Manual setting of IP number on home LAN

[Bob M]

I did this on earlier W98 computers. It is helpful if you have a small home
network, where some computers are asleep a good part of the time. The
automatic assignment gets messed up in these cases, requiring xtra rebooting.
How do I setup a fixed address for my XP computer? TIA.

 

[Guest]

I did this on earlier W98 computers. It is helpful if you have a small home
network, where some computers are asleep a good part of the time. The
automatic assignment gets messed up in these cases, requiring xtra rebooting.
How do I setup a fixed address for my XP computer? TIA.

Click Start >> Control Panel >> Double click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Network connections.
On the network connections right click your Local Area Network (LAN) and
select properties.
On the LAN properties under General Tab highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
then click Properties Button at the bottom.
On the TCP/IP properties you can check the Radio button for :
(*) Use the following IP address:
IP address: [ 0. 0. 0 . 0 ]
Subnet Mask: [ 255.255. X. X ] it depend on the Cat of the above IP is
it will be A, B, C
Default gateway: [ ]

DNS, best if you left this Auto as it will be assigned by your ISP unless
you have Static DNS address.

http://www.answers.vt.edu/ask4help/connection/vtkb697.htm
http://www.it.iastate.edu/pub/kng278/kng278.html
http://www.portforward.com/networking/static-xp.htm
HTH.
nass

 

[Jim]

I did this on earlier W98 computers. It is helpful if you have a small home
network, where some computers are asleep a good part of the time. The
automatic assignment gets messed up in these cases, requiring xtra
rebooting.
How do I setup a fixed address for my XP computer? TIA.

Edit the HOSTS file. Turn off dhcp.

 

[R. McCarty]

Modify the TCP/IP properties of the Local Area Connection.
Give the machine a address of your router's range and set the
Gateway and DNS server to point to the Router's address. In
most home environments you'll use a Default mask value of
255.255.255.0

 

[Patrick Keenan]

I did this on earlier W98 computers. It is helpful if you have a small home
network, where some computers are asleep a good part of the time. The
automatic assignment gets messed up in these cases, requiring xtra
rebooting.
How do I setup a fixed address for my XP computer? TIA.

Via the TCP/IP properties pages for your network adapter. Use the IP range
and subnet mask from your router.

As a note, I have found recently that the embedded gigabit network adapters
in a number of systems I have worked on do *not* work once fixed IP
addresses have been assigned. No data is ever transferred, and browsing is
impossible. I had to add PCI adapters to be able to assign fixed IPs and
have them work.

Also, I normally an an "Reset IP" shortcut, to "reset_ip.cmd" to the
desktop on most systems. That file contains the three lines below. The
third line is blank and ensures that the second line is actually processed.

===
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew

===

Whenever there's some sort of network issue, it's a simple matter to click
on the icon and get a new address.

HTH
-pk

 

[Bob M]

Click Start >> Control Panel >> Double click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Network connections.
On the network connections right click your Local Area Network (LAN) and
select properties.
On the LAN properties under General Tab highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
then click Properties Button at the bottom.
On the TCP/IP properties you can check the Radio button for :
(*) Use the following IP address:
IP address: [ 0. 0. 0 . 0 ]
Subnet Mask: [ 255.255. X. X ] it depend on the Cat of the above IP is
it will be A, B, C
Default gateway: [ ]

DNS, best if you left this Auto as it will be assigned by your ISP unless
you have Static DNS address.

Thanks for the info: That is waht I was looking for. However, after doing
that, "Nothing" worked. No E-Mail, no newsgroups, no Web browser. The message
from Patrick Keenan mentions problems with embedded hardware. Maybe that is
what I have. It says "Intel Pro/100 VE Network Connection". I will try his
suggestion about

===
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew

===

and see if that works.

 

[Bob M]

Also, I normally an an "Reset IP" shortcut, to "reset_ip.cmd" to the
desktop on most systems. That file contains the three lines below. The
third line is blank and ensures that the second line is actually processed.

===
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew

===

Whenever there's some sort of network issue, it's a simple matter to click
on the icon and get a new address.

HTH

Thanks, it did help.
It is a lot better than rebooting to get the new address!