WOT: need computer help...., need to assign an IP address to a particular computer.... Options

[scottb]

on my network.

i have a linksys BEFSR41 and have 2 IP addresses through comcast (at least that is what they tell me).

i need to do the following:

find out my IP addresses

assign one of these addresses to my wifes work computer, and let the rest of the house use the other.


i have messed around within the router but as i don't know my ip addresses. i do an ipconfig and only get one ip address.

so any suggestions oh wise ones? my wife an i both work for the same company and the security system is such that only one log in per ip address is allowed (hence the need for 2).

hope this is clear enough....

thanks,

scott

[Dr. Roger]

before i do anything, try this....

cable comes into modem
modem ethernet cable goes into switch/hub
one ehternet cable goes from swithc/hub into wifes laptop and supplies one IP address.
other ethernet cable goes from anothe rport from switch/hub into wireless router which supplies other assigned IP address which is setup through the router.

it can't hurt to try.

[Sarastro]

Wow, I've set up and maintained quite a few networks and you guys are confusing the hell out of me, poor Scot.


There is some misinformation here about static addresses. Most of these "static" addresses that ISPs issue are not constantly connected static connections. A constantly connected static connection is needed to find your WAN IP address from the outside internet (if you have that need). What ISP generally provide are unchanging IP addresses which are constantly dropped by the ISPs NAT servers when not in use. The simple solution is to constantly ping from your machine to anywhere else, keeping the internet connection active and available for connections from the outside. There are plenty of free clients available to do this for you. There is also a nifty little free program called Hamachi to do this all for you, and you do not need a static address to make it work. There are other work arounds to the static IP requirement but they are out of the scope of our requirements.

I seriously doubt you really need a static address, you just need an independent IP address for your logon. If you do, you'll need to go back to the gurus at work for an application explanation.

Part of the major problem here is one of nomenclature. Modems can be routers, routers always include hubs but may include modems but not unnecessarily and it is possible to hook a computer directly to an ISP's modem without using a router at all (not really recommended).

I recommend you get back with the guys are work and let them help you out.