This is a request for help. I hope I'm on the right track.
I've got a wired Linksys router, 2 computers running XP and 1 running 2000 Pro. Usually I need to use ip addresses in order to map drives. I don't know if I can set up a DNS server or how (or even if that would help). The problem is, of course, when the computers are turned off, or I have to boot the router, the ip addresses get switched around (3 different addresses are assigned to these "named" computers, at random). Is there some way to either assign these LAN ip's permanently, or is there some way to set up one computer as a DNS to acheive this??? The host files help until the ip addys change again. One machine (mine) tends to stay on all the time.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Steve
I've got a wired Linksys router, 2 computers running XP and 1 running 2000 Pro. Usually I need to use ip addresses in order to map drives. I don't know if I can set up a DNS server or how (or even if that would help). The problem is, of course, when the computers are turned off, or I have to boot the router, the ip addresses get switched around (3 different addresses are assigned to these "named" computers, at random). Is there some way to either assign these LAN ip's permanently, or is there some way to set up one computer as a DNS to acheive this??? The host files help until the ip addys change again. One machine (mine) tends to stay on all the time.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Steve