Attempting to set static address on WNR2000v3

What manual IP setting did you use on the Blue Ray player?
What exact DHCP range was set in your WNR2000v3?

Of course, you cannot set an IP address reservation outside the DHCP range!!!!

Setting up your Blue Ray player manually with a static IP address outside the DHCP range of the WNR2000v3 is all you have to do in order to make this work....

First - static ip addresses have to be set at the device - if the device is going to get an address from the router using DHCP, then that is a dyamic address.

Next - think carefully about this - is the address you are trying to issue within the range or not?

By your own admission it's 10 higher than the range so I know it's not, I just want you to recognize the most likely reason for the invalid address message you're getting.

What you're trying to do is called DHCP reservation - reserve an ip address in the DHCP pool for the Blu-ray player - reserved addresses need to be within the router's DHCP range, static addresses need to be outside.

justav6 wrote:
I did go in and limit the range on the router and I am using an address that is 10 higher than the range. How can it be invalid if it works?

When you use Address reservation under lan setup, make sure to use WITHIN the DHCP range.

Terminology Static address is define to used on device such as pc, media devices, and other devices then router in general in your case.

I thought that I had to set the static address outside the range so that the router would not try to use that same address when it was trying to assign an address automatically. I was under the impression that by limiting the range I was only limiting the addresses that the router could assign automatically.

I had tried to assign a static address before I had limited the range and had gotten the same message. I am trying to input all the same data into the the static address that is in the Blu Ray that seems to be working and it continuously says that it is an invalid ip address.

justav6 wrote:
I thought that I had to set the static address outside the range so that the router would not try to use that same address when it was trying to assign an address automatically. I was under the impression that by limiting the range I was only limiting the addresses that the router could assign automatically.

Correct!

The crux of your problem lies in the info you posted in your first message:

....so I am trying to reserve the IP address of the Blu Ray in the router, I get an "Invalid IP Address" message

As soon as you try to reserve the IP address of the Blu-Ray player, you'll get an error message!!! That IP address is outside the DHCP range and thus invalid for reservation.

Either you leave the Blu-Ray player in dynamic IP addressing (a.k.a. DHCP client) and then reserve an IP address for it, or as I said before, use a static IP address for the Blu-Ray player outside the DHCP range and don't try to reserve anything. It will work just fine this way.

P.S.
I've had some issues with my Blu-Ray player with YouTube feature. I could solve this by using static IP address together with DMZ for this IP inside my router.
Are you trying to open ports for the Blu-Ray player and thus need a reserved/static IP address?
Using DMZ is easier than multiple port forwarding......

I had tried to assign a static address before I had limited the range and had gotten the same message. I am trying to input all the same data into the the static address that is in the Blu Ray that seems to be working and it continuously says that it is an invalid ip address.

using address reservation under LAN required to use WITHIN DHCP .

using static IP on player required to use OUTSIDE DHCP

What is the subnet mask? He could also be trying to assign it an IP on another subnet.

I think I understand now. If I am setting the static ip address in the blu-ray, set it outside the DHCP range. If I am reserving it in the router, leave the Blu-ray in auto and reserve the static ip address insidethe DHCP range of the router.

I used the "IPCONFIG" command on my computer and found the subnet mask of: 255.255.255.0, and have been using that with the blu-ray, along with 192.168.1.1 for the gateway, which I know is my router.

I think I understand now. If I am setting the static ip address in the blu-ray, set it outside the DHCP range. If I am reserving it in the router, leave the Blu-ray in auto and reserve the static ip address insidethe DHCP range of the router.

correct.. should all work...

you should not worried about subnet ....

justav6 wrote:
I think I understand now. .....................If I am reserving it in the router, leave the Blu-ray in auto and reserve the static ip address insidethe DHCP range of the router.

Almost.
Just as a way not to confuse things, don't use the term 'static IP address' while reserving a specific IP address in the DHCP Server settings in the router…
As said several times here by all of us, static IP addressing is done in the Blu-Ray network menu setup!
It's only terminology, but for sure, it avoids problems like you were having…