Re: static IP addresses on LAN

In article <1396dbgqo4a2a4c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
fred <freaks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'm trying to configure my network to use static IP addresses, but all the
Mac
machines are refusing to work with anything except dynamically assigned IPs
from
the DHCP server.

I need 6 of the computers to have a fixed static IP address. Two of these
machines are Macs, the rest are linux. One Mac is an intel iMac, the other is
an
intel iBook, both are running OSX 10.4.10.

If I tell airport TCP/IP to configure IPv4 manually and enter the correct
address/subnet/router then it gives the green light on airport status and
says
it is connected to the network and internet... but it is lying because access
to
anything on the internet is impossible.

If I instead configure it to use DHCP, then it gets assigned the wrong IP
address but internet connectivity is restored.

I've also tried the "DHCP with manual address" option, but that just denies
all
internet access too.

Is there any fix for this problem?

The gateway is a Linksys Wireless ADSL modem/gateway if that makes any
difference...

Please ask if any further details are required.

You either have a DNS configuration issue. Can you access sites
on the internet using numeric IP addresses? If you can, then it
is a DNS issue, and you can most likely resolve that by providing
DNS addresses in your Network system preferences.

The other possibility is that you have more than 1 router. My
guess is that Linksys is one router. Do you have a separate WiFi
base station?

If the Mac is behind a 2nd router, then you need to disable the
routing functions of the 2nd router so you have a single subnet.
If this is an Airport base station then find the "Distribute IP
addresses" check box, and disable it. If this is some other
router, then find the DHCP and NAT services on that box and
disable them. If and ONLY if you have a 2nd router do you do
this.

Bob Harris
.

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