Manual IP address assignment

[Guest]

I have 2 NAS devices on my network. When I used my new laptop on the network,
it got automatically given (by the router I assume) the same IP address as
one of the NAS devices, which happened to be off at the time. This is causing
problems.

If I go into the Wireless Connection and then go to Internet Protocol TCP/IP
Properties, I can see that I can un check the "obtain an IP address
automatically" box, and enter one manually, with subnet mask and default
gateway. But I do not know what to enter in the boxes beneath, which now need
DNS server addresses - would this be the IP of my router? or something else?

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I have 2 NAS devices on my network. When I used my new laptop on the network,
it got automatically given (by the router I assume) the same IP address as
one of the NAS devices, which happened to be off at the time. This is causing
problems.

If I go into the Wireless Connection and then go to Internet Protocol TCP/IP
Properties, I can see that I can un check the "obtain an IP address
automatically" box, and enter one manually, with subnet mask and default
gateway. But I do not know what to enter in the boxes beneath, which now need
DNS server addresses - would this be the IP of my router? or something else?

For DNS server, specify your router's LAN IP address or your ISP's DNS
server address.

However, I think there's a better solution that assigning manual IP
addresses to your computers. If possible, configure the both the NAS
devices and the computers to obtain an IP address automatically.

If that doesn't work:

1. Configure the computers to obtain an IP address automatically.

2. Assign fixed IP addresses to the NAS devices.

3. Configure the router's DHCP address pool so that it doesn't include
the NAS devices addresses.

For example, assign 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.3 to the NAS devices,
and set the DHCP pool to start at 192.168.0.10.
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[Guest]

Thanks Steve. I chose option 3 from your solutions, switched all pcs off,
back on again, and everything is fine.

Mike

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Thanks Steve. I chose option 3 from your solutions, switched all pcs off,
back on again, and everything is fine.

Mike

You're welcome, Mike. I'm glad that my suggestion helped you solve
the problem. Thanks for reporting the result.
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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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