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I only have a few comps on my router, but i cant find out which one my main comp is on. Im on a linksys router/switch. it begins with 192.246... ... blah blah blah
Originally posted by aagiants I only have a few comps on my router, but i cant find out which one my main comp is on. Im on a linksys router/switch. it begins with 192.246... ... blah blah blah
Open up a dos prompt and type in "ipconfig" without the quotes obviously.
basically im trying to open a port by opening my Router configs. Its asking me for the ip of the computer on the router network. i know my IP adress for my connection...
If you wish to forward a port to a specific computer you first need to change your network so that all IP's are manully assigned and therefore fixed. You cannot reliably use the router's DHCP server in this circumstance
Originally posted by Kip Patterson If you wish to forward a port to a specific computer you first need to change your network so that all IP's are manully assigned and therefore fixed. You cannot reliably use the router's DHCP server in this circumstance
Some routers like my Nexland ISB SOHO allow you to "reserve" an IP in DHCP for a certain computer. I believe that you just input the MAC address of the computer into the router, and everytime it comes online and asks for an IP address the router will always give that computer the same IP address, and just give out all the other ones to the other computers, but for the most part it's just best to use static IP's when you will be using any kind of port forwarding.
Seriously though what Router? The only one off hand that I know of that lets you reserve IP's in DHCP is the Nexland.