[pchelpers] Re: Need Fixed IP address

Thanks Scott,

That information is very specific and very helpful.
What happened to me was that I had all the correct IP addresses for the 
top section but when I
changed it from Dynamic to Fixed it also wiped out the following addresses.

IPv4 Default Gateway: 192.168.1.254
IPv4 DHCP Server: 192.168.1.254
IPv4 DNS Servers: 192.168.1.254, 192.168.1.254
IPv4 WINS Server:

At that point I could no longer access the Modem with or without the 
Switch.
Fortunately when I reset the modem, Switch box and Computer It reset to 
the Dynamic Addressing.
I was able to access the Modem and the Internet

However when I set the TCP and UDP ports it worked until I turned off 
the computer last night.
This morning the whole problem was back.  This evening I went through 
that process again
but did not click on enable in the setup. Hopefully that will solve the 
problem but if not I will try
going back to setting static addresses with all the IP address I now 
have accumulated.

Thanks much for your help.


Scott McNay wrote:
> Hi Cyril,
>
> Sunday, September 21, 2008, 7:49:59 PM, you wrote:
>
> CH> The correct IP address is 192.168.1.97 but sometimes if the XP
> CH> machine is already on and connected to the Internet before I try
> CH> to access the Internet with the Vista machine the IPv4 IP Address
> CH> changes to something weird which looks like a valid IP Address but
> CH> the Linksys Switch blocks access to the DSL Modem.
>
> Go to Control Panel, Network and Sharing Center, Manage Network
> Connections, double-click the icon for the network adapter,
> double-click "IP Protocols Version 4", select "Use the following IP
> address", enter 192.168.1.97, 255.255.255.0, 192.168.1.1, 192.168.1.1.
> The last box can be left empty.
>
> Do the same on the XP machine, substituting the IP address it has.
>
> Is the connection wireless?  I've seen this happen with wireless
> connections,although I don't know why; my understanding is that it
> shouldn't matter if it's wired or wireless.
>
> The "weird" IP address is probably an autoconfiguration IP address,
> starting with 169.254; you'll get this when the router doesn't assign
> an IP for some reason.
>
>   


-- 
Cyril Halbach
Williamsburg Kentucky



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