| [modem/router] static ip - any ideas When I had cable internet I had no problem with my printer. Now my printer's ip changes all the time (dynamic.) Does anyone know how to get a static ip?
Fairpoint support was a joke. Actiontec support sent me directions that do not work.
Actiontec modem/router, Mac running 10.6.
Here is what Actiontec told me.
Disconnect the printer
Log into the router\click the Advanced icon\Click on the IP Address Distribution
Click the Connection List\click the New Static Connection
Enter the printers network Host Name (You may need to consult the owners manual)
Enter an IP Address that WON'T conflict with DHCP assigned IP Addresses. This would be an IP Address over 30
Enter the Printers MAC Address\Click Apply
Reconnect the printer and the IP Address assigned should be the IP Address you have reservered in the IP Address reservations.
Allan |
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| Is the problem that these directions are an absurdly unclear description of normal setup of a router's DHCP process to bind an IP address to a particular mac address, or is the problem that you understand what to do and the Actiontec doesn't do it?
kirby
ZyXEL USG-50 --> 2 x 30/15 FAST |
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| I don't understand anything. I just followed the instructions/ I entered an ip of 40 but the next day the printer was at 192.168.1.3
So either the instructions were bad, or the Actiontec people work mostly with Verizon and my isp (Fairpoint) might be doing things a biut differently. |
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 tschmidtPremium,MVM
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| What happens on the WAN side should be transparent to how IP addresses are allocated on the LAN.
I'm not familiar with that router but I wonder is there is a need to reboot the router to save the configuration. I use a Netopia and with that you need to reboot the router to save the config changes to non-volatile memory.
When you said you entered an IP of 40 I assume you meant 192.168.1.40.
/tom |
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 wayjacPremium,MVM
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Indy
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said by allan473:When I had cable internet I had no problem with my printer. Now my printer's ip changes all the time (dynamic.) Does anyone know how to get a static ip? Check the printers documentation it should allow a static ip to be set via the printers control pad/panel and you should use the same ip address that the printer's driver uses |
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| I tried to do this but there is no mention of it in the manual. There is also no control panel on this 2000 printer. |
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wayjacPremium,MVM
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Indy
kudos:1 | Do you know what ip address is set in the printer driver on one of the computers that use the printer |
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Somewhere in the router's web interface, after it has given one of its "random" addresses to the printer, there should be a table that lists the printer's IP address, MAC address, and (optional) network name that the printer will give the router. These three items are what you need to enter in some other table (DHCP static address table) on some other web interface page, for binding an IP address to a MAC address. You may change the IP address, but only to one in the same subnet: 192.168.1.X where X has to be larger than 1 and smaller than 255. From the Actiontec directions, the maximum might have to be less than 30 for DHCP to assign it.
Otherwise, fix the address in the printer to some address in the same subnet with a last octet value greater than 30, and it shouldn't receive any other address from DHCP.
Then you have to set the chosen IP address for the printer in the computer's information for finding the printer.
Sorry if this is vague, I've never used any of the routers left by Verizon.
kirby |
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| Kirby, you are not vague. I did everything on the router but I cannot figure out how to access the printer. I entered the printer's current ip in my browser but got a message saying the program does not run on a Mac.
I need to get a friend with a pc laptop to come by. |
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| Accessing the printer's web interface, if it has one, is one task; printing to it is another. Can you print to that IP? In windows, one has to use the "install a printer" wizard and not select network printing but the option above it. At the next menu give it an IP address. (I am not Gate's psychiatrist, so I can't explain this, but I found this counter-intuitive direction on the web once and it worked for my wife's laptop.) I have no idea about the MAC. On Ubuntu, I just give it the IP address when setting up printing and answer a question about the type it pretty much figures the rest out.
kirby |
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| I have the printer at 192.168.1.40 and it has stayed there since yesterday morning. Hope the good luck continues.
I don't understand it. I followed the originally instructions in post 1 which did not work several times. Now, it seems to work. ??? |
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Re: [modem/router] static ip - any ideas You need to program an IP address into the printer so it doesn't move. Right now it just picks whatever IP is available and then your computers cant find it. Enter the ip address into your web browser. 192.168.1.40 or whatever it is now. You should see a login screen to your printer. You need to turn off DHCP and set the ip address 192.168.1.40 to stay permanently.
Its not a fairpoint/actiontec problem, its a failure of you not programming your printer correctly. Dont mess with the Actiontec, the programming needs to be done on your printer. |
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| There are 2 way to set a static IP.
1) Set a reservation in your DHCP server which is on your router. I have a very hard time imagining a DHCP that can't do this.
2) Hardcode the IP address on the NIC. This can normally be done via the printer's web interface under networking. Change the TCP/IP settings from DHCP to Static and enter your info. Make sure you get the Subnet and IP addresses correct. |
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