Home Networking Questions ( Static IP verses DHCP)

[revDAVE]

 I have a few computers at home - and I have been networking  them using a
lynksys router using DHCP.

 Now, I would prefer to connect them up with static IP's through the router
rather than DHCP - so that I can always permanently know that a particular
IP is always the same computer even after rebooting etc..

*  basically, I would like to leave the Linksys - set up to obtain an IP
automatically -  however assign each computer a static/ permanent IP's
(ex:xxx.xx.x.162 etc)...

How  do I set this up using Panther 10.3.2?


* I went to: preferences>network> built-in Ethernet ... Then  configure
using DHCP with manual address??? -  I tried putting in a manual address but
it did not work ...?

Q: - what did I do wrong? How do I set this up?

Q: -  I will bet that I need to log into the lynksys -  administration page
and set something up there ... What would I change?

Q: Also -  I have one computer with Windows 2000 ... How do this one up with
a static IP with the router?

Thanks in advance for your help - RevDave




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