On 11/06/2010 04:10 PM, Michael Oke, II wrote: > He's talking about the computer not the router.
OK, it's possible the user was having problems getting on the network and created a new eth0 configuration. A new Ethernet configuration goes dynamic by default. Just give your man the setting he needs, should he ever need to create a new network configuration. I used Paul's method of having a local static IP address set by the DNS, (eg router for my local network), which hands out dynamic IPs based on the Ethernet card's MAC address, but that can cause problems, especially if you have applications that use Windows NetBIOS naming that maps to static IP address, and the network ever changes, (eg new router with default LAN address of 192.168.0.1, while all the other computers on the network are on a 192.168.1.0/254 255.255.255.0 subnet. I like to have all local hardwired computers use a static IP without any ties to anything else like MAC addresses, etc, which can get screwed up with new router, network cards, and new computers, etc. Regards, LelandJ > That said, no there really isn't any way for it to be changing on it's own. > Somebody thinks that they know better and are switching it, probably for an > unknown reason. I would change the account type to limited so that they > can't just change it and wait for the phone call. > > ::michael > On Nov 6, 2010 2:04 PM, "Leland Jackson"<lela...@mail.smvfp.com> wrote: >> My Netgear SRNX3205 Router allows me to backup the router settings to a >> file in a folder on my computer, (eg /home/leland/Downloads, for >> example). It very easy and quick to do, (eg takes about 30 seconds, if >> you know where to look in the router's software options.) If the >> router ever locks up or otherwise need to be reset or rebooted, and the >> setting are lost or reset to the defaults, I can easily restore them >> from the backup file on my computer. >> >> Most Netgear Router have backup and restore option. >> >> Regards, >> >> LelandJ >> >> >> >> On 11/06/2010 03:38 PM, Michael Madigan wrote: >>> The computer at a customer's site was set to a static IP. IT must be > static so I can forward the remote desktop port from my router to the > computer. >>> Last week they couldn't access it I talked them through the changes and > somehow the IP was set to dynamic. >>> Is there any way a computer can revert back to dynamic IP without someone > going into the TCP/IP Setup? >>> I don't know if we have a local computer genius screwing with it or there > is something I don't know about Windows XP and static IPs. >>> Does anyone have an idea? >>> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/4cd5cb59.8020...@mail.smvfp.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
