CylonRed
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join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | reply to BoulderHill1
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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MacGyver
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Orleans, ON
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2 edits | 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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join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | 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 | reply to Franz
My Netgear WGR614V9 supports this, you can get it for around $40. |
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bshelly
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Schaumburg, IL
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| reply to Franz
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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way2evil
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join:2007-09-14
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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peter_m
Premium
join:2005-07-13
Canada, QC
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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VikingBob
join:2004-06-05
Ste Anne, MB
·MTS
| 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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Franz
Mad A
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Saint Louis, MO
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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
join:2004-06-05
Ste Anne, MB
·MTS
1 edit | 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 | 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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joako
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| reply to Franz
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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NormanS
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San Jose, CA
1 edit | reply to CylonRed
Never mind. |
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rolande
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