Automatic IP Address

awesome

You's are awesome...I came back to look at my post to which last time I looked there were only one reply now there are 2 pages of all you trying to help me with this problem. I am still trying ..I am going to go through your posts and when I find the one that fixes this crazy problem I will be sure to let you all know. Again...Thanks for all your support...it is appreciated more then you know!!!! Have a wonderful day to all of you and God Bless you and yours!!!!!!!!

Jd

 

And the same to you and yours.

ReggieB

OK. Let me see what I can further messup

I just looked at the Router and it says 192.168.1.1 is the IP address.

And the DHCP starts at 192.168.1.100.

SO. Does that mean that the range from 192.168.1.2 thru 192.168.1.99 is in what is refered to as the exclusive area. And If I wished to assign some STATIC IPs I would/should use addresses in that area.

And IF I understand correctly they would also need to be reset if the Router went down ?

My Printer does connect by IP address. It also wound up at 192.168.1.103 at one time. It took me awhile to figure out why. But it FINALLY dawned on me that it was not restarted until after the 3 machines were. It is normally 192.168.1.100 as it does not get turned off.

It, the Router, the Modem and now the 5 port switch are all left on so that the other two machines have use of them if this machine in not on.

This appears to be 192.168.1.1. here on this Router.

But all in all this has been a very good post for me too. I learned things along with attempting to help.

BillyBob

 

And IF I understand correctly they would also need to be reset if the Router went down ?

Nope. That address is coded into the network card / network settings on the device and it will retain that information unless you make a change or unless you remove networking from the device. You should not ever have to change or re-enter a static IP address.

If you assign static addresses to all your PCs and your printer, they will continue to work fine as long as the switch that connects them is operating.

Since your router & switch are combined into a single device, I don't see any way you are likely to have the switch working and the router not working but ...

 

Absolutely right - you've got that bit.

No. Only the IP handed out by the router are affected by the router turning off. So as Newt says, they will stay the same and are unaffected by the router.

Your printer is also set to pick up its address automatically. Personally, I'd see if I could get into the configuration system of the printer and set it to a static address - say 192.168.1.10. Then it will remain at the same address no matter what happens to the router. The only problem will be if the printer is powered down for a long time - it might forget that setting.

Statically asigned and will remain constant.

Always plenty to learn. Isn't there a quote along the lines of "the more I learn, the more I come to appreciate how little I know. "

 

OK. I THINK I am gaining knowledge.

If I were to assign STATIC IPs it would be desirable to turn DHCP off so as to prevent any POSSIBLE conflicts.

Plus with Static addressing I would not need DHCP anyway would I ?

But right now I can not really see any sense in messing with things because ( at this time ) all seems to be working quite well.

Alias. It ani't Broke.

-And if I should happen to mess up my Wife's machine I just might be the one that winds up with broken parts.--

Newt

Thanks for jumping in.

You say

Does that mean as long as the switch and Router have power to them ?

I do now have a 5 Port Switch inbetween the machines and the Router/Switch. Just installed it today.

I like the separate switch because it provides more info.
Top Light On=Equals connected. Flickering = Data being transfered.
Center Light=Transfer Mode or Collision
Bottom light On=100Mps. Off=10mps.

When I first turned one machine on the center light for it was going nuts and the bottom was off. Powered everything down and restarted one at a time and all seems to be quite well since. I think I turned the 3rd machine on too quickly.

BillyBob

 

ReggieB

Thanks for your reply too. You must have been ( NAW. you were posting at the same time I was writing.

That is what I was thinking about. That is also one reason I leave things as they are. AS LONG AS they continue to work.

But now I do have something new to play with if I wish to.

BUT ONE THING IMPORTANT ( VERY ) that I do have in my favor. I do have help available just in case I mess up.

BillyBob

 

BB - if all your PCs are connected to your new switch, you could send the router to Iowa and the home network would continue to run fine.

And you are correct that with static addresses, you don't require DHCP. However, I'd keep it running because DHCP can assign lots of values you won't be seeing. Not sure if yours does but there are around 20 items in addition to IP address/subnet mask/default gateway that DHCP can be assigning.