Difference between revisions of "Networking - Static IPs"

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You can assign static IP address to machines in your network versus using the random DHCP served one (100-254). 
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You can assign static IP address to machines in your network, however, most modern machines will ask for a name to DHCP and that will work all the time regarless of the IP it gets.
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* From your browser (Internet Explorer, FireFox, etc) enter [http://hda/hosts http://hda/hosts].  This is a rough interface at the moment, but it gets the job done.
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However, if you need to set IP addresses, you can do it from the
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# '''Host:'''  system name (webcam, kitchenpc, pvr, etc)
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# '''Mac:'''  MAC address for the system (i.e. 00:0E:0C:60:8F:2A).  Ensure you remove the / before entering the MAC and that you use colons (:), not dashes (-). Note that your MAC address can be obtained by using '''ipconfig /all''' in Windows, or from your HDA with the '''arp''' command at the HDA prompt.
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      Setup -->  Networking --> Static IPs
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# '''Address:''' Last number in the IP address (111.111.111.xxx) range (i.e. 32, 43, 110, etc).  It cannot be the same as the hda server.  
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# Select '''Create''' to complete. 
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And follow the prompts after pressing in the New Static IP.
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* Release and acquire a new lease for the machine with the new IP address.  In windows, '''ipconfig /release''' followed by '''ipconfig /renew'''.
 

Revision as of 03:44, 31 August 2009

You can assign static IP address to machines in your network, however, most modern machines will ask for a name to DHCP and that will work all the time regarless of the IP it gets.

However, if you need to set IP addresses, you can do it from the 

      Setup -->   Networking  -->  Static IPs

And follow the prompts after pressing in the New Static IP.

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