On Tuesday 27 January 2004 03:44 pm, marc resnick wrote: > > Either clear out permanent assignments or make sure that that the > > assigned IP falls outside the range of dynamic addresses. So, if the > > starting address is 100 and you have allowed 50 users, you can assign > > either 192.168.1.151-253 or 192.168.1.2-99. > > There is no option to set a permanent IP in the DHCP clients table...
I downloaded the manual and took a look. The screen for the DHCP clients table is missing from the pdf manual so I can't see what it looks like. I have a Dlink 624+ and you can go to dlink's site here: http://support.dlink.com/techtool/di624_revc/emulator/h_dhcp.html and take a look at the emulator that simulates the web interface on that router. You can see that there is a section to enable the DHCP server, specify the starting and ending IP address (Linksys specifies starting IP and the number of connections which is the equivalent thing), the lease time and underneath, you can see a section for static DHCP right above the section for dynamic DHCP. You can specify by MAC address which dynamic IP is supposed to go to which MAC address. My previous router was also a Dlink, prior to that one, I did have a Linksys and have specified DHCP assignments on every single one of them, so I assume that the feature is still included. Forcing a user to use a dynamic address with NAT is very limiting given that one must forward ports to a specific IP address to enable servers and the only way to do that reliably is to know in advance which IP the server machine will get from the DHCP server. Another way to do this would be to specify the starting address as 192.168.0.105 and then set your computer up to use 192.168.0.101, since the dynamic addresses always start at 105, 101 is free to be taken as a static address. It has been quite a while since I owned a Linksys device, I do not currently have one to play with to look at the settings. If you need a step by step for your router, I would suggest trying to find someone to help you in the dslreports.com forums which you can locate here: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/equip,16 Someone there should be able to talk you through checking or setting permanent DHCP assignments on your router. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer
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