IP settings for media player

[backtothefuture]

I have a PlayOn media player hard wired to a gigabit switch (which has my NAS server with all the media stored on it and modem router connected etc)

when asked for IP settings on the PlayOn, I need to fill in:
- Default Gateway
- DNS IP address
- Subnet Mask

shouild my default gateway & IP address be that of the gigabit switch or the modem router?

also what about subnet... do I also need to have any values in common with the NAS server?

thanks

 

[ChrisD.]

Switches are layer 2 devices, so don't have IP addresses (layer 3), unless of course it's got a management VLAN interface (which yours won't as it'll more than likely be an unmanaged switch, so just plug and play).

You want the routers information.

Typically it'll be:

Default gateway = routers IP.
DNS IP Address = routers IP.
Subnet mast = 255.255.255.0 (unless you've changed it on the router)

Why aren't you using DHCP? Then add the NAS and Media Player into the DHCP reservations list on the router. No faffing about entering static IP information.