Assigning Static IP Address

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whereisoceanavenue

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I recently purchased a static IP address from my ISP. I figured they'd off some guidance on how to set it up but that wasn't the case. They sent me an e-mail with all the IP information and that was that. So how do I assign the IP address to an individual PC? My connection scheme goes modem -> router -> switch -> 6 PC's. I need only need one of the PC's to have a static IP for remote connection purposes.
 
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Indeed, he is correct. If you purchased only 1 static IP and you have that kind of set-up
(router allowing the 6 PCs to reach WAN), you would have to configure the:
given from ISP
----
static IP
Subnet
Gateway
Optional DNS
----
to your router under
Internet settings / Advanced Mode
Dynamic to Static
Normally, ISP should provide up to 5 static...
in that case, you can assign 1 to your ROUTER and connect PCs that solely need for Internet
and...
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2x4b

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In most cases, the IP assignment is still via DHCP, so you shouldn't need to do anything differently.
Just go onto the internet as you always do, but you should find that you now always have the same IP.
 
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opian01

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If you are behind a NAT gateway (like a home router), then the gateway/router will end up with the static IP addres (assuming IPv4). You'll then have to forward traffic for the remote connection to the local machine. If it's a home router, there should be an option to set a static IP to it.
 
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nuix0923

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Indeed, he is correct. If you purchased only 1 static IP and you have that kind of set-up
(router allowing the 6 PCs to reach WAN), you would have to configure the:
given from ISP
----
static IP
Subnet
Gateway
Optional DNS
----
to your router under
Internet settings / Advanced Mode
Dynamic to Static
Normally, ISP should provide up to 5 static...
in that case, you can assign 1 to your ROUTER and connect PCs that solely need for Internet
and remaining to the PCs that you may want to have static
---
if dealing with only ONE static,
you will have to remove the router and connect your PC directly to your modem and
under network settings for the NIC, you would need to configure the provided information on the email to the PC
by changing from "Obtain Automatically" to "Manually Configure"
hope this helps and let us know!
 
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whereisoceanavenue

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So I poked around some more and realized that our new modem (as of yesterday) also doubles as a router. I plugged the computer with the static IP in the first ethernet port on the modem and I plugged our router into the second port. The computer being accessed remotely now has a static IP and everything is working perfectly. Thanks for the guidance guys!
 
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