I have a "peak" wireless router and it keeps changing my internal IP address. I had a netgear wireless router for a short time and i could configure that to allow "static IP" so each pc would get the same IP everytime they connected. I have 3pc's and a laptop (wireless connection) connected. Is there anyway around this ? I host games so its causing a few problems as i have to constantly have to reconfigure the fowarded to ports to the different IP.
Router keeps changing my IP
- Thread starter teulk
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if the router doesn't allow MAC to IP bindings you will have to hardwire the machines. Start > Control Panel > Network Connections > Right Click local area Connection and click Properties > Highlight TCP/IP and click properties for that. This will allow you to manually configure the IP address. Make a note your IP address info using start > run > cmd > type ipconfig /all
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-07-E9-D4-61-E8
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192..168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 02 July 2006 09:29:27
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 05 July 2006 09:29:27
above shows a typical example, these values will need to be added in the properties of the TCP/IP page when you click "manually assign". Each machine will need a different Ip address, all other values should be the same on all the machines, keep IP addresses close to each other so if you assign one as 192.168.1.4 make the next one 192.168.1.5 etc
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-07-E9-D4-61-E8
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192..168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 02 July 2006 09:29:27
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 05 July 2006 09:29:27
above shows a typical example, these values will need to be added in the properties of the TCP/IP page when you click "manually assign". Each machine will need a different Ip address, all other values should be the same on all the machines, keep IP addresses close to each other so if you assign one as 192.168.1.4 make the next one 192.168.1.5 etc
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as a note, if you have dhcp enabled for your other machines you might need to change the range it gives out.
For example if you set your machine to 192.168.1.100 and the router gives out 192.168.1.100 onwards then you might get a clash if your machine is switched off at the time the other machines are give an IP from the DHCP pool.
To get round this you can change the range so the router gives out 192.168.1.101 onwards or you could always give your computer the IP of 192.168.1.150 so it won't clash unless you have 50 machines on your network
For example if you set your machine to 192.168.1.100 and the router gives out 192.168.1.100 onwards then you might get a clash if your machine is switched off at the time the other machines are give an IP from the DHCP pool.
To get round this you can change the range so the router gives out 192.168.1.101 onwards or you could always give your computer the IP of 192.168.1.150 so it won't clash unless you have 50 machines on your network
Zap said:as a note, if you have dhcp enabled for your other machines you might need to change the range it gives out.
For example if you set your machine to 192.168.1.100 and the router gives out 192.168.1.100 onwards then you might get a clash if your machine is switched off at the time the other machines are give an IP from the DHCP pool.
To get round this you can change the range so the router gives out 192.168.1.101 onwards or you could always give your computer the IP of 192.168.1.150 so it won't clash unless you have 50 machines on your network
Ok, bear with me. I have just set my static IP as 192.168.1.1, do i no have to set the range to go from 192.168.1.2 - 192.168.1.xxx - this would now mean the router would give the pc's (apart from mine) ip address starting at 192.168.1.2 onwards
Active DHCP Client Table
This table shows the assigned IP address, MAC address and time expired for each DHCP leased client.
IP Address MAC Address Time Expired(s)
192.168.1.1 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 603154
The "Time Expired(s)" is counting down ????
This table shows the assigned IP address, MAC address and time expired for each DHCP leased client.
IP Address MAC Address Time Expired(s)
192.168.1.1 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 603154
The "Time Expired(s)" is counting down ????
teulk said:Zap said:as a note, if you have dhcp enabled for your other machines you might need to change the range it gives out.
For example if you set your machine to 192.168.1.100 and the router gives out 192.168.1.100 onwards then you might get a clash if your machine is switched off at the time the other machines are give an IP from the DHCP pool.
To get round this you can change the range so the router gives out 192.168.1.101 onwards or you could always give your computer the IP of 192.168.1.150 so it won't clash unless you have 50 machines on your network
Ok, bear with me. I have just set my static IP as 192.168.1.1, do i no have to set the range to go from 192.168.1.2 - 192.168.1.xxx - this would now mean the router would give the pc's (apart from mine) ip address starting at 192.168.1.2 onwards
192.168.1.1 is probably reserved for your router isn't it? In which case your coputer should be 1.2 and the range set to 192.168.1.3 onwards
