[PLUG] WRT54G DHCP - always serve the same IP address to a particular device?

[Mike Connors]

>
> > Alas, Wes is correct. I don't find "DHCP Reservation" in my WRT54G
> > administration browser interface.
> >
>
> I have never seen a router that does not allow you to assign a static IP
> addresses to a MAC address. Sometimes they hide it really well, but they
> all had that feature somewhere.
> What firmware do you have in this router?  Do you have the firmware that
> came with the router? If so which version of the WRT54G do you have?
>
> Bill
>
> A static ip address assignment and a DHCP reservation are two different
> things. With the DHCP reservation you're still relying on the DHCP protocol
> on the LAN for ip address assignment, but you're reserving specific DHCP
> client ip addresses within the assigned DHCP client range for specific
> devices.


You can assign static ip addresses in the WRT54G but then you have to
manually configure all the devices with static ip addrs. Not a terribly
difficult or time consuming task for a few computers and a printer.