scott granlund wrote:Personally, I'd (and do) set the machines up to use static IP address'. It's quite simple really. You could read how do do this on the IPNetRouter website. They've some dandy tutorials there.
connect manually yourMac 192.168.0.2 yourPC 192.168.0.3 router 192.168.0.1 (gateway on the PC) subnet 255.255.255.0 DNS from your ISP
That is the LAN 1/2, you must have the WAN side working already?
The only thing to watch out for if you use static IP addresses is you ISP changing their DNS. I have had Verizon change theirs 2 times since I've subscribed, and it's a PITA to track down. With the dynamic addresses this is taken care of for you.
I run my own DNS so all I have to do is change the DNS addresses in the server (two actually).
I have machines and printers on my network that are static as well, but most of the computers themselves I have left as DHCP. I set mine up with a subnet of 255.255.254.0, and use 192.168.0.x for static, and 192.168.1.x as dynamic addresses.
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