I have a question on setting up my static IP address. I read the how to guide with portforward.com and it has me a little confused. I am running windows XP with a wireless router. In the directions it has me find my IP address using ipcongig/all. my Ip is 66.155.149.163, my ip for the router is the standard 192.168.1.1, when setting up my static ip I go to the "Internet Protocol(TCP/IP" Properties and my "Obtain an IP address automatically box" is checked, when I select "use the following Ip address box" there is no info in the "IP Address" "Subnet Mask" etc. they are blank, which ip should i type in? my computers ip of 66.155.149.163 or my routers 192.168.1.1? Its confusing because in the guide they are showing the computers IP is 192.168.1.2 the same as the router.
192.168.1.1 isn't the same as 192.168.1.2 tho is it? 66.blah blah sounds like somewhere you are either using yopur isp assigned ip, or your router uses that particular load of settings.. leave it DHCP unless you know for sure how to disable the DHCP server running inside the router. Some cheap domestic isp provided routers don't even allow anything but dhcp.. probably saves them money somewhere down the line.. Mucking up can lead to a lockout situation and you may have to do a factory reset on your router... For your computer to work on that network it needs an IP in the 192.168.1.xxx range (or whatever range the router is running). You usually can't set a static ip for a machine when the router is running a DHCP server.. handshaking isn't done and you will be refused a connection. Unless you have more than 255 computers in that subnet DHCP will generally assign your machine the same IP every time you connect because it does it using the specific hardware number of your NIC. In effect your router has enough sense to recognise each machine it has had connected to it recently (DHCP lease time.. some routers allow setting of this) ALL guides on portforward are generic.. you need to look at your current settings and read your routers specific documentation for things like.. how to log in to the admin panel.. and that kind of stiff... router login is usually on xxx.xxx.xxx.1 or 2.. so let DHCP assign you an IP then try logging into the router first. To forward a port first connect to your router and let DHCP set an IP for your comp..(192.168.1.xx) then go into the admin control panel of your router (that is usually 192.168.1.1) and allow connection through on whatever ports you want from your computers IP.. often called "special application ports" or "virtual server" or something like it..... simple.
