> I need to update my router with a static ip address [...]
Why? Says who?
> [...] and have no idea how to go about that?
That could depend of what you mean, which is far from clear.
General advice: You might have more success if you described the actual problem which you are trying to solve, rather than asking how to implement some particular "solution" ("update my router with a static ip address"), which may have little or nothing to do with the actual problem (whatever it might be).
I have a computer program that connects to my quick books. I have had a dynamic ip and when the power has gone off the program disconnects from my quickbooks and doesnt work. So i was told i need a static ip.
I ordered the static ip and now im left with a list of numbers like gateway, submit, dns, secondary. I need to enter these numbers into my router to make the static ip work?
I have the nighthawk app and in that app i can look at what numbers i am working off the dynamic ip but i cant figure out how to change any of it.
> I have a computer program that connects to my quick books. [...]
That tells me very little. "a computer program"? "my quick books"? Are you talking about things which are on computers on your local-area network (LAN), or things which are on some outside world server, or both, or what? What needs to communicate with what? On whose initiative?
> [...] I have had a dynamic ip and when the power has gone off the > program disconnects from my quickbooks and doesnt work. So i was told i > need a static ip. [...]
"told" by whom?
"when the power has gone off" on what? Your computer? Your networking stuff (which might include an R6080 router)?
You're talking about a static IP address for your router's WAN/Internet interface?
> I ordered the static ip [...]
From your (unspecified) ISP?
> [...] im left with a list of numbers like gateway, submit, dns, > secondary. I need to enter these numbers into my router to make the > static ip work?
Probably.
> I have the nighthawk app [...]
I'd avoid any Netgear-supplied app, and use a web browser.
Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look for Documentation. Get the User Manual. Read. Look for "Specify Your Internet Settings" and "Manually Set Up the Internet Connection".
