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| Thread ID: 75392 | 2006-12-27 18:44:00 | Static IP address for my comp | limepile (96) | Press F1 |
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| 510057 | 2006-12-27 18:44:00 | We have 3 comps connected to a Dynalink router, but we all require different ports open, or sometimes we all use the same ports (very busy household!!).Have forwarded ports, restricted the available IP field that the router can assign down to 3 (192.168.1.2 etc), but keep getting an error msg "IP conflict with another machine on this network". As far as I know I haven't set up a network. All run xp sp2. Could the solution be to assign static IP addresses to each machine, and if so how do I go about it? Thanks. |
limepile (96) | ||
| 510058 | 2006-12-27 18:54:00 | www.portforward.com | w000t (11562) | ||
| 510059 | 2006-12-27 19:48:00 | What you need to do is go into network connections, right click on the LAN connection that is connected to the router (if there is more than one LAN connection) righ click select properties. and then click "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" properites again... and then click the "Use the following IP address" and input the IP address you want (192.168.1.2 etc) input the subnet mask (which usually fills it in for you) Input the default gateway (which is the IP address of the router) and input the DNS servers of your ISP (google it they are easy to find). Oh and BTW if you have setup a network... A computer network is two or more computers connected together using a telecommunication system for the purpose of communicating and sharing resources (straight from Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org) Oh and Welcome to PF1 :) |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 510060 | 2006-12-28 08:14:00 | Wow, thanks a lot... that is so easy.I can now amaze all my friends with this wealth of information. thank you all so much. Gary. |
limepile (96) | ||
| 510061 | 2006-12-28 08:39:00 | No Problem :) Ha ha, you could... just remember, Google is your friend, Google will tell you everything, and then you can REALLY amaze them :p |
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| 510062 | 2006-12-31 20:03:00 | You are right, we do have a friend i Google! Heres something else that I found out.One of my comps is a lot older than the others, and whilst it has an ethernet port, I couldn't assign it an address because there was no MAC address.For those that don't know, all ethernet cards have a MAC address unique to that card, but my ethernet port was built into the motherboard, having no MAC.I figured that as I still have a dial-up modem card installed, replacing it with an ethernet card , available from a well known electrical store for under $16,this should fix the problem, and so it proved to be. All I had to do in the end was to disable the internet connection that my machine was previously using (control panel>internet connections>network connections>choose connection to disable, r/click and disable)wait a minute or two for it to figure out that I require it to use new card..Bob is my uncle!!! Now I have a network where each machine has its own IP address, making port forwarding a simple chore, no more conflicts and all in no time at all. What else did i learn? Don't be afraid to ask, or to rip open your computer, and while its open, give it a good clean... you should see the build up of dust in there..compressed air, also available from that well known store, is invaluable here. Thanks once again guys. |
limepile (96) | ||
| 510063 | 2006-12-31 20:21:00 | What else did i learn? Don't be afraid to ask, or to rip open your computer, and while its open, give it a good clean... you should see the build up of dust in there..compressed air, also available from that well known store, is invaluable here. Thanks once again guys. Good, wait till you build your own rig, then it gets fun :thumbs: No problem. Good to hear you got it sorted :) |
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