I have a print server (D-link) which is connected (wirelssly) to a
network via a linksys router. The print server has a fixed IP address
of 192.168.1.103. How, please do I set the router so that it is free
to allocate any other IP addresses to anywhere else on the network but
reserves IP address ...103 to the print server? I have looked at the
manaul and played with the setup online. But I must be missing
sonething obvious or it can't be done....Thanks, Harry.

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Request for Question Clarification by keystroke-ga on 08 Oct 2006 09:19 PDT

Hello hsmall, 

I think what you are trying to do is probably too technical for the
Linksys router you own. I would advise you check the D-link print
server by going here http://192.168.1.103 using Internet Explorer and
try to explicitly set the IP address to the Print server to
192.168.1.103 and remove references to DHCP. Now within the Linksys
router set the DHCP attributes to distribute IP addresses from
192.168.1.10 to 192.168.1.102 OR 192.168.1.104 to 192.168.1.253.
Unfortunately, you have chosen an IP address that is right in the
middle of the subnet making DHCP server usage a little difficult.

I have posted this as a clarification for now, to see if you need
anything else regarding an answer to this question.

--keystroke-ga

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Request for Question Clarification by maniac-ga on 08 Oct 2006 11:40 PDT

Hello Hsmall,

Reserving a single address within the range of dynamically allocated
addresses is not possible on your Linksys product. Based on what
you've indicated [fixed IP for the printer is 192.168.1.103] you could
use the web interface on your router to change the "Start IP Address"
to something that won't interfere with your print server. On my
Linksys router, the value to change is on the "Basic Setup" page,
bottom half starting with 192.168.1. (change the default 100 in the
entry field to something like 104 - or 110 as suggested by keystroke].
Be sure to "Save Settings" using the button at the bottom of the
configuration page to enforce the change.

Alternatively, you could change the fixed address of your D-Link
printer server to something like 192.168.1.3 which is outside the
default range (192.168.1.100 through 192.168.1.149) assigned
dynamically by the router.

Please indicate how it goes and if you need an additional clarification.

  --Maniac

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Clarification of Question by hsmall-ga on 21 Oct 2006 09:43 PDT

Thank you all very much. I have the answer. One of you should now take the money.

Hello hsmall, 

I think what you are trying to do is probably too technical for the
Linksys router you own. I would advise you check the D-link print
server by going here http://192.168.1.103 using Internet Explorer and
try to explicitly set the IP address to the Print server to
192.168.1.103 and remove references to DHCP. Now within the Linksys
router set the DHCP attributes to distribute IP addresses from
192.168.1.10 to 192.168.1.102 OR 192.168.1.104 to 192.168.1.253.
Unfortunately, you have chosen an IP address that is right in the
middle of the subnet making DHCP server usage a little difficult.

Thank you for your question!

--keystroke-ga

What Maniac said above is correct. There is no way that the linksys
can do reservations. To solve your issue, you must either move your
dynamically assigned pool, or move your static IP address. I use a
mixture of Static and Dynamic IPs behind my Linksys Router. My setup
looks like this. Router IP = 192.168.1.1, I have Dynamic IPs (only 5
allowed) 192.168.1.6 - 192.168.1.10, Then I have my static IPs for Two
Servers, Print Server, Wireless NAS. 192.168.1.50 - 192.168.1.53.

This is the only way to remedy the situation. I hope this helps.

Maniac said exactly the same as Keystroke just in a different way.
They do have it right though. When I have to set up Windows 2003
servers and there is a critical server sat in the middle of a subnet I
just have to the largest concurrent subnet as my main DHCP unless I
start stealing network identifier bits as host identifiers. Something
I don't think will be easy for you to do with your router.