Fixing IP over a wireless bridge

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whasup1546

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Hi all,

I've got my main PC behind a wireless router and my unraid box.
I'm trying to fix my IP addresses for them, but for the life of me I cannot figure out how!?
I've tried in the router but it's not showing them all up....

So the way it's set up:

Router downstairs. (192.168.0.1)
Gaming PC (192.168.0.2) + TIVO (192.168.0.11) wired direct into the router.

Wireless bridge upstairs [TP Link] (192.168.0.5 looking at the name on the router's access page but 192.168.0.3 according to itself when I use it's access page...)
wired direct into the wireless bridge:
Main PC 192.168.0.5 (used ipconfig to check)
Unraid 192.168.0.4 (I can dial in from any device on the network)

Now to avoid having to boot them in the exact same order each time we have a power cut or whatever, and to make my shared xbmc/kodi database work I need to assign the unraid box an IP.

All this being said, the MAC/IP address of Main PC is not showing up on the Router, despite the IP being there. It thinks it's the wireless bridge...

Help!? I'm so confused!
 
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bill001g

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The way that is the most stable is to directly key the ip into the configuration screen. Most routers have the dhcp configured to only give out the first 100 addresses so you can use anything higher. You need to check to see what you router does.

A somewhat more complex option is to have the router always give out a certain ip to a certain mac address. Many routers other than very cheap ones have this ability. It should be someplace in on of the DHCP setup screen and allows you to key in mac/ip combinations.
 
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whasup1546

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I've gone with the ip/mac option, just typing it in. It seems really odd that every other machine on the network shows up bar the 2 behind the wireless bridge....

I'll see if it works when I power cycle the machines later. Wife will kill me if I reboot everything right now ha ha.
 
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bill001g

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A bridge is completely transparent when working correctly. You may have a issue with WDS since that is how they manage to get multiple mac addresses behind a single encrypted wireless session. Some bridges get ambitious to solve issues when WDS is not on or available. They do something similar to NAT but at a mac level. Hard to say I have not used that bridge.
 
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See I thought that should be the case. It's registering on the router with it's own MAC but the IP of my main PC behind it. I'm thinking I might play around with the TPLINK settings and see if it's trying to slap it's own DCHP settings on top of the router ones.
 
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