports to be forwarded using that adress. this all workewd fine and i couldplay on my games till i turned of my com and found the next morning and found that i couldnt acces the internet. i changed my computer to aquire an ip dynamically again and i could acces it again but allas my games dont work again.

could you please advis me on how to set up my router so i always get the same ip, is thier an easy way to do it?

any help is much apreciated.

 

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turn off dhcp for your lan settings on the router. or it should work if you set up a static ip and settings on the pc.

 

[ns400r]

Which IP address do you mean ?
The IP address you get from your ISP or the IP address of your PC? They are different.

 

[Sp00n]

You could setup a static address on the router via your pc's MAC address.

This would be easier in the long term because if you ever need to connect a new pc to the network you won't have to worry about the ip of it.

To find out your mac address go to:

Start > Run > cmd

Then in that window type "ipconfig /all" and its the hardware address.

Should look something like xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

Then go in to your router and set the ip address to that mac address

 

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if you mean ip from isp you will need to contact them and prob pay. Otherwise try something like dyndns.org