Re: MSS100 and CBus (was: How many PCs do you have at home?)

["Frank Mc Alinden" <fmcalind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Kevin

> I mean by this is that your DHCP server has a 'pool' of addresses it
can
> allocate and you should never use these addresses as fixed addresses
as
they
> could conflict with dynamic allocated addresses. Do you know the range
of
> addresses that you DHCP server hands out ? (I don't know what your
DHCP
> server is) -

Wouldnt have a clue here........I used the same addresses that they already
had
10.0.0.4
10.0.0.5
10.0.0.6
My main pc 10.0.0.3...am assuming the other pc 10.0.0.1...........

exstreamer 10.0.0.2....

xplrio.......10.0.0.3 8080 ???.....its got the same ip as my main pc but
also a port? no...

I think i will leave it for now ...not game to play too much now it working
again

Thanks
Frank


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Hawkins" <lists@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 8:34 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] MSS100 and CBus (was: How many PCs do you have at
home?)


>
>    > -----Original Message-----
>    > From: Frank Mc Alinden [mailto:fmcalind@xxxxxxx]
>    > Sent: 31 August 2004 10:00
>    > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>    > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] MSS100 and CBus (was: How many PCs
>    > do you have at home?)
>    >
>    > Thanks for that Paul
>    >                                 Of course it was a piece
>    > of cake for me ...as normal i had probs but i think i got
>    > it set up ok now.....In the server / tcp ip setups  i
>    > unticked  the DHCP etc ??? hope thats correct.......Will
>    > find out next time i reboot........
>
> Hi Frank,
>
> The address that is setup there is the address the unit will occupy
> even if rebooted (provided DHCP is disabled)  - there is  one thing
that
> might be an issue still though . The 'residual' address there may be
the
one
> that was allocated last time the unit booted using DHCP - and if so it
is
> now a static IP address but still in the range of the DHCP allocation.
What
> I mean by this is that your DHCP server has a 'pool' of addresses it
can
> allocate and you should never use these addresses as fixed addresses
as
they
> could conflict with dynamic allocated addresses. Do you know the range
of
> addresses that you DHCP server hands out ? (I don't know what your
DHCP
> server is) - if so if the new MSS100 address is within that range then
move
> it somewhere just outside of it -  any address will do as long as it
is
> UNIQUE on your network - but ONLY change the last group of digits
though -
> the ones at the right hand end ...
>
> eg if the address is currently 192.168.1.240  and your DHCP server
> allocates addresses  192.168.1.230 to 192.168.1.250 say then move the
unit
> to 192.168.1.229 (as long as this address is not already in use). You
can
> see if an address is currently free by 'pinging' it and if there is no
> reponse then it is not currently in use. It is a good idea to keep a
little
> note of all your static IP addresses somewhere so you can allocate
them
more
> easily and without conflicts. People tend to group similar devices or
areas
> by address so for example addresses between 192.168.1.10 and
192.168.1.19
> may be PC's and addresses between 192.168.20 to 192.168.1.29 may be
Rio
> audio players . The gateway often tends to occupy the .1 address eg
> 192.168.1.1
>
> Having said all this if it works and you are uncomfortable with
> further changes then leave it as is - if later you experience any
problems
> with the device or a new device you add that uses DHCP then bear in
mind
> this may well be the issue.
>
> Kevin
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