Setting up a static ip for your laptop (wireless connection)

Does anyone know how to set a static ip for your laptop's wireless card to your router? I'm currently running Vista.

 

Depending on the router, you can do one of two things. First, you could identify which part of your IP range is being used by DHCP and assign a static address to your wireless card that is outside of that range. Generally, most routers are set to use 192.168.0.2 through 192.168.0.100 or something for DHCP, so .101 and up are free. You'll need to check your settings though for your subnet and range.

A more elegant solution that some routers support is setting a static IP through DHCP. Basically, you give the MAC address of your laptop's wireless card to the router and assign it an IP address. Then, when you connect, your lappy will always get the same IP via DHCP.

I guess what it really boils down to is: what router do you have and what options does that router allow? Once you determine those things, setting up a static IP is very straightforward.

 

Go to your Network Connections, right click on the wireless connection, select properties, then select the TCP/IP protocol and click properties. Fill in the static IP address, subnet mask (usually 255.255.255.0), and the default gateway (the router IP address). As Maelwys stated, check out your router's configuration to find out where the dynamic IP addresses start and end, then select a static address outside of that range.

These instructions are for XP, but you should be able to use them to set up your Vista settings.

 

hey i have laptop and there are 2 mac addresses on it, my router is a dlink d-524 wireless router, just curious why it would have 2 mac addresses listed.

 

One for your wired LAN adapter and one for your wireless card.

 

ah cool. nice i can set specific ip's for each connection.