Re: If I switch to static IP

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From: Jim Slager (jslager_at_iname.com)
Date: 02/01/04 

Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 15:41:35 -0800

I did the change to the starting IP. I noticed that my router, Linksys
WRT54G, has 192.168.1 hardwired in and I can only change the last field.
Then I did ipconfig release and renew on each computer and it all worked. I
revised the NIS Trusted Zones. The only problem I have is that I can't
figure out any way to make my HP2510 wireless printer do a release-renew.

"Steve Winograd [MVP]" <winograd@pobox.com> wrote in message
news:2gap10psooi693sq2cl1tlie14tj9ci2ta@4ax.com...
> In article <#mzYZhI6DHA.2720@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>, "Jim Slager"
> <jslager@iname.com> wrote:
> >Steve, I tried switching to static IP and it was a mess. After changing
> >the router I could not reestablish connection to it. Also, my wireless
> >printer decided to also apply its new static IP to its default gateway.
I
> >ended my resetting the router and the printer and redoing everything just
to
> >get back to where I started. I won't try that again.
> >
> >Instead the limit of my goals is just to move my Starting IP Address to
some
> >random place in the allowable range and restrict the Max DHCP users to
the
> >exact number I need. Question: when I change the starting address and
save
> >settings, will the old IPs stay until (1) the computers logon again or
(2)
> >the leases expire on the old IPs and the computers logon again?
>
> The old IPs will remain until the computers renew their leases. That
> will happen when they log off and back on or when the power is turned
> off and back on. It will also happen at some unpredictable time
> during the lease period -- they'll renew the lease before it expires.
>
> >If the answer is (2) then I guess that I'll have to have both the old and
> >new ranges defined in Norton Internet Security Trusted Zones until
everyone
> >has switched to the new range.
>
> That should work. Another possibility is to change the router
> settings and then manually release and renew the lease on each
> computer: ipconfig/release followed by ipconfig/renew, or
> disable/enable the network connection.
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
> for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
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> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

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