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Using my static IP addresses

I've got the 5861 router setup from ameritech.net. They just sent me my 5 static ip addresses, the subnet mask and the gateway.

Where do I change these in my router. I've tried a few times but I don't know what i'm doing. I'm trying to asign an ip address to my webcam server.

Thanks!
Joe

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Address Information

Ameritech.net will give the customer a range of IP addresses when the service is activated. The customer will be given a number such as 10.108.130.48 /29 with a default gateway of 10.108.130.54. (Note, this is just an example and not a real network assignment) This means that Ameritech.net has assigned a subnet address of 10.108.130.48 and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.248. The default gateway address of 10.108.130.54 is the address that is assigned to the DSL router. The customer can use the addresses from 10.108.130.49 to 10.108.130.53 for servers on his network.

Making Address Assignments

The router by default has a DHCP server that automatically provides IP addresses to the hosts when they are attached to the LAN. The DHCP server is configured to provide private addresses from 192.168.254.2 to 192.168.254.20. The addresses that are assigned to servers should be outside this range to avoid conflicts. For our example assume that the customer has decided to assign the addresses 192.168.254.101 to 192.168.254.105 to the mapped hosts. This will not limit number of computers on the network, all of the other computers on the LAN will use the network address port translation (NAPT) feature to access the Internet.

Access the router's command line prompt using a telnet session from a computer on the LAN or using the console port. Enter the commands:

system addhostmapping 192.168.254.101 192.168.254.105 10.108.130.49
save

These commands will map the external IP addresses one for one to the corresponding internal address. Any IP traffic sent to one of the external addresses will be forwarded to the host on the inside network. For example traffic sent to 10.108.130.51 will be sent directly to the host 192.168.254.103. Remember that these hosts are now totally exposed to the Internet and are not protected behind the NAPT feature.