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tschmidt
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join:2000-11-12
Milford, NH | Re: Router that can assign a specific IP by MAC I think most routers support MAC binding.
I'm used a Netopia 3346N DSL router that supports the feature. I find it very handy. Benefit of static IP allocation with convenience of DHCP.
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Franz
Mad A
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Saint Louis, MO
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| Re: Router that can assign a specific IP by MAC said by tschmidt  :I think most routers support MAC binding. I'm used a Netopia 3346N DSL router that supports the feature. I find it very handy. Benefit of static IP allocation with convenience of DHCP. /tom Anything less expensive than the one you are using?
Looks to be about $150...
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Kendall, FL
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| The WRT54G stock firmware does not support this.
However, the Tomato and DD-WRT firmware for the WRT54G do allow you to assign the same IP to a device based on MAC address.
For Tomato, it's under Static DHCP.
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Mad A
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Saint Louis, MO
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| Re: Router that can assign a specific IP by MAC said by Rob :The WRT54G stock firmware does not support this. However, the Tomato and DD-WRT firmware for the WRT54G do allow you to assign the same IP to a device based on MAC address. For Tomato, it's under Static DHCP. How safe is this?
Any chance I will "brick" my router?
Will I lose any features?
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CylonRed
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Bloom County
1 edit | Re: Router that can assign a specific IP by MAC 1) Depends on how you define 'safe'.
2) Of course - when flashing to ANY newer firmware (even Linksys) there is a chance at bricking the router. In the Linksys forum here at DSLR there are ways to possibly unbrick the router.
3) Nope - you generally gain a lot more features. Here is a link to the Wiki on versions of DDWRT and their features: »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DD-WRT
Info for Tomato: »www.polarcloud.com/tomato | |
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join:2006-12-05
Prior Lake, MN
| said by Franz :said by Rob :The WRT54G stock firmware does not support this. However, the Tomato and DD-WRT firmware for the WRT54G do allow you to assign the same IP to a device based on MAC address. For Tomato, it's under Static DHCP. How safe is this? Any chance I will "brick" my router? Will I lose any features? DD-WRT can turn your $40-$50 router into a router that would normally cost $150+.
I have a WRT54GL that I bought specifically to put the regular sized DD-WRT on it. It does what you are looking for, plus, oh, so much more!
I HIGHLY recommend it!
And as was already mentioned, there is a slight risk in bricking the router, but its very very slight. If you follow the directions on the DD-WRT site, you will be fine. | |
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ChiTang
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Alhambra, CA | I haven't seen one that does not suport MAC reservation or static DHCP.
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CylonRed
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Bloom County | Re: Router that can assign a specific IP by MAC None of the WRT series supports static DHCP as I doubt many consumer router will - with stock firmware. | |
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San Jose, CA
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| Re: Router that can assign a specific IP by MAC said by CylonRed :... I doubt many consumer router will - with stock firmware. SMC Barricade 7004BR (certain newer (stock) firmware revisions; really ancient)
Netgear FR114P (now obsolete)
Netgear FV114 (possibly obsolete)
D-Link D-714UP
D-Link DIR-655
I could probably find others that I have not owned. I'd guess anything beyond cheap $19 specials.
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WALL_E
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USA
| Re: Router that can assign a specific IP by MAC said by NormanS :said by CylonRed :... I doubt many consumer router will - with stock firmware. SMC Barricade 7004BR (certain newer (stock) firmware revisions; really ancient) Netgear FR114P (now obsolete) Netgear FV114 (possibly obsolete) D-Link D-714UP D-Link DIR-655 I could probably find others that I have not owned. I'd guess anything beyond cheap $19 specials. Add to that list the Netgear WNR2000 and the D-Link DIR-825.
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CylonRed
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Bloom County | Re: Router that can assign a specific IP by MAC I stand corrected - the WRT54G and GS does not. | |
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CylonRed
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Bloom County
1 edit | Re: Router that can assign a specific IP by MAC quote:
The following Broadcom chipsets require the VINT builds:
* Linksys WRT54G v1
* Linksys WAP54G v1
* Sitecom WL-105b
* Any older routers using Broadcom 4702/4710 chipsets and have mini-PCI cards wl0_corerev Since you have v1.1 - the 24 version of DDWRT should be fine - just choose the version based on the features you need/want from your fist link.
The second link is a directory structure, click on the directory wanted (click on v24-sp1 --> Consumer --> Linksys etc... - I got it down to the choices for the WRT54G v1.1: »www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv3/dd-wrt/d···ads.html
Just to be sure you might want to check with others at the DDWRT forums or our own Linksys forum. There should be detailed instructions that need to be followed to be successful. | |
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nightdesigns
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AZ | I use smoothwall (free) and runs on just about any old computer (also free). It does what you want, plus a whole lot more.
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socalblitz
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Fullerton, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
| This is what you want:
---> TRENDnet TEW-633GR EWC Router
---> $80 at NewEgg
---> »www.trendnet.com/products/TEW-633GR.htm
wireless 802.11b/g/n 4-port Gigabit Ethernet switch/router
MAC based IP assignment + features like prioritized traffic streams based on Local/Remote IP, or transport protocal, or Port range.
There's a hard off switch for wireless, as well as the ability to throttle wireless bandwidth (very useful). | |
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BoulderHill1
join:2004-07-15
Montgomery, IL
·AT&T DSL Service
| I thought all routers did this very thing. Apparently not all, but at least he ones I have used and worked with did.
Currently I have a Dlink DI624 unit. I set a static IP to a print server based on its MAC address. Otherwise it would get a random IP each time it was turned on and nobody would be able to print to it. | |
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CylonRed
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join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | Re: Router that can assign a specific IP by MAC Why turn a print server on and off? I believe mine is set to DHCP and the pool is as large as the devices I have (maybe one extra) and the printer server is never off - have never had a IP problem with the print server. | |
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CylonRed
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Bloom County | Re: Router that can assign a specific IP by MAC We have had a couple of power outages as well - never had a problem with IP's and the print server (no - it is not on a UPS either). | |
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MrIcehouse
join:2006-02-07
Saint Petersburg, FL | My Netgear WGR614V9 supports this, you can get it for around $40. | |
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way2evil
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Great River, NY | Look into the Dlink routers. The DIR-655 is probably the best bang-for-your-buck router out there. It has a feature called DHCP Reservation, which is what you are looking for. | |
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VikingBob
join:2004-06-05
Ste Anne, MB
·MTS
| Why not just assign the PC a fixed IP? That should be quite possible. With an old BEFSR41, you can assign static IPs and still use DHCP for other machines on the LAN. Or just use static for all. I would hope the same would be true on any newer Linksys routers.
On a BEFSR41, the first machine needs the IP of 192.168.1.20, and any other machines after that get an increment of 5 - so ...1.25, 1.30, etc. | |
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Franz
Mad A
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Saint Louis, MO
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| Re: Router that can assign a specific IP by MAC said by VikingBob :Why not just assign the PC a fixed IP? That should be quite possible. With an old BEFSR41, you can assign static IPs and still use DHCP for other machines on the LAN. Or just use static for all. I would hope the same would be true on any newer Linksys routers. On a BEFSR41, the first machine needs the IP of 192.168.1.20, and any other machines after that get an increment of 5 - so ...1.25, 1.30, etc. My problem with statically assigning IPs at the level of each PC is trying to keep track of what the IP of each PC is... and if I ever want to dynamically assign an IP, one of the statically assigned devices may cause a conflict.
It would be nice to be able to manipulate all of my devices from one central point.
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VikingBob
join:2004-06-05
Ste Anne, MB
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1 edit | Re: Router that can assign a specific IP by MAC Even with the router you have, you can assign a static IP to just one PC, and still have all the others use DHCP. The router won't assign an IP address that is already in use on the network, so there should be no conflicts. See page 38-39 of your model's userguide.
Edited to add.. I'm not aware of any Linksys routers that will allow you to assign an IP by MAC address, but that would be a handy feature. The solution I noted does the same job, though. | |
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CylonRed
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join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | Should not be a problem - assign static IP's outside of the DHCP pool - no conflicts. On a piece of tape - put the static ip on the outside of the PC or in a notebook with your main PC. | |
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joako
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/dev/null
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| Load DD-WRT and forget about the IP address -- use hostnames, the DHCP sever that DD-WRT uses, when correctly configured (very easy web-UI) will lookup hostname to IP address based on the hostname your PCs give the router when requesting a DHCP lease.
You can also do the static leases, if you so desire.
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