HomePod HELP: How to set Static IP to Homepod

[jomsjoms]

I can use homepod and play music via internet but this is only if i set my router to DHCP. Once I remove my DHCP server, it doesnt work anymore.

Question:
How do i give homepod a static IP? There is no manual setting in the HOME app in my iphone/ipad.

Thanks.

My router = ASUS rt-ac5300
I am turning my DHCP on temporarily to access homepod

 

[chrfr]

I can use homepod and play music via internet but this is only if i set my router to DHCP. Once I remove my DHCP server, it doesnt work anymore.

Question:
How do i give homepod a static IP? There is no manual setting in the HOME app in my iphone/ipad.

Thanks.

My router = ASUS rt-ac5300
I am turning my DHCP on temporarily to access homepod

You need DHCP enabled for the HomePod to work. Why turn off DHCP in the first place? It’s not a security improvement to do so. Even with DHCP enabled you can still assign manual addresses or let the router reserve specific addresses for devices.

 

[Infinite Vortex]

Why turn off DHCP in the first place? It’s not a security improvement to do so. Even with DHCP enabled you can still assign manual addresses or let the router reserve specific addresses for devices.

I use static IP addresses for my devices as this them makes it easy to see/identify a device on my network that isn't supposed to be there. I'm sorta lucky that I can assign a static address to any MAC address via DHCP that's outside of my DHCP pool but if a device has an address from the DHCP pool that device isn't mine… its obvious.

 

[steve62388]

... which means you haven’t disabled DHCP.