assigning a network statically

[music101]

anyone want to explain to me what assigning a network, not through DHCP, but through static

 

[NyxCharon]

Can you rephrase your question? What exactly about static configurations are you wanting to know about?

Also, we do have a networking section for future reference.

 

[johnb35]

Thread moved to the correct section.

If you have issues with your network it may be easier to assign static IP's to all devices. Static IP's means the IP never changes. When set up through dhcp, sometimes the IP will change. Most of the time issues may arise when you network a printer, as it doesn't always keep the same IP for some reason.

If you need to set up static IP's then you need to access the tcp/ip settings and do it there.

 

[music101]

my ip is (IP edited out) if this is what you mean

 

[johnb35]

my ip is (IP edited out) if this is what you mean

No, thats not what I mean. That IP you listed would be your wan IP, the one you get from your internet provider. I'm talking about your lan(internal) IP from your router.

Giving your devices a static IP address would mean going into your tcp/ip settings and assigning it there instead of allowing the dhcp server of your router to assign them. See example below.

You tick the "use the following ip address" box and then you would have to manually enter the internal ip address that you want that device to have in the second image.

Then each device would never receive a different IP address from what you assigned it.

Hopefully you understand what I'm saying.

 

[turbodiesel]

are you refering to public or LAN network internet protocols

 

[AntimatterAsh]

Your internal IP addresses will be something like 192.168.0.2, 192.168.0.194 and so on. Your Wide Area Network IP will be something like 88.107.42.179 (obviously these are not real ips, I made them up.) You want the 192.168.x.x one. Then do what john said above. That is all that you need to do usually.