Sorry to be so thick Paul and thanks for your reply. I'm looking in the router settings to do this aren't I? Currently my mac is set to 'configure using DHCP' in Sys Pref. Not using port forwarding. May be a job for an apple genius as its a bit involved for an email list. Nick
On 27 Oct 2008, at 09:51, Paul Howard wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Nicholas Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > > > Paul, your reply just arrived. Is a non-static IP address one best > practice? > So I would untick something to do with DHCP? > Bit wary of playing around in the router settings. Nearly managed to > sabotage the whole setup this morning resetting a password. > Nick > > > > > Either way is fine - as long as you don't use the same addresses for > both. Check your router settings and it will probably tell you the > DHCP range is 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.254 or something similar. > > If so just set the top end to 192.168.1.100 and assign your mac a > static one above that range. > > Or just set your mac to DHCP, which is fine unless you are using > port forwarding on the router to access resources on your mac from > outside your network. > > > -- > Paul Howard > > tel (UK): +44 (0)1293 738158 > tel (US) : +1 251 243 0058 > mobile (UK): +44 (0)7958 231268 > > web: http://phoward.com > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
