I have 5 static ip's.

I have a Vigor2950 router.

I want one specific machine on my network here to have a different ip to the rest, how can I achieve this please?

Hey Sven, and welcome to the forums. By definition, all static ip's have to be different from the rest. Static means that they don't change; you assign them, and they are there until you remove/change them. Regardless, the easiest way, depending on your Operating System, is to go to start > control panel > network connections, choose the connection you want to modify > double click on it > scroll down to the tcp/ip settings in the white box in the middle, double click those > and set the IP settings in there.

It could change from OS to OS, so you may want to post what os you have if you are running into trouble.

v

Ok,

Well my tcp/ip settings obviously give me a local ip.

192.168.1.x

I'm on Windows XP. So I've been given 5 unique ip's from my isp. 1 of these is used for the router. I'd like to assign one of the other ip's to a single pc on the network.

So all pc's on the network get 1 ip except 1 specific pc which get's another....

Well, that 192.168 most likely came from your router. Your ISP gave you 1 ip address, that's most likely the gateway on all your machines when you do an ipconfig /all. But for all the machines to see each other, they have to have a unique ip address, so the router is assigning them in the range of 192.168.1.1 /8, so you can have up to 255 pc's on that network. I would look at the router paperwork to see about adding a new pc, OR just go to the home page of the router mfg; they will give you an ip address to get to the router itself and configure it, and you can most likely find the range of ip addresses that it has assigned. I know on my router (linksys) I open up IE, type in 198.162.1.1, and it takes me to the router, enter in the username/password (admin/admin) and then I can add a new pc from the router itself. I*'m not familiar with that type of router, but that is where I would start.

I rather doubt that your ISP gave you 5 ip addresses; unless you are paying for 5, that is.

I have access to the router configeration page - as you say it is 192.168.1.1

Nothing in there (or the manual) that points me as to how i would assign seperate ip's to different services.

You might doubt the isp gave me 5 ips but indeed they did and I am paying for them, I actually have eight.

The paperwork states "your full range contains 8 addresses (three of these addresses are reserved)"

well, that should solve it then.....just make sure the subnet is the same, and input one of the other free addresses your ISP gave you, and you should be good to go. Static ip's are pretty easy; just go to one that works, and go to start > run > cmd > ipconfig /all (note space between the g and the /), right click > select all > hit enter > open word > hit paste > go to machine that isnt' working > input ip addy you know is free > make sure all other aettings match the other one.

let us know how you get on......it is most likely a subnet error, I would assume, although you should probably make the netbios over tcp/ip settings match those of the other machines as well.

v