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Attempting to set static address on WNR2000v3
My WNR2000v3 router and Samsung Blu Ray player will not communicate to do an auto setup, but if I do a manual setup on the Blu Ray player, the router picks it up and everything works, so I am trying t...
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.
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.