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Always have an IP address on router?
I have a fios MI424WR router, it uses a DHCP to assign IP addresses so when I turn my computer off I think it gives up my computers IP address to something else.
The problem is with all of the wifi enabled things we have in the house It exceeds the 10 allowed by our router
the devices are:
4 phones,
a tablet, printer,
two PC's [one of which is mine, the one having troubles],
a game system [sometimes two, i think when my bro uses the WII thats what puts us over our limit]
DVR[also is losing its connection for possibly the same reason.
a wifi enabled blue ray player(usually off so its rarely taking up a space)
Everyone just puts all of their things in sleep mode and they keep control of the addresses (i think Im describing this right, I need to look more into DHCP) so when I try to get connected with my wifi I cant get on (now im realizing that I can sometimes get connected by turning off my Playstation but that means that Im one more device in the house from not being able to log on to the internet with my comp at all, also this means that I cant browse the web while playing COD on line...I probably wont do this ever but who knows I just like to know i can). It seems my computer is the only thing that has this problem, probably because its the only thing in the house that gets turned off and not just put into sleep mode, does anyone know if there's away to make sure my computer (laptop pc) always has a space on the routers DHCP spots reserved for it?
4 Answers
- BigELv 77 years agoFavorite Answer
DHCP scope is too small.
In DHCP, one can also put a reservation so it doesn't take one slot. Also, you might be
able to setup a static outside the scope. So if your broadcast is 255.255.255.0, then
that actually give you 254 ips (it would be crazy to use them all.) So the scope might
be just (example) 192.168.0.2 to 192.168.0.12 (.1 is use by the router. So that actually means you could assign yourself a static OUTSIDE the scope and it should still work (192.168.0.13 would be the next one. Using static, you would need to replicate the broadcast, default router and DNS entries.
- Shawn HLv 67 years ago
DHCP sets a lease time so when the lease expires the router hands out a new lease and generally the same IP address to the previous device. It sounds like the DHCP scope is set small. You can adjust it in the router's admin page.
However, keep in mind, the more stuff you put on the router, the slower your network access and access to the Internet will be. Most home routers aren't really deigned for load balancing or quality of service.
It could also be that you have too much stuff on the router already.
- jon_mac_usa_007Lv 77 years ago
What I think you must do is re-configure your router, I believe most routers default to a max of 8 users, you need to change this setting to something like 12 or 15.
I think you indeed have a good idea of what is going on, I would call fios (virizon) for support to be sure and get the proper procedure.
- NicoleLv 57 years ago
don't have it use DHCP, set a static IP address for it. Ask people to disconnect their stuff from the WiFi when not using it.
