IP address question for you guys. I have my router (Netgear) configured to automatically assign an IP address via DHCP. I then have certain IPs reserved for specific computers. All components are connected wirelessly. After I wake my iMac from sleep (overnight or after work), the IP address always changes from the reserved one to the next open address. How I can stop that? This never happened with Tiger, only since I moved to Leopard.
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IP address reservation help
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So, how did you do this reservation you speak of? Does your router allow you to tie a MAC to an IP?
You might try setting up a static IP on the imac, and use an address out of the DHCP range. Seems, thought, that I have tried this and using static IPs wirelessly (at least with my router) didn't work very reliably.
You might try setting up a static IP on the imac, and use an address out of the DHCP range. Seems, thought, that I have tried this and using static IPs wirelessly (at least with my router) didn't work very reliably.
Yes, the router allows you to assign an IP based on the MAC address.
I'll try setting up the static IP tonight and see if that works.
jsw
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I do this for all of my Macs, and it's worked perfectly from Panther up through Leopard.
Most routers usually reserve xxx.xxx.xxx.2 - xxx.xxx.xxx.255 for DHCP.
I doubt you'll ever have more than 250 computers connected to your router, so what I recommend is to go into the netwrok section of system preferences and set up a static IP address using your Mac. (as opposed to your router)
Click advance (under Airport) then TCP/IP tab.
Give your Mac an IP address with the last number being something like 250.
That should work fine. It'll mean that if you ever change routers, your Mac will still have the same IP address.
I doubt you'll ever have more than 250 computers connected to your router, so what I recommend is to go into the netwrok section of system preferences and set up a static IP address using your Mac. (as opposed to your router)
Click advance (under Airport) then TCP/IP tab.
Give your Mac an IP address with the last number being something like 250.
That should work fine. It'll mean that if you ever change routers, your Mac will still have the same IP address.
Consultant
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You don't need to assign static IP on your Mac, in fact, the only settings that should be changed is the router.
Set up router to assign a local IP to a MAC address (xx:xx:xx:...) and your router should do the work even after sleep/wake. Works fine on D-Link and Linksys (I avoid netgear, they are cheap but don't work so well).
Set up router to assign a local IP to a MAC address (xx:xx:xx:...) and your router should do the work even after sleep/wake. Works fine on D-Link and Linksys (I avoid netgear, they are cheap but don't work so well).
I've never seen IP reservation work properly on a Netgear router, I think it's a bug in their firmware