setting Network Printer with static IP in DD-WRT

fred smith fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us
Sat Jun 2 15:29:36 UTC 2012


On Sat, Jun 02, 2012 at 11:10:34AM -0400, Jim wrote:
> Fedora 17, I have my Network printer setup and printing in Fedora.
> 
> In DD-WRT how do I setup a Network Printer as a Static IP or MAC# ?  the 
> printer is setup with Static IP.
> 
> The problem I'm having eveytime the power goes out the Router changes 
> DHCP IP and I have to go into Fedora and make IP setting change.
> 
> I ask that question on the the DD-WRT Forum and they deleted my post. 
> Yes, I'm  a registered member at DD-wrt forum.


you can  have dd-wrt dhcp server always assign a apecific IP address
to a specified MAC address. So, if you can find the printer's MAC,
you can tell dd-wrt to always assign 192.168.1.253 (or whatevr your
preference is) to that MAC address.

Fred
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