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(topic move) Router that can assign a specific IP by MAC
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NormanS
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Re: Router that can assign a specific IP by MAC
Never mind. |
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joako
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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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CylonRed
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Bloom County | reply to Franz
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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VikingBob
join:2004-06-05
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1 edit | reply to Franz
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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Franz
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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
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| reply to Franz
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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peter_m
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1 edit | reply to Franz
Look into the Tomato firmware for the WRT family of routers.
»www.polarcloud.com/tomato
Alot of people like over the DD-WRT firmware. |
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way2evil
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Great River, NY | reply to Franz
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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bshelly
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Franz, if you have a WRT54G *v1.1* and you want to try DD-WRT, please make absolutely sure you get the VINT (vintage driver) version of DD-WRT. If you put the standard or NEWD (New Driver) on there, you will definitely have problems as the older WRT54G units have older Broadcom wireless chipsets that need older drivers to work properly. I still have a v1 WRT54G that works great and am running the VINT version successfully. Tomato also works great on it.
Good luck! |
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MrIcehouse
join:2006-02-07
Saint Petersburg, FL | reply to Franz
My Netgear WGR614V9 supports this, you can get it for around $40. |
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CylonRed
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Bloom County | reply to MacGyver
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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MacGyver
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2 edits | reply to CylonRed
Power outages would be a good reason.
I've done the exact same with my printer server (an HP 300X) and my Dlink 524.
I'm really surprised that the WRT54G does not have this capability. But I checked the emulator, and it appears to be so.  |
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CylonRed
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Bloom County | reply to BoulderHill1
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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BoulderHill1
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| reply to Franz
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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Bloom County | reply to jaa
I stand corrected - the WRT54G and GS does not. |
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socalblitz
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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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N10Cities
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2 edits | reply to Franz
My Netgear WGR614 does DHCP reservation by MAC in stock form. I use it to reserve IPs for my network attached printers. Only around $30-$40 at Wally World or Best Buy. Works fine for me and don't have to mess with building a box (although Smoothwall and other similar software work well, just have to spend a little time and effort)... |
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jaa
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said by CylonRed :None of the WRT series supports static DHCP as I doubt many consumer router will - with stock firmware. My WRT310N supports DHCP address reservation with the stock firmware.
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sheiker
join:2006-12-05
Prior Lake, MN
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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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