Subj : Making my PC's IP address stay the same
To : Jnorton
From : Digital Man
Date : Thu Oct 19 2023 04:08 pm
Re: Making my PC's IP address stay the same
By: Jnorton to All on Thu Oct 19 2023 04:05 pm
> Hi:
>
> I have several devices on my router, and, the router just assigns them an
> address when the do a dhcp request.
>
> My PC where I'm running Synchronet also gets assigned its address via dhcp.
>
> Most of the time, it doesn't change, but, today, it just changed and I had
> to go into my port forwarding and change all the internal addresses.
>
> Is there a way I can keep the router from changing my address? I know it is
> possible to use a static ip in some cases, but, this machine is the only one
> I care about its address staying the same.
>
> Any thoughts?
The DHCP server in your router should support address reservation. That's where you permanently tie a MAC address (of your PC's network interface) to a specific private IP address. Your PC will still think it's a dynamic IP address (using DHCP), but it will *always* (and forever, or at least, until you replace or reconfigure your router) get the same IP address.
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