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Roundboy · 05-02-03, 08:45 AM

ok..

on your axim, you have the ability to change the properties of your network adaptors.. akin to the properties of 'Network Neighborhood' in full windows OS 's

I leave the ip settigns of my cf card to be 'pull an ip address automatically' which tells my card to get a DCHP ip address (one assigned by my router)

if i wanted a specifi address, say, 192.168.0.xx (this is the standard ip address block for netgear routers, and where xxx is from 2-254)

I would put this address in my axim network neighborhood. This would tell my axim to ALWAYS use this address.. but this limits you as you use other wifi hotspots.. address could be taken, invalid, etc.

Your router on the other hand can control what addresses it gives out and who can connect. You can set up a DHCP 'pool' telling the router how many addresses it should give out, and what the range should be.

for example.. a dchp pool of '5' and a starting address of 192.168.0.5 means that:

5 computers could connect
the first machine gets 192.168.0.5

the next gets 192.168.0.6

etc etc until all 5 are used up. This changes if you specified a static ip in that range.. or if a computer previously had an ip adderess. Your computer usually wants to get the same ip address it had before.. so.. a comp on .5 before -- even though the first computer booted up -- will try and request .5 before it requests .2 (my exact knowledge on this is fuzzy.. has to do with dchp lease??)

Moving on... Mac address... this is like a unique id number for every piece of computer hardware.. most popularly used for nic's.

you can tell your router to ONLY let the computer whose network card has a mac address of 00:5b:02:f2:9a connect. This effectively limits the computer allowed to use your network.

Routers have different features... i forget exactly where all this is on the netgear.. but my linksys lets me maintain a seperate list for wired and wireless clients... as well as say ONLY these mac addresses can connect... OR say that all computers can connect EXCEPT certain mac addresses.

I hope I helped out :)

05-02-03, 08:45 AM	#6 (permalink)
Roundboy Aximsite Rookie Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 36 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	ok.. on your axim, you have the ability to change the properties of your network adaptors.. akin to the properties of 'Network Neighborhood' in full windows OS 's I leave the ip settigns of my cf card to be 'pull an ip address automatically' which tells my card to get a DCHP ip address (one assigned by my router) if i wanted a specifi address, say, 192.168.0.xx (this is the standard ip address block for netgear routers, and where xxx is from 2-254) I would put this address in my axim network neighborhood. This would tell my axim to ALWAYS use this address.. but this limits you as you use other wifi hotspots.. address could be taken, invalid, etc. Your router on the other hand can control what addresses it gives out and who can connect. You can set up a DHCP 'pool' telling the router how many addresses it should give out, and what the range should be. for example.. a dchp pool of '5' and a starting address of 192.168.0.5 means that: 5 computers could connect the first machine gets 192.168.0.5 the next gets 192.168.0.6 etc etc until all 5 are used up. This changes if you specified a static ip in that range.. or if a computer previously had an ip adderess. Your computer usually wants to get the same ip address it had before.. so.. a comp on .5 before -- even though the first computer booted up -- will try and request .5 before it requests .2 (my exact knowledge on this is fuzzy.. has to do with dchp lease??) Moving on... Mac address... this is like a unique id number for every piece of computer hardware.. most popularly used for nic's. you can tell your router to ONLY let the computer whose network card has a mac address of 00:5b:02:f2:9a connect. This effectively limits the computer allowed to use your network. Routers have different features... i forget exactly where all this is on the netgear.. but my linksys lets me maintain a seperate list for wired and wireless clients... as well as say ONLY these mac addresses can connect... OR say that all computers can connect EXCEPT certain mac addresses. I hope I helped out :)