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Malke

alanlap said:
The posting may be more appropriate at another newsgroup. At this
prestn I dont know the appropriate one.

I may need to know DHCP.

I have a DLINK video device attached to my wireless LinkSYS router
with two
other wired PCS. For some reasons, the video device wont let others
see me,
but I always see them. I have tried disabled firewalls, but this is
not the problem. Also, I have configured DMZ on the router setup. But
it is not the solution.

The video menu needs configuration. The menu has DHCP and FIXED
options. Currently DHCP is marked indicating it is enabled.

I understand that DHCP is a protocol or server to handle changing ip
addresses from the outside world ..INTERNET and then assign private
ips through router to the network.

I am not clear why the check next to DHCP because I thought my ISP
Comcast is having their own DHCP server. Therefore, I dont need one on
my home windows xp. The check
(mark) seems to indicate that I am enabling DHCP server on my Windows
XP Home Edition. I dont think Windows XP home edition includes this
server package.

I need to know if I should let DHCP mark omitted ( disable it). More
likely I misread it. Correction may help.

Alan

DHCP is used to assign an IP address dynamically as opposed to manually
assigning a static IP address. An IP address can be a private IP
address used on a Local Area Network (lan) or a public IP address used
to access the Internet. If configured the usual way, the Linksys router
acts as a NAT (Network Address Translator) and assigns private IP
addresses to the lan computers via DHCP. You only have (usually) one
public IP address that the router gets from Comcast for Internet
access. Refer to the Linksys website for a good explanation of this
with pictures:

http://www.linksys.com/edu/

My guess is that you should assign the video device its own static
internal IP address instead of a dynamic one with DHCP. Since you are
using a Linksys router, that will be something in the 192.168.1.xxx
range with a subnet of 255.255.255.0. However, you should go to the
video device mftr.'s website for instructions as to how to set it up
properly.

Malke
 
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alanlap

The posting may be more appropriate at another newsgroup. At this prestn I
dont know the appropriate one.

I may need to know DHCP.

I have a DLINK video device attached to my wireless LinkSYS router with two
other wired PCS. For some reasons, the video device wont let others see me,
but I always see them. I have tried disabled firewalls, but this is not the
problem. Also, I have configured DMZ on the router setup. But it is not the
solution.

The video menu needs configuration. The menu has DHCP and FIXED options.
Currently DHCP is marked indicating it is enabled.

I understand that DHCP is a protocol or server to handle changing ip
addresses from the outside world ..INTERNET and then assign private ips
through router to the network.

I am not clear why the check next to DHCP because I thought my ISP Comcast
is having their own DHCP server. Therefore, I dont need one on my home
windows xp. The check
(mark) seems to indicate that I am enabling DHCP server on my Windows XP
Home Edition. I dont think Windows XP home edition includes this server
package.

I need to know if I should let DHCP mark omitted ( disable it). More likely
I misread it. Correction may help.

Alan
 

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