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static ip for printer
I have the nighthawk wifi 6 (ax) router and am looking for assistance in setting up a static IP for a printer. Am not sure where to put it in the router. Am thinking in Advanced Setup, static Routes....
Just so you know, Static IPs are set ON devices, not the router. IP address reservations are set ON the router.
I did what you suggested however, the info was already there and I didn't do anything except open the menu. Here's a screen grab:
Steven1256 wrote:
I did what you suggested however, the info was already there and I didn't do anything except open the menu.
Maybe it is working. Do you have a problem with the printer?
The IP address kept changing every few days!
Steven1256 wrote:
The IP address kept changing!
The printer is either not configured for DHCP, or the MAC address is wrong. Check your printer resp. it's documentation.
Last possibility: The Netgear router DHCP is broken or buggy.
Something I do with my printers, Set a static IP address on the printers, something that's out of range of my routers default DHCP IP address pool. Let the printer handle the IP address then it never changes and you know where it's at. Most printer don't need any router management anyways.
Steven1256 wrote:
The IP address kept changing every few days!
FURRYe38 wrote:
Something I do with my printers, Set a static IP address on the printers...
That's also a strategy I use, although my network is simple enough not to need messing around with any IP range.
I can't see any sign of which printer Steven1256 has, but with Canon it is a simple case of using the network connection utility.
