static routing

doran1801 · 30 Jun 2006 at 18:33

can anyone tell me how to set up static routing on my network.

I did this once correctly, (so i thought) but once i rebooted my router nothing would connect to it unless i changes the settins back to automatic.
any help at all would be appreciated

Sone · 30 Jun 2006 at 18:43

just turn off rip, ospf or whatever routing protocol you are using and setup the static routes. On home user kit its normally in the advanced section somewhere. With only a few routers can'tsee any point of not using rip, with a couple or routers the bandwidth used is tiny.

Curiosityx · 30 Jun 2006 at 19:05

Decide whether you need it first.

Is each subnet directly connected to the router for a start? If so you dont need to setup routing as the router has full knowledge of where to send packets.

doran1801 · 30 Jun 2006 at 19:58

i have 4 pcs connected to my router and need to forward a certain type of traffic to mine. Trouble is if i need to reboot router or some other problem occurs my local ip changes and all mappings need to be reset

zetec452 · 30 Jun 2006 at 20:23

Can't you use UNC? When I share files wiithin my network ill map it as //office-pc/share it won't matter what your ip address is then.

tolien · 30 Jun 2006 at 20:46

Sounds like all you need is portforwarding and a static DHCP lease (or static IP). Nothing to do with static routes.

Curiosityx · 1 Jul 2006 at 01:06

doran1801 said:
i have 4 pcs connected to my router and need to forward a certain type of traffic to mine. Trouble is if i need to reboot router or some other problem occurs my local ip changes and all mappings need to be reset

Have a look at the configuration that DHCP assigns you, then determine the DHCP IP Range configured on your router, then configure your Pc with static address outside the DHCP IP Range (Scope) using the same DNS/WINS/Default Gateway as specified by your router when it was using DHCP.

Then use port forwarding to point certain ports at the machine with the static IP address.

doran1801 · 1 Jul 2006 at 01:22

so if say, my router assigns to 192.168.1.64 to 80. If i set my pc to static at 192.168.1.90 and forward all traffic it will work fine?

Curiosityx · 1 Jul 2006 at 01:37

doran1801 said:
so if say, my router assigns to 192.168.1.64 to 80. If i set my pc to static at 192.168.1.90 and forward all traffic it will work fine?

Yes because its outside your DHCP scope and wont conflict with addresses handed out by DHCP on your router.