[Jlomb436]

I'm about to karate chop/drop kick my computer. Had everything going, but removed usb/wireless device to install some fans, reset router and now my static ip doesn't work.

I had it working fine, using the address 192.168.1.9. I went Status/properties/ipv4 and entered the following.

Us the following Ip address.

192.168.1.9
Sub as the normal 255 etc etc
Default 192.168.1.1

Then under DNS i selected us the following DNS
192.168.1.1

However, my internet won't work. It just says limited access and/or unidentified network. Super strange. Any ideas?

I'll note one thing, when I plug my PC back together, and tried manual ip again, it mentioned how my wireless card was using that IP, but since it was the same device, I'd figured it would be fine. I have no idea to determine what ip is being used by what mac address, except ipconfig /all in command.

Ideas? Thanks folks!

[HISI808]

Any reason why you don't use DHCP?

Could be an issue caused by resetting your router. Can you log into your router and check the settings?

Also, if your wireless card is using the same ip address, try and disable it and see if you can connect.

[Jlomb436]

Originally Posted by HISI808

Any reason why you don't use DHCP?

Could be an issue caused by resetting your router. Can you log into your router and check the settings?

Also, if your wireless card is using the same ip address, try and disable it and see if you can connect.

Thanks for the reply.

I honestly have no clue what DHCP is. Is it like a static ip? I'm computer literate, but network stuff I just never cared to learn. I haven't checked the router, but I I don't think that's the issue. I'll go ahead and poke around though.

I also tried to disable and then restart wireless card, but that doesn't do much as it's a USB card.

Lastly, the only reason I want a static Ip is because I have a lto of programs that are port forwarded, so I hate changing them in my router every time, so I just opted to have the same Ip address every time.

[HISI808]

try adding a secondary DNS entry of 4.2.2.3

[Crimson92]

Remove the dns entry or add 4.2.2.2

[radix]

192.168.1.1 is probably the IP address of your router. You can't use the same IP address both for your router and for your computer. Try using 192.168.1.2 for the computer. Also, you should really probably just be using DHCP.

[tke344]

Its because of the DNS.. unless you have a server running on your local network, a domain name server does not exist at 192.168.1.1 - I dont remember off the top of my head if you can specify a static IP and still obtain a DNS automatically but if not you can get that address from your internet provider.. or just use 4.2.2.2, its a Verizon server but should work fine regardless.

[Jlomb436]

Thanks guys!

Okay, so I try to do 192.168.1.9 as my computer
sub as the normal 255 etc
and my default as 192.168.1.1

However, when I go down to DNS, if I leave it blank i can't connect to the net. And I can't do that automatically, because it's grayed out unless I do both ip and DNS auto.

And if I do the DNS as mentioned with 4.2.2.2/3, it still says undentified network with no internet access. My Windows 7 widget says I'm on .9, but with no external ip/internet access.

[Jlomb436]

Originally Posted by radix

192.168.1.1 is probably the IP address of your router. You can't use the same IP address both for your router and for your computer. Try using 192.168.1.2 for the computer. Also, you should really probably just be using DHCP.

Hi.

I am not using .1 as my computer, thats my router. My computer uses .9.

I seriously have no idea what DHCP is, can anyone explain?

[tke344]

DHCP basically means that you allow your router to assign an IP address to the computer. It doesn't sound like you really need a static IP on that computer, set everything to dynamic, as long as the router is set up properly it should all work.

[Jlomb436]

Originally Posted by tke344

DHCP basically means that you allow your router to assign an IP address to the computer. It doesn't sound like you really need a static IP on that computer, set everything to dynamic, as long as the router is set up properly it should all work.

Ahh I see.

I think i've tried before on the router itself but I failed at that as well. i did something like ip reserve and that never allowed my comp to use the same IP. I don't get why my static ip stopped all of a sudden, it was working. So strange.

[Jlomb436]

Anymore help? Thanks guys.

[Crimson92]

What changed new router? Modem? Cable or dsl?

[HISI808]

can you ping your default gateway 192.168.1.1?

[Jlomb436]

Hi folks.

We had to reset the router, and I had to unplug my USB wireless card to mess with my comp, but the hardware is all the same.

Before, I had this setup.
IP 192.168.1.9
Sub 255 etc
Default 192.168.1.1

DNS was setup with 192.168.1.1

And it worked 3 days ago.

I tried pinging, and it just said request timed out with the following above, including the DNS setup as 4.3.3.2. NO clue whats going on.

[Jlomb436]

Wow folks, not sure what I did but somehow I managed to get it to work... I just keep messing with stuff over and over. Often when I enter the static ip info, the default gateway is blank when i return, not sure whats with that. But I got it fixed! Maybe it's something boneheaded I did, but this is again why i hate network related stuff.

Thanks for the help, appreciate it!

[MadDog]

Originally Posted by Jlomb436

Hi folks.

We had to reset the router, and I had to unplug my USB wireless card to mess with my comp, but the hardware is all the same.

Before, I had this setup.
IP 192.168.1.9
Sub 255 etc
Default 192.168.1.1

DNS was setup with 192.168.1.1

And it worked 3 days ago.

I tried pinging, and it just said request timed out with the following above, including the DNS setup as 4.3.3.2. NO clue whats going on.

That's your problem. You lost your router settings.

Set your router for DHCP, and assign it IP address 192.168.1.1. Let it assign (give out) addresses from 192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.110. Set your computer to automatically obtain an IP address and DNS Server. It should get one of the above numbers and work fine. There is no reason to set your computer up for a static IP address, since it's all local to your network.

Also note that my cable modem already had an IP address of 192.168.1.1, and since it didn't like the router with the same IP address, I assigned an IP address of 192.168.20.1 to my router and had it assign addresses of 192.168.20.100 to 192.168.20.120.

HTH

[talisman311]

If you really need a static IP (ie: port forwarding for RDP/firewall rules), lookup DHCP reservations and set it on your router. It'll bind the MAC of your NIC to that IP address. Look in your manual, it should explain it.

Not to bust on you too badly, but if you can't set the IP on your desktop... I don't want to know your idea of computer literate.

BTW subnet mask makes a very big difference... 255 etc. is jibberish... this changes what's known as your subnet size and can lead to very funky things going on if it's different. Make sure all devices in your network have the same subnet mask.

Edit: Also, just some tips on wireless... please make sure you're using WPA w/ AES encryption. WEP can be broken in minutes and that's how TJ Max got hacked a few years ago. There's actually an iPhone app for it now. TKIP encryption with WPA is stronger, but it can be cracked in under a hour now with basic equipment. You may want to think about hiding the SSID for added security.