ChasN
@uk.t
| reply to Imogen8
Re: [ADSL] Newbie router IP address question
OK thanks. I do listen to tech support, really. 
Only this Demon one wasn't really very confident or convincing, and kept trying to tell me not to worry about the DHCP assignment of IP addresses within my own little home network - so I didn't think he understood.
Plus the router manual is pretty clear that it wants me to enter a static IP address in the appropriate configuration field. Their tech supp is now in India - it took more than 10 minutes (really) for him to get my name and address, and when we got totally stuck on the 15 digit/letter serial number I gave up in disgust - maybe he'd have known the answer if he'd understood the question, but he'd never have understood the question.
So, I understand that my router will fetch an address from my ISP when I connect, and because my ISP offers me a static IP, that will always be the same. |
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StrangerNoDanger
| »Cisco Forum FAQ »Configure PIX/ASA as both Internet Firewall and VPN Concentrator
Have a look at the first question and answer in the faq posted above.
There is no real difference between the two and ISPs automatically configure the DHCP server to allocate that IP to you whether you configured it statically or not on your router as it makes management easier. |
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Traduk
join:2000-10-25
England
| reply to ChasN
ChasN,
>>So, I understand that my router will fetch an address from my ISP when I connect, and because my ISP offers me a static IP, that will always be the same.
My ADSL is with Zen and I have a fixed IP. It appears to be standard to select DHCP type collection of the ISP's IP even though it is not dynamic but fixed. In theory and in practice it doesn't matter either way because you will always get the IP you have been allocated.
I changed mine to the fixed input as opposed to dynamic because I was troubleshooting on a distant connection and did not want the router to request an ISP address. For me it works either way. My router has a timer for dynamic address lease renewals and even though it's set for fixed it still goes out every 3 days (setting in options) and renews even though it's pointless.
Traduk |
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