Static IP Help

oHUTCHYo · 10 Dec 2013 at 08:48

Hi Guys,

I need to to set static IPs on my 2x Mybooklive NAS drives as otherwise they keep on changing and causing my XBMC library to break.

I need help with what I need to add in here;

I have a Virgin Superhub 2.0, I can't seem to find the corresponding info?

Beerbaron · 10 Dec 2013 at 09:08

You need to know your network config, likely something like:

IP: 192.168.0.x
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.0.1
DNS: 192.168.0.1

Gateway and DNS are generally set to the local IP of your router.

If you run ipconfig /all from the command line in Windows this will tell you the info for your current PC.

You can set the static IP addresses in 2 ways,

Either give the NAS drives an IP address outside of your DHCP scope, you might not know this so will need to log onto the Superhub.

or

You will need to log onto your Superhub to add the static IP addresses you want to assign to the NAS drives. This will remove them from the DHCP pool and stop them being reallocated. You will also need to know the MAC addresses of each of the network cards in the NAS drives to do this. This will stop the Superhub from allocating the IP addresses to other devices on the network.

I havent used a Superhub before so cant help with that. Surely it should be called a Superrouter not a superhub

OhEsEcks · 10 Dec 2013 at 09:18

IP address: 192.168.0.xxx (just make sure it doesn't clash with something dictated by DHCP)
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.0.1
DNS Server: 192.168.0.1

My own router (Plusnet) IP is 192.168.1.254. So I have set my Synology NAS IP Address as 192.168.1.250. I'll never have 250 devices on my home network. So it's well out of reach of all the other devices that get dictated IPs from 192.168.1.1 upwards, therefore no clashing. So my own settings in your scenario would look like....

IP Address: 192.168.1.250
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.1.254
DNS Server: 192.168.1.254

Jasseh · 10 Dec 2013 at 09:24

Set a reservation for your NAS drives here: http://192.168.0.1/VmRgDhcpReservation.asp
Select each NAS drive from the top list, click add reservation (will use the current IP being given to it) then click Apply.

oHUTCHYo · 10 Dec 2013 at 11:43

So helpful guys, thank you all

The plan is to set static IP on the NAS themselves and have the router allocate everything else.

unleashed · 10 Dec 2013 at 13:42

oHUTCHYo said:
So helpful guys, thank you all

The plan is to set static IP on the NAS themselves and have the router allocate everything else.

Make sure the static IP you give the NAS is outside of the router DCHP range.

oHUTCHYo · 10 Dec 2013 at 13:48

unleashed said:
Make sure the static IP you give the NAS is outside of the router DCHP range.

Would the Superhub indicate what that range is? At the moment it tends to be assigning ranging from 02 through to 12. (Sorry I'm at work so can't look myself yet)

unleashed · 10 Dec 2013 at 14:01

oHUTCHYo said:
Would the Superhub indicate what that range is? At the moment it tends to be assigning ranging from 02 through to 12. (Sorry I'm at work so can't look myself yet)

I don't have a superhub so can't say for sure, but you should be able to set the DHCP range to say 1 to 100. Your router which is handling DHCP would then not allocate any device an IP address outside of that range.

Then allocate your NAS a static IP adress out side of the DHCP range to be say 101 upward.

bremen1874 · 10 Dec 2013 at 14:20

oHUTCHYo said:
Would the Superhub indicate what that range is? At the moment it tends to be assigning ranging from 02 through to 12. (Sorry I'm at work so can't look myself yet)

You'd be as well off following Jasseh's advise and using IP reservations. Then you wouldn't need to worry about it.

oHUTCHYo · 10 Dec 2013 at 20:08

Just out of courtesy guys, thanks again as it seens to be working a treat. Ive assigned both NAS a static IP via their own dashboard and also reserved the relevant IP of each in the Superhub. All working so far but the challenge will be if they sustain and XBMC continues to see the library permanently.

Thanks again folks