IP address question...

[StevieP]

Is reserving an IP address on a network the same as assigning a static IP address on a device?

Basically I need both my wired NUC and wireless laptop to keep their IP addresses so that my Synology NAS recognises them and grants them access to the folder with my media on.

Within the NUC's settings it's fairly simple to assign a static IP (although I assume there is a small possibility of the router "giving" that IP address to another device if it's connected before the NUC??) but on my Windows 10 laptop I'm not sure what settings to input in terms of "DNS"

I played about with it a little but couldn't get it to work so looked at simply reserving an IP address based on the laptop's MAC address - will this do the same job??

Thanks for any pointers....

 

[StevieP]

I know it's probably specific to my router (a TP Link TD-W9980) but how would I go about excluding the IP address applied to my wired NUC from being allocated to another device automatically?

The "Address Reservation" tab only gives the option to include a device with a specific MAC address - I can't see anything to exclude a specific IP anywhere!?!?