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That's something to do with it, in that those are options for the router's DHCP server, but that's just the range of address it dishes out.
Unless your router gives you options to configure static mappings, or whatever Belkin might call them, then you'll need to configure manual IP address settings for the adapter in Windows.
IP address 192.168.1.101 (outside that DHCP range)
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default gateway: 192.168.1.1 (assuming that's the IP address of your router)
Unless your router gives you options to configure static mappings, or whatever Belkin might call them, then you'll need to configure manual IP address settings for the adapter in Windows.
IP address 192.168.1.101 (outside that DHCP range)
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default gateway: 192.168.1.1 (assuming that's the IP address of your router)
Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center > Change adapter settings > Right-click the relevant adapter and choose Properties > Select TCP/IPv4 and choose Properties
Enter the details there. Also set Preferred DNS server to the IP address of your router.
Bear in mind if you need to connect to any other networks, for instance if yours is a laptop which gets used at work or elsewhere, then those settings might not be appropriate and will need reverting.
Enter the details there. Also set Preferred DNS server to the IP address of your router.
Bear in mind if you need to connect to any other networks, for instance if yours is a laptop which gets used at work or elsewhere, then those settings might not be appropriate and will need reverting.
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Does your router support DHCP reservations?? If so it's easier to reserve the address on the router and leave all the PCs set to DHCP.
That's what I meant by static mappings
That's what I meant by static mappings
Yes , I have set it to reserve the IP Adress for ever but it still changes
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Just did this , Changed a few things to what they needed to be , as you can see I can acsess the internet fine , does this mean my computer now has a static IP?
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turn off dhcp on the router and set a static ip within the properties of your lan connection in network in control panel, goto tcp/ip settings and click properties button. add static ip within the range of the now disabled dhcp range.
that is only an internal ip address though.
if you want a static ip on the internet that costs a lot of money, what you can use for that is dynamic dns.
edit due to your response: you would have to do a disable and enable to the lan adapter to activate the change or do an ipconfig /renew in cmd
that is only an internal ip address though.
if you want a static ip on the internet that costs a lot of money, what you can use for that is dynamic dns.
edit due to your response: you would have to do a disable and enable to the lan adapter to activate the change or do an ipconfig /renew in cmd
Will this affect other computers on the network (acsess to internet)..
EDIT: did this and the connection on the other computer broke , does this have to be done?
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no it is not required, you can have dhcp enabled and as the earlier instructions stated by someone else, setting the static ip outside of the range will work. i was not sure what you wanted to do.
No it doesn't and it's bad advice. That subnet mask and that DHCP range leaves plenty of other addresses to play with.
Ok thanks , reset the settings and the other computer is back up now , one thing though . On the router list of connections page it shows my pc with the same IP as before and not the new one I manually assigned ..