Re: Static IP not working under mac os X

[left_the_scene <postmaster@nyc-strip-clubs.com>]

It has already been pointed out that this is this is completely off 
topic for the apple 2 groups. Please snip them out of all follow ups.

Mitch Bicquet wrote:

> It's a pain to have to check my IP each time I boot up! I want it not to
> change!!
> Also, my ISP doesn�t have to assign any numbers. My router has NAT and thus
> handles all the adress conversion, the only thing my ISP knows is that my
> router is oconnected, and behind it I can have 50 computers if I want, it
> won't change anything.
>
> in article nowhere-7377A1.19014229012002@netnews.attbi.com, Chris at
> nowhere@nothome.com wrote on 1/30/02 4:01 AM:
>
>
> > In article <B87CE97C.20BC%x1728@hotmail.com>,
> > Mitch Bicquet <x1728@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Hi, Ive got a router linking my 3 macs to my DSL modem.
> > > It can sevre as a DHCP server if I want.
> > > Under mac OS 9, I was able to select "configure manually" my IP adress and
> > > set it to 192.168.1.2 3 and 4 for each computer and put 192.168.1.1 as a
> > > router, and the mask as 255.255.255.0
> > >
> > > Under mac os x, it doesn�t work. It cant find the network, and I need to
> > > select "using DHCP" (then everything works fine, but I cant be sure which
> > > adress each mac gets and that�s annoying.
> > >
> > > Do you know a way to activate static IP or to set up a DHCP client ID to
> > > make sure each mac gets the same adress each time it boots up?
> > >
> > > thanks
> > >
> > >
> > > Mitch Bicquet
> > > x1728nospam@hotmail.com
> > > remove the "nospam" from my email address to write me
> > Why cannot you either use Apple System Profiler or go into your TCP/IP
> > control panel on each machine and view the IP address there?
>
> Mitch Bicquet
> x1728nospam@hotmail.com
> remove the "nospam" from my email address to write me