Home hybrid network

[0192]

i have a home network that is getting prety big. about 5-6 systems on it. i can't keep track of the ip adresses. there are ips that are not used on any system when doing ipconfig but they will reply to pings? there al mixed up. and i need to match them with host names. is there any program to track ips to there host names without a dns server? my servers will not reply tostatic ip but will to some random one. i have no idea what is happening. it is a hybrid wireless and coper network.
coper from modem to router to a pc. then wifi to laptop and another pc with windows 7 then coper crosover cable to my server 2008 system. the server will remote desktop to 7 however when servers ip is entered it wil not conect. eg 192.168.2.6 however it will try to conect to the windows 7 @192.168.2.3 however this would make it conect to itself and its ip is 192.168.2.2 so i have no idea why there al mixed up. would it help to go static rather than a forever dhcp from the router. i will try and reset the router and see if that helps. all comand lines have not helped at all. any programs that can track and fix this type stuff?

 

[accolite]

DHCP from router is default to dynamic IP ranges.

The only way to keep the same IP address from your router, is to set a reservation if your router supports that feature.

If it does not you will have to disable the DHCP on the router and do static ip for each machine.

 

[0192]

problem solved reset router and rebuilt network setings. took about an hour. i think that if you make home networks start keeping track of your ip to hosts at day 1. then you can avoid this. also i will probubly not buy a belkin router again. there have been times where i had to restart it like 2-3 times a week. also thanks to accolite. this may help. i think i wil just specify range eg 192.168.2.1-192.168.2.10. then over that go static.

 

[0192]

however i am still interested in any networking programs that any one can sugest.

 

[accolite]

Well, on my router I have the option to save my PC mac address and certain IP address I select.

So every time I restart I still get the same IP address.

I might be better for you to get a better router or see if you can flash it with some other firmware like WRT, etc...