Misc Router/Static IP and other stuff that confuses me

[mr_blonde_88]

So a lil while ago, i set my laptop up with a static IP address, and did some portforwarding shiz with my router so that i got better speeds with my laptop when downloading torrents from demonoid
ANYWAYS
The other laptop in the house worked fine until wirelessly until recently, when it would constantly get 'limited or no connectivity'
The only way to fix this, was to give it a static IP address also... all i did was put the same details as my lappy, but i bumped the ip address up by one
e.g MINE = ###.###.###.##1
OTHER = ###.###.###.##2

Now im trying to connect my DS to my router by using the same method: same details but bumping the IP address up by one
But this isn't working
How do i make my router accept static IPs and auto obtained ones

Cheers for the help guys

 

[jaxxster]

have you tried setting your ds's IP addy to what the routers ip addy is? Did you automatically set up the ds's wifi?

 

[mr_blonde_88]

huh? gunna need to be a lil more detailed im afraid

but if i understand what you just said:
i tried my routers IP and it cut my connection from my laptop completely
and ive let my DS try automatically, but it fails

 

[jaxxster]

the ip of your router should be 192.168.2.1 normally then everything else follows. Did you say you've got a static setup for your laptop set to .2. The pc might not be .3 anymore if its not static and has reconnected to the pc.

 

[mr_blonde_88]

i just used .2 as an example
my ip ends with 140, so i set my other laptop to 141 and it worked

checked my router settings and the ip address from 100 to 149 should all work

EDIT:

And my router ip is 192.168.1.1

 

[jaxxster]

hmm, i dont really know what else to suggest. My ip is static on my pc and then my ds and my wii normally just automatically obtain the ip addy.

i just tried to set up my ds manually and it worked fine. You sure the dns, default gateway and subnet mask aswell as the SSID are all correctly typed?

 

[mr_blonde_88]

*sigh*
no worries, ill see if i can connect to my USB dongle from upstairs, lol

ill just keep bumping the topic
heh

 

[spokenrope]

When you search for connections, does your router's wireless network come up? What kind of router do you have?

 

[mr_blonde_88]

yeah, it comes up
ive got a lynksys wireless-g router

 

[theorgan]

change the name of the router see if that helps

 

[AshuraZro]

Does the DS get online fine when you select a new configuration and choose your router from the list?

 

[spokenrope]

And when you select your wireless network, what does the DS say? Do you have WEP enabled? Have you tried pointing your browser to 192.168.1.1 and checking out the settings in there to make sure that everything seems to be in order?

 

[mr_blonde_88]

Does the DS work fine with DHCP/Automatic settings?

how'd you mean?

 

[AshuraZro]

Does the DS work fine with DHCP/Automatic settings?


how'd you mean?

Edited my post to be more specific.

 

[spokenrope]

DELTEATED

 

[AshuraZro]

I really don't mean to threadjack, but does anyone know why having my wireless network enabled would cause my entire network to cut in and out every once in a while?

My guess is it's your router screwing up. But I guess that's kinda vague and obvious. My D-Link started to do that not too long ago when I started up a torrent. I just replaced it with a Linksys and the damn thing would restart whenever a wired connection was made. After replacing the FW, it's been clear sailing.

 

[jaxxster]

spokenrope....have you tried changing the broadcast channel?

 

[spokenrope]

Aw. You guys are sweet to help me out.

Ashura, when you say you replaced the FW, do you mean the firmware? Or is it something else?

And I'll try the broadcast channel thing and see if that helps. Thanks much.

Edit: I've got the most up to date firmware (if that's what FW is) and I've just changed my wireless channel from 11 to 10. Let's see if that makes a difference. Thanks guys.

 

[AshuraZro]

Aw. You guys are sweet to help me out.Â

Ashura, when you say you replaced the FW, do you mean the firmware? Or is it something else?

And I'll try the broadcast channel thing and see if that helps. Thanks much.

I did mean firmware. V1 to V6 in the WRT54G line of linksys routers can have their firmware replaced with some more able unofficial firmwares. DD-WRT Micro in my case.

 

[Takaishi]

try this settings on your DS:


(The SSID is case-sensitive)

IPa: 192.168.1.50
subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
gateway: 192.168.1.1

primary DNS: 192.168.1.1