Locking Network printer to 12.168.1.99

[Kam Leo]

On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 8:00 PM, Jim <mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On 07/03/2010 02:30 PM, Greg Woods wrote:
>> On Sat, 2010-07-03 at 14:19 -0400, Jim wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Everytime I turn the printer off, then on Router DHCP will reassign
>>> 1.100 or 101.
>>>
>>
>> This has to be set in the router's configuration. Most routers have a
>> web page you can go to for configuration. You would need to set the MAC
>> address of the printer to be assigned a static IP address, in the
>> router's DHCP configuration. Consult the manual that came with your
>> router or Google for it.
>>
>> --Greg
>>
>>
>>
> Well I fixed that problem,  Linksys WRT54GL router wouldn't let me do
> it, So I Flashed the router with DD-WRT and that allowed me to assign a
> IP to my Network Printers Mac#.
>
> And now we are off and running .

Until you need to replace the router or it loses power. Setting a
static IP address for each of your networked appliances is a better
solution.