port forwarding, need help with static ip?

Question

Hey good people,
I've been following this guide (http://portforward.com/english/routers/p… and i'm kinda confused over setting up a static ip.

looking at ipconfig/all, i can see that my default gateway 192.168.0.1 is completely different from the DNS Server (i have 2 DNS server addresses)
Looks like:
DNS Server . . . . .= 61.9.***.***
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.9.***.***
(not sure if its safe or not to reveal a dns server adress)

Also under my wireless network connection ipv4 properties, ip and dns server address is both obtained automatically. These issues are causing me quite a bit of drama as I try to setup a static ip following this tut (http://portforward.com/networking/static…

I don't wanna make any mistakes, can someone explain how I go about setting up a static ip.

Answer 1

Change the "obtain automatically" setting you saw to "Specify", and fill in the info you need to use. The ip address should be something in the 192.168.0.x range that is not currently in use. The subnet mask should stay the same as you saw in ipconfig, probably 255.255.255.0. The gateway stays the same as well, 192.168.0.1. For DNS, you can use any DNS server you want. A few I know off the top of my head:

8.8.8.8

8.8.4.4

4.2.2.1

4.2.2.2

207.69.188.185

207.69.188.186

Answer 2

Ok, Here's how to properly do this:



1) Look at your IPCONFIG /ALL. Write down both of your DNS Servers, the gateway, and the subnet mask.



2) Change Obtain automatically to Use these settings. Input the subnet mask, gateway, and DNS Servers.



3) BEFORE inputting a static IP, please note the following::



If you have your router set to DHCP ( handing out IP's ) then there is a range that the router will hand out. For example, if the routers IP (gateway) is set to 192.168.0.1 and its configured to allow for 50 wireless connections, then it will hand out 192.168.0.100 to 192.168.0.149. THis is called the DHCP Scope. WHen you set your static IP, you want to make sure that the IP your choose is OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE. Because if its not, you run the risk of allowing the router to hand out the same IP ( the one that your computer is using statically ) to another device that connects, causing a conflict and causing both devices to drop.



Its as easy as that



*** If you want to avoid the possible conflict, you can turn the routers DHCP off. As this is the safest way to utilize static IP's, however this also means that ANY DEVICE that connects to this router will also need static IP's.

Answer 3

Just an FYI, copy and paste will break the links on yahoo answers.



Second of all, DNS Server and Default gateway being different is actually common.



Personally I also have a Motorola Router at my house. Instead of setting it up on the Window's side, I was able to make it a static ip address by chaning the DHCP Lease on the router. It possible this happen because the router is unable to accept ip address it did not issue.



Anyhow, login to the router's menu.

Go to Gateway, then LAN, then DHCP Leases.



Enter the Mac Address of your computer, the last digit of the ip address you want, and then hostname. Then click apply.