setting up a static ip

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hey everyone.

Im a complete newbie wrt everything networking. if anyone could tell me how to set up a static ip on my pc, or point me to a tutorial that would explain, i would really appreciate it. i tried googling it but got a lot of stuff that was hard to read through; not a lot of newbie stuff.

apologies for the ignorance but i guess we all have to start somewhere right?
 
thanks alot bro!! owe ya one ;)

i read through the tut but i have a few questions.
when i type ipconfig/all i dnt get any address for dns servers. how do i get this info? do i give telkom a call and get it from them?
Do i need to disable my router handing out ip address at each boot? im using vista and tut didnt say anything about that
 
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imaginary_friend said:
thanks alot bro!! owe ya one ;)

i read through the tut but i have a few questions.
when i type ipconfig/all i dnt get any address for dns servers. how do i get this info? do i give telkom a call and get it from them?
Do i need to disable my router handing out ip address at each boot? im using vista and tut didnt say anything about that
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Maybe we could help if we knew what you were trying to do? You can leave the router to assign dhcp addresses if you want and use static addresses on the other machines.
 
Park@82 said:
Maybe we could help if we knew what you were trying to do? You can leave the router to assign dhcp addresses if you want and use static addresses on the other machines.
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lol, well heres the thing. i have a wired router/adsl modem and i bought a gigabyte access point that creates a wireless access point so i can use my wifi devices at home. the gigabyte AP works fine but i cant access its configuration page via http or with the software it came. hence i cant set a wep or wpa password for it. its just open and i no thats definately dangerous.

the manual says something about setting a static ip and having the same subnet so i can access the ap configuration gui but i know my pc doesnt have a static ip.

i also wanna set up my pc for p2p and torrents so i know that involves port forwarding of which the step is havin a static ip.


i hope that all make sense. like i said, im a real noob wen it comes to all this. just lookin for the right direction so i can learn.
 
LOL.
The router will have a default ip address, and in order for you to access it, you'll need to plug your pc's network into the router, and then assign you pc an ip address that is "near" to the ip address of that router so that you can access it.

By "near", I mean, if the router's ip address is 192.168.0.100, then your pc's ip address must be in the range of 192.168.0.0-255 (excluding the 100 (192.168.0.100) which the router is using)

Routers nowdays typically have a default ip address of one of the following:
10.0.0.1
10.0.0.2
192.168.0.1
192.168.0.100
10.10.0.1
192.168.0.1 and 10.0.0.1 at the same time

So, once again, if your router has a default ip address of 10.0.0.1, make your computer's ip address 10.0.0.2 and your netmask 255.255.255.0 and then you should be able to access http://10.0.0.1 (the router's admin website) from IE (internet explorer) on your pc.

Another example : if your router has a default ip address of 192.168.0.100, make your computer's ip address 192.168.0.1 and your netmask 255.255.255.0 and then you should be able to access http://192.168.0.100 (the router's admin website) from IE on your pc.

But, your manual should tell you what the router's default ip address is.
 
To answer your question regarding P2P, a static IP has nothing to do with it and you can get open connections to peers and an open NAT with normal DHCP.
 
guys, thanks for youre help. ur great, really. i tried similar questions on other forums and was met with nothing but sarcasm and snide remarks. im gonna give this a stab with the info you all provided me with. i'll let you all know how it goes.

again thanks a bunch.
 
lolz, it worked! i got into that freakin AP!! and learned how to forward ports to boot!! :D

@feo, you posted on the xbox 360 faq about using a router as a bridge for you xbox instead of buyin the wireless adaptor. my question is, can i use an AP instead of a router??
 
imaginary_friend said:
lolz, it worked! i got into that freakin AP!! and learned how to forward ports to boot!! :D

@feo, you posted on the xbox 360 faq about using a router as a bridge for you xbox instead of buyin the wireless adaptor. my question is, can i use an AP instead of a router??
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From what I've read on the net, yes you can. (I'm a complete n00b at networking like you ;))

Essentially, my router in Client Bridge mode does exactly the same thing as the wireless AP that you bought. It works 100% on Live and I've even got an open NAT with this setup.

Using a wireless AP is a great option because your PS3, Xbox 360 and (BD-Live) Blu ray players all need internet access so going for a wireless AP is way more flexible than using the MS wireless dongle.

Let me know if you need instructions on how to set up the bridge.
 
feo said:
From what I've read on the net, yes you can. (I'm a complete n00b at networking like you ;))

Essentially, my router in Client Bridge mode does exactly the same thing as the wireless AP that you bought. It works 100% on Live and I've even got an open NAT with this setup.

Using a wireless AP is a great option because your PS3, Xbox 360 and (BD-Live) Blu ray players all need internet access so going for a wireless AP is way more flexible than using the MS wireless dongle.

Let me know if you need instructions on how to set up the bridge.
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lol, thanks feo, i will be needing instructions to set up the bridge. let me no either on this thread or via pm. will highly appreciate it! :D
 
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