KoRnGtL15
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May 6th, @11:58PM
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Re: [Wired] Very annoying problem.......
I had another general question. With this method being fixed ip's. Is this the same as having a static ip or is that completely different? Also. If I add another pc. Would the address need to be set to 192.168.1.7? Last question. Do you suggest disabling DHCP with in my router settings or just leaving it alone at enabled? |
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Tursiops_G
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May 7th, @12:16AM
| You will still have a "Dynamic" IP, as far as your ISP is concerned... You are only setting "Fixed" IPs on the Router's LAN side, but the Router itself will still get a "Dynamic" WAN IP from your ISP.
Each PC (or Xbox, PS3, Wii, etc.) that you connect to the LAN ports of your Router must each have a Unique LAN IP Address (in the 192.168.1.2 thru 192.168.1.99 range)... No Duplicate IPs are allowed. 
The Router's DHCP Server will only assign IP Addresses in the 192.168.1.100 and above range to any PCs that have DHCP Enabled.
If you will be setting Fixed IPs on ALL of your connected PCs (and Game Consoles), then you can safely disable the Router's DHCP Server function. 
-Tursiops_G.
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KoRnGtL15
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May 9th, @08:13PM
| Thanks again for all the help. I came across a interesting post on avsforums in the Xbox area. What do you think? If I just disabled DHCP within my router settings. And then enable UPNP would this work instead of using the port forwarding method?
"FWIW.. And I will admit I havent read this whole thread so apologize if someone suggested this already.
I use DD-wrt firmware.
I have found that all port forwarding issues have been solved by allowing the ROUTER to distribute STATIC ips. IOW, each device on network set to obtain automatically. Then in the router software assign an ip address to each device by mac address. Now enable upnp. THe router will now always assign the same static ip to each device because that ip is matched to its mac address. DNS still must be enabled but you can limit it to the number of devices you are assigning if you prefer.
You essentially have static ips, but they are still distributed by the router. UPNP apparently works better when the network is dishing out ips. Probably related to having dns enabled as many will disable it when they use static ips.
You will no longer need to forward ports because upnp will take care of everything."
Steve
**EDIT**
Just found out you need 3rd part fw to do that. Which I will not use. |
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