Wireless router capable of Static IP Assignment?

Anyone know if any consumer routers have this capability?

 

Just noticed that 3rd party firmware might allow Static DHCP assignments... wish I would've picked up a WRT54GL for its extra memory.

Anyone know if there is a version of DD-WRT for the Linksys WRT54G Version 6?

 

More needed for Port Fowarding capabilities... with anywhere between 3-5 PCs on the network @ one time its a scramble for IPs.

I'd like to just be able to leave DHCP on the laptop so when I'm @ the University I dont have to change my network config.

 

All of the router I've used in the last 8 yrs have had that capability.

Routers do not allow you to forward the same port to multiple pc's.

 

Why can't you leave DHCP on the router? That will have nothing to do with the wireless config on your laptop.

 

I should probably clarify exactly what it is I want to be able to do

Router is configured to utilize DHCP for IP assignments. When the laptop sends a request, it should look at the MAC address of the laptop and ALWAYS hand it the defined IP (ie. 192.168.1.100).

Other clients that make DHCP requests to the router would be given IPs in sequence (starting from 192.168.1.101)

It is possible to just hardcode a static IP on the laptop and just have DHCP on the router configured to start its range @ 192.168.1.101. When I leave my house I'd like to not have to take out the static IP and enable DHCP say when I'm connecting to my University network.

 

This is available in most all routers, called DHCP mapping. I use it for several things. It keeps my NAS at the same IP like a static. I run a Multi-lan, which I have some hw on a DIfferent subnet.

You will need to either download the manual for the router you are interesting in buying to see if it supports it. Or send a email to the mfg support/pre-sale staff and get a response. I do not deal with residential routers very often, mostly SMB (small to med bussiness).

The last Linksys router did not have this, do not remember the number it was for a internet phone. It was one screwed up router. Would not open up the FTP port, even though it allowed you to point the hardware to a port. BAD FIRMWARE, No updates were availiable.

 

You know, a Network Profile app would allow you to do what you need, and it would be cheaper than a new router.
For example:
http://www.download.com/Strideway-Network-Profile-Manager/3000-2085_4-10512585.html?tag=pdp_prod

 

Here's an idea for you if you're using Windows XP. You can setup your laptop to get an "Obtain an IP address automatically" (using DHCP) by default, but also set up an Alternate Configuration with a static IP address and hardcoded gateway and DNS servers. The alternate settings should match the configuration you want for your LAN (though technically they will be used whenever DHCP is not available). Then the trick becomes preventing your laptop from using DHCP with your router. Among the ways you can do this are:

1. Turn off the DHCP server on your router entirely and just use static IP addresses for everything on your LAN (the "duh" method).
2. Get IP addresses associated with all of your other devices then limit the maximum number of IP addresses which your router can hand out to that number. However, I'm not sure whether the timing out of the DHCP leases will cause a problem here.
3. Perhaps your router simply has a feature where certain MAC addresses can be excluded only from using DHCP?

Also, while you can set your router to start at 101, why not just set the static IP address to 99? I do that with a wired print server at home. My laptops (and any other computers, e.g. guests) connect wirelessly and are assigned addresses via DHCP starting with 100, but the print server uses a static IP ending with 99. That works very nicely for me.