http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-use-static-and-dhcp-ips-at-the-same-time-with-your-router/ Tech Powered Life... Simplified Sat, 09 Feb 2013 03:19:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-use-static-and-dhcp-ips-at-the-same-time-with-your-router/comment-page-1/#comment-77756 ashaw Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:37:00 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=15909#comment-77756 You can also (in some newer routers) create reservations - so a particular device always gets the same IP from the router You can also (in some newer routers) create reservations – so a particular device always gets the same IP from the router

]]> http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-use-static-and-dhcp-ips-at-the-same-time-with-your-router/comment-page-1/#comment-77716 edfair Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:01:00 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=15909#comment-77716 Every router that I have dealt with in recent memory has the capability of restricting the IP addresses handed out.  Set the "IP POOL" for the address range you want and the maximum you need and everything else is available for static with no possibility of overlap. This is an advantage if you are restricting access to a machine by excluding via the firewall's scope of access and useful in keeping any possible wireless intrusion out of the network. Also useful for multiple wireless routers being used as access points. Every router that I have dealt with in recent memory has the capability of restricting the IP addresses handed out.  Set the “IP POOL” for the address range you want and the maximum you need and everything else is available for static with no possibility of overlap.
This is an advantage if you are restricting access to a machine by excluding via the firewall’s scope of access and useful in keeping any possible wireless intrusion out of the network.
Also useful for multiple wireless routers being used as access points.

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