Fixed IP on Router is 3Com 3CRWDR100A-72

My home network has always had fixed IP addresses for each PC. I've now
got a DHCP server, but I'm keen to keep the IP addresses the same.

My Router is 3Com 3CRWDR100A-72, I let it issue an IP to each PC in
turn, then ticked the Fix box to keep them. For 3 of the PCs, this has
worked fine, but one of them keeps showing the MAC of 00-00-00-00-00-00,
but only after I click Fix, it is fine before then.

Any suggestions as to why?


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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Nigel M <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> My home network has always had fixed IP addresses for each PC. I've
> now got a DHCP server, but I'm keen to keep the IP addresses the same.
>
> My Router is 3Com 3CRWDR100A-72, I let it issue an IP to each PC in
> turn, then ticked the Fix box to keep them. For 3 of the PCs, this has
> worked fine, but one of them keeps showing the MAC of
> 00-00-00-00-00-00, but only after I click Fix, it is fine before then.
>
> Any suggestions as to why?

If you want to use fixed IP addresses, why not turn off the DHCP server
function, and set the IP on each individual PC. [In the router's LAN
settings, set DHCP server to disabled]. That's what I do with the self-same
router, and it works fine.
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In uk.telecom.broadband, Tiscali Tim wrote:

>If you want to use fixed IP addresses, why not turn off the DHCP server
>function, and set the IP on each individual PC.

That's what I had before, but I like having central control.


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On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:15:58 +0100, Nigel M <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>In uk.telecom.broadband, Tiscali Tim wrote:
>
>>If you want to use fixed IP addresses, why not turn off the DHCP server
>>function, and set the IP on each individual PC.
>
>That's what I had before, but I like having central control.

Why?

Normally, one only uses DHCP on a small network if you don't want to
bother about control, and you just want to allow automatic and dynamic
assignment of addresses.
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