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).

From your browser (Internet Explorer, FireFox, etc) enter http://hda/hosts. This is a rough interface at the moment, but it gets the job done.

Host: system name (webcam, kitchenpc, pvr, etc)
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.
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.
Select Create to complete.

At the HDA command line (any user - no need to be root) enter hdactl-hup.
Release and acquire a new lease for the machine with the new IP address. In windows, ipconfig /release followed by ipconfig /renew.