Enhancing Broadband

Overview

IP addresses can be automatically assigned (using DHCP) by all Speedtouch routers.  In some cases, you may need to set these addresses statically on your computer.  You will need to do this, on the most part, for the following reasons;

• For some reason you have turned off the built in DHCP server
• You have a R4.0 router in factory defaults and need to access it
• You are setting up some port forwards (NAPT entries)

There are other circumstances that may also require these addresses to be set.

Problem

You need a static IP address set on a computer inside your LAN.  

Solution

When a static IP is required in your LAN, the following steps show how to set this address and other TCP/IP attributes.

1. Click on the Apple menu and select 'System Preferences'

3. Click on 'Network'

4. Ensure that Location and Show are set to 'Automatic' and 'Built-in Ethernet' respectively

5. Under the TCP/IP tab, set 'Configure IPv4:' to 'Manually'

6. Enter the IP address you want the Mac to have, the subnet mask, router address and the DNS addresses. In this example we are setting the IP address to 10.0.0.1 and have a router IP address of 10.0.0.138 (the Speedtouch default IP address).

7. Click on 'Apply Now' and close the Network window

You should now be able to surf the internet again using your static address
 

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