Manual IP Address Settings

[madbob]

I'd like to configure the IP settings manually. There has to be a way to do so, right?

[RokuLyndon]

THere isn't currently a way to set the IP address manually.

[Wondercow]

I'd like to configure the IP settings manually. There has to be a way to do so, right?

Most, if not all, routers allow you to assign a static IP to a device. Since it can't be done at the device level maybe you can do it at the router.

[boykster]

I'd like to configure the IP settings manually. There has to be a way to do so, right?

Most, if not all, routers allow you to assign a static IP to a device. Since it can't be done at the device level maybe you can do it at the router.

That's exactly what I had to do with my Sonos controllers to get them to play nicely and not get "lost" all the time. Most routers have a way to set this by assigning the MAC address a "reserved" ip addy.

[beerkensp]

Does anyone know how to assign a static IP to a device on a linksys router running DD-WRT?

All of my devices (including roku soundbridge) have a static IP address because the DHCP causes a reconnect every 10 minutes.

It would be really great if we could set a static address for the netflix player. This seems to me like a basic feature that can be found on nearly any network enabled device.

[midiwall]

All of my devices (including roku soundbridge) have a static IP address because the DHCP causes a reconnect every 10 minutes.

I don't mean to sidestep your question, but that sounds like you have a real short lease time set. Is that on purpose?

[boykster]

Does anyone know how to assign a static IP to a device on a linksys router running DD-WRT?

This is the wiki page I used to get my DD-WRT to assign "static" ip's to my Sonos devices

http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php?title=Static_DHCP

[midiwall]

All of my devices (including roku soundbridge) have a static IP address because the DHCP causes a reconnect every 10 minutes.

I don't mean to sidestep your question, but that sounds like you have a real short lease time set. Is that on purpose?

Another sidestep is a nudge and a nod to Tomato. I ran dd-wrt for years, and had a lot of fed-upness with throughput and having to reboot all the time and NO updates for ever.

babble:
http://www.decimation.com/markw/2007/10 ... is-tomato/

Tomato:
ref: http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato

[beerkensp]

I use dd-wrt because of it's wireless bridge feature. I have increased the lease time to 1 day. That should help.

Thanks for the static IP info.

I look forward to getting my box now. It should be shipping this week.

[midiwall]

I use dd-wrt because of it's wireless bridge feature.

Available in Tomato as well... It's called out as "Wireless Ethernet Bridge".

And the DHCP mode you'd want is similarly named to that in dd-wrt, "Static DHCP".

ref: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Tomato_Firmware

[boykster]

Thanks for mentioning Tomato. I've been meaning to check that out for a while, but keep forgetting. I may be installing that tonite!