Changing Dynamic IP

How do i change my dynamic network ip to static? I have gone to TCP/IP properties and changed it, then it just screwed my internet up. I have also changed my router config but it has screwed my internet up too.

What do i put in the following and how do i find each one:

IP Address:
Subnet mask:
Default Gateway:

Should i obtain DNS server address auto? Or specify one? And if i do need to how do i get it?

Preferred DNS Server:
Alternative DNS Server:


I am using a DLink 524 wireless router.

 

Using a router your PC TCP/IP settings should be to obtain and IP and DNS address automatically. Don't know what you did to your Router but you could try resetting it to default, usally with a button on the back (pen hole).

 

If you are talking about an IP of a computer on a LAN.

The static IP is set in the TCP/IP configuration; it has to be on the same subnet as the Router’s LAN IP and out of the DHCP range.

Example, if the Router’s IP is 192.168.1.1 and the DHCP is On using 192.168.1.10 to 192.168.1.20 a Static IP should be 192.168.1.30

If you are referring to the external WAN IP, you cannot change on your own Dynamic to Static, you have to call your ISP and request a Static IP (usually means a more expensive account).

 

What Brand and model router do you have and what IP address did you set it to ? Also what address did you try to set your computer to.

You should leave your router as is. If it's at 192.168.1.1 with subnet mask at 255.255.255.0 it should be easy to setup your computer. The first three sets of the IP need to be the same. example 192.168.1.???.

Your computer can then be any address from 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.254. You should exclude the range your DHCP uses to avoid conflicts. Your subnet mask should remain at 255.255.255.0 and the default gateway should be 192.168.1.1 because thats you router/gateway. The primary DNS can usually be the same as the gateway but some cable systems require their DNS to get past their signup screen. try 192.168.1.1 first and leave the secondary DNS blank.

 

I am using Dlink 524 Wireless router. It is set to 192.168.0.1. It set my comp with 192.168.0.101. This however is temporary because the lease expires each week. I still dont know how to disable this and get a static network ip....=(

Could somone add me on msn or somthing and help me? Cuz this stuff is really confusing, and the last time i tried it, it took me about 2 hours to get internet back on my network. =(

 

If you set a static IP on your computer the lease doesn't expire. As Geek-A-Hertz and Cat5e tried to explain, the first three sets of numbers need to be the same. You should set you static IP as follows

IP: 192.168.0.20
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway 192.168.0.1

Primary DNS: 192.168.0.1
Secondary DNS: leave blank

Leave the router set to defaults except SSID, Password and Channel.

 

k thx...I will try what you have suggested and update you guys on any progress...

 

Nope it didnt work again. This time is started with configuring my router. I cloned my info and applied. A friend of mine suggested and stated that there was no need to configure TCP/IP properties. He said they would be automatically configured by windows.

I think he was right because this is what i got:

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.166.172 (I was like wth is this)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

I then decided to do ipconfig /release, ipconfig /renew. Both did not work.

Well after that i decided to change the TCP/IP properties i entered the info above and when i clicked "Ok" i got this message:

WZCSLDR2.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will need to restart the program. An error log is being created.

I was not really concerned at the moment because everything seemed to be working fine, basically the Internet in general.

But then Boom internet stopped. I went to my other comp restored router to default settings, reinstalling my driver. And now i am back to same old retarded dynamic DHCP server. I say this because it is interferring with some of my programs which need port forwarding and cannot because of my dynamic network ip.

P.S for some reason when i configured everything and had no internet, I somehow "had" internet (it showed on my wireless adapter) but it was extremly weak, and somthing was blocking it.

 

Why do you want a static IP?

To my knowledge if you have a standard internet connection you can't adjust a setting to get one.

You need to either pay for a static line as suggested previously or find out a bit about the following things....

NAT
Port forwarding
DHCP
DNS
Getting a domain name
Getting the name dynamicaly hosted
Dynamically updating the DNS record with your assigned IP

 

You should reset your router to factory defaults. If you are wanting a static IP for your router you have to get that number from your ISP and it will cost you more for your Internet Service. Therefore you need to set you router to factory defaults except for SSID and password.

If you want a static IP on your computer then the settings I outlined in Post 6 should work for you to get online with a Dlink router. If you set the Address or Subnet Mask to something that the router isn't set for it won't work. If your router is at 192.168.0.1 with a Subnet Mask of 255.255.255.0 the the settings in post 6 should work.

 

You guys didnt read my first post did you? I can change to static, but everytime i do it doesnt work. And i need to change it to static for a certain program. And yes my ISP does allow it or this topic wouldnt have started in the first place. And mod should close this topic now. Since i have given up on it, since i found out i have a shared ip i cannot use the certain program anyhow (thats the real problem).

MOD CLOSE THIS THREAD!!

 

LOL, thank you for sharing with us your real problem.

I never heard about such a thing but hey there are a lot of other things that I do not know about.

My guess is that your are trying to use Game that needs open ports, but some one else on the Network is using it and the ports are directed toward his IP and you are stuck.

 

Yeah it sux, its for this application which needs outbound connections. But then i have a shared ip so that crap blocks it....Stupid Rogers...

 

Yes I did read all of your posts and your ISP may allow a static static IP on the WAN side of the network for you to connect to their server but the number is assigned by them and you cant just change it when ever you want to what ever you want.

As far as your Local Area Network, you can set what ever IP's you want but if their not in the same Subnet Mask and associated IP range as your router you will not be able to access your network or the internet.

As far as shareing an IP, you can NOT share the LAN IP address. It will cause conflicts on your network. You can share WAN IP in a sense by using a router but not the LAN IP.

For port forewarding for a game, if someone has the needed ports forewarded to their computer you can't foreward the same ports to your computer but some games allow you to change the ports to a different number so you can have more then 1 computer on an internet game at the same time. You would have to check the forum for the game or call them to find out if the ports can be changed.

[Edit] There is a way of using multiple routers on a LAN that would allow you to do what you want But the setup would be expensive and complicated.