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yami
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Lake Worth, FL

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yami

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Does adding to DMZ require DHCP assigned IP ??!!

Hi

I am trying to add my ip phone to my AT&T 2Wire modem/router DMZ zone but it gives below error?

""The selected device has a static IP address. DMZplus requires that the selected device use DHCP to obtain its IP address.""

I wonder because if I use DHCP, once and while my device IP may change and then it cannot use DMZ feature???!!!

shdesigns
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shdesigns

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Does the router have static DHCP assignment? That would allow the ip phone to always have the same IP.
yami
join:2011-07-25
Lake Worth, FL

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yami

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Honestly I hate these 2WIRE modem/routers!!

They are not standard. I do not see any thing like Static DHCP Assignment in it. I wonder does DMZ really need device to have DHCP assigned IP ??? I was thinking that in fact it would better have static IP than DHCP assigned one!

In fact with DMZplus in 2WIRE modem/routers something interesting happens!!
I made my ip phone to accept DHCP assigned ip's by router and then I added it to DMZplus. The ip phone got my valid internet ip.
Now, I restart my modem/router and my ip phone. Modem/router knows ip phone again and it is still in DMZplus with my new valid ip!!!

I have no idea how modem/router knows it. I did not enter any MAC address anywhere.

wayjac
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wayjac to yami

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When the 2wire dmzplus is enabled, that device shares the public ip address
If you prefer to not use dhcp on that device you can set up port forwarding