How to give my SE/30 a designated IP from my router????

[Johnnya101]

Hi all,

recently put my SE/30 back together and I am trying to assign it its own IP address.

I have a COMTREND router, but Im sure its the same steps for all of them.

Now, how can I do this? Is it even needed? I am using an EN104TP 10 MB hub.

Thanks!

 

[Cory5412]

It's not really needed unless you're doing server stuff, but you should be able to find the dhcp lease and convert it to a static reservation, or enter the MAC address to make a new reservation.

Then any time it asks for an IP it'll be given the same one.

If you're using software on the SE/30 that doesn't support DHCP, then you can manually assign the IP you set in the router.

 

[Johnnya101]

Oh ok.

So I can just choose ANY IP (Within range of course) for my SE? So say my iPhone has 192.158.1.35, I can make my SE 192.168.1.93? It does NOT have to be assigned anything?

 

[beachycove]

It has to be on the same network (in this case 192.158.1.xxx), meaning that only the last set of numbers should be different. So xxx.xxx.xxx.93 will do, so long as nothing else on your network has that number. You can theoretically assign a free number in the last set from 1-254, but best avoid the two extremes, as one is generally the Router. You could do worse than use xxx.xxx.xxx.30 (for SE/30), as it would be easy to remember.

You will also need your Router or Gateway number (192.158.1.1 or 192.158.1.254 are usual for the numbers you have given), and the subnet mask will almost certainly be 255.255.255.0. You can set the DNS to your router, unless you have a known alternative you want to use.

Really, though, to check the numbers you should log into your router and check the settings. These are best guesses only. Or, check the IP address your regular machine is picking up from your router, as it will have the missing bits.

You sure, e.g., that the 158 isn't actually 168? That is usual in a private ip network.

 

[Johnnya101]

Oh I was just using random numbers. The 158 was supposed to be 168 too.

Thanks for all of this! This is exactly what I needed!

I have this all connected to a power line adapter, which is then connected to my router. Will that affect anything?