How To: Linksys DHCP assigns address based on MAC?

External Since: Nov 08, 2008 Posts: 67

In article <h2nqhj01653 DeleteThis @news1.newsguy.com>,
J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to DeleteThis @but.see.sig> wrote:

> On Sat, 4 Jul 2009 10:45:33 -0400, Nollaig MacKenzie wrote
> (in article <09.185.53134.PUA.250.501 DeleteThis @amhuinnsuidhe.net>):
>
> >
> >
> > On 2009.07.04 07:34:25,
> > the amazing <kevinmcm DeleteThis @sonic.net> declared:
> >
> > <snip!>
> >
> >> Linksys router, NAT, and firewall solutions are pathetic. No features,
> >> no throughput, and very prone to crashing. I don't think you'll find a
> >> better solution than ditching it.
> >
> > I've been using a Linksys BEFSR for quite a while, and
> > it seems to do the job OK. On the BEFSR you specify what
> > IP range you let the DHCP server control. I only let it
> > control a small number, so guests can plug into the net.
> > Our two Apples, and our backup drive, claim their own IPs.
> >
> > But obviously my notion that the Linksys does everything
> > I expect a router to do doesn't have much grounding, since
> > the only router I've ever had is a Linksys Smile

Eventually
> > I'll have to replace it. Is there consensus about which
> > brands are good? Maybe I should ask whether there's a web
> > site that has ratings....
>
> The best consumer router is Apple's Airport Extreme. It does everything:
> DHCP, NAT, easily sets DHCP pools, easily reserves IPs, can create multiple
> networks if necessary, knows both IPv4 and IPv6, knows many varieties of WPA
> (and WEP, which is useless...) and does _NOT_ use a HTML page for
> configuration, and so is hard to hack remotely. It also doesn't use stupid
> passwords as defaults.
>
> The best business routers depend on what you want to do and what your budget
> is. Low-end business routers start at $1000. Good ones cost more.

Netgear small-business routers (metal blue ones) are pretty good for the
price as long as you don't update the firmware.

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External Since: Nov 15, 2005 Posts: 4

YA MacUser <nospam.TakeThisOut@home.com> wrote:

> Greetings and thanks for reading this.
> With D-Link consumer routers, it is easy to have the DHCP server always
> assign the same LAN address to a given MAC number so port forwarding
> will go to the computer with that LAN address.
> I need to do this to a Linksys WRT54G router but can't find a
> recognizable page in the setup. Where to control the DHCP server?
> Kind regards
In the primary page (Setup - Basic setup):

DHCP Server Setting
There is a choice to enable/disable the DHCP server. Next to it is a
DHCP Reservation button.

Click it, and a window opens where you can manually enter new clients
and assign addresses based onb their MAC address.

At least, on my WRT-150N.

Hope this helps.

--maarten