[ubuntu-za] Router IP addresses

[Xandor Schiefer]

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Hi Jan,


Most routers allow you to set a specific IP address for any MAC address,
even within the dynamically assigned IP range, and it will only assign
those specific IP addresses to the correct MAC addresses.

IIRC You don't have to, but really should, set up the printer to expect
to be assigned an IP address instead of requesting a specific one.

That way you can still count on the printer having a predicable IP on
that network, and if you ever need to move the printer to a different
network (for some people this is a regular thing), you wouldn't have to
reconfigure the printer every time.

Obviously this works for all kinds of devices, not just printers.

Kind regards,


Xandor Schiefer
079 706 5620

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On 28/01/2016 21:13, Jan Greeff wrote:
> Hi Ubuntu fundis,
> 
> Please help.
> 
> Running on Ubuntu 14.04, my D-Link 2750U ADSL router has been
> reconfigured, with IP address 10.0.0.2 and DHCP from 10.0.0.3 to
> 10.0.0.254.
> 
> Problem is, my HP Officejet 6313 printer runs on 10.0.0.3 which create
s
> conflict.
> 
> I had this problem before and I know that one of the above was reset t
o
> 10.0.0.4 to avoid the conflict - that was the end of my problems, whic
h
> have now resurfaced.
> However, I cannot remember how these settings were corrected. Do I
> change the DHCP to 10.0.0.4 and is there anything that I should watch
> out for that can go wrong? The linked computers are configured to obta
in
> their IPv4 settings automatically, their additional DNS servers are se
t
> on 10.0.0.2.
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Jan
> 
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