Hi Bart, My IP ranges now have sorted themselves out - it was a time issue as someone suggested.
I am curious to understand what you mean by “devices permanently on my network” Do you mean static PCs as well as infrastructure like NAS etc? Thanks Edward Kerr ----------------- > On 5 Oct 2016, at 21:26, Bart D <dzide...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Edward, > > from what I know you can run DHCP on any IP address range and still be able > to utilise the rest of this network IP. > > let say you have DHCP set to allocate IP from xxx.xxx.xxx.10 to .253 (network > mask 255.255.255.0) > you can still assign the .1 - .9 addresses to devices with static IP (you can > probably use the IP from within DHCP pool and they will be ignored omitted by > the DHCP) > > I use to have static range for devices permanently on my network and DHCP for > guest devices. That way you can easily access let say RPi as it will always > have static IP and your phone will get random IP as this does not matter for > day to day use. > > Hope that this helps > > Bart > > > 2016-10-03 15:40 GMT+01:00 Edward Kerr via Peterboro > <peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk <mailto:peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk>>: > Hi all, > > Hope its OK to ask this here. I am sure my router runs Linux somewhere! > > I have few items on my network that I have given fixed IP addresses using Mac > address binding on router. e.g. printer / NAS / TV Recorder/Netflix etc. > > Currently I have allocated fixed IP address fairly randomly. The DHCP > addresses fit around these. > > My router allows me to start DHCP addresses at, say nnn.nnn.nnn.10 or > whatever I choose. Currently not enabled. > > Is it a good idea / good practice to set that value, and allocate fixed IP > addresses below that? I assume that the DHCP server will then allocate IP > addresses above that number!? > > If so, if I make the changes, is it wise to turn off all connected equipment > except for the machine accessing the router, make the changes, then turn them > all on again? > > And will I have to force my Mac to find its new IP address? Preference > > network > advanced > Renew DHCP lease (Or reboot!?) > > Any other gotchas? > > Other equipment is iPad, Android phones, windows 10, and an ancient windows > XP. > > So many questions - but thanks in advance. > > > > > Edward Kerr > ----------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk <mailto:Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk> > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > <https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro> >
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